Queensland Ballet Tom Dixon Centre

Once an early 20th-century industrial boot and shoe factory, the heritage-listed Thomas Dixon Centre has been reimagined as a contemporary home for Queensland Ballet. This adaptive reuse project brings together performance, training, production, and community engagement within a carefully preserved heritage setting.

Integrated wayfinding
Subtle level identification with a refined material palette

Wayfinding is thoughtfully embedded, encouraging exploration and offering visitors glimpses behind the scenes, creating a connection between performance and process. Understated typography and a refined material palette complement the heritage brickwork and integrate with surfaces and thresholds to maintain spatial clarity and support intuitive navigation.

Adaptive reuse of the building, an old boot factory
Elegant wayfinding to reflect the use of the building


The wayfinding at the Thomas Dixon Centre acts as a quiet enabler of experience, balancing the logistical demands of a working ballet company with the emotive journey of audiences moving through a cultural precinct.

Wayfinding sign detail
Glimpses into the working side of the building

Image credits: Christopher Frederick Jones, Alanna McTiernan