ARM Architecture (company)
{{Short description|Australian architectural firm}}
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| caption = RMIT Storey Hall, 1995
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| partners = {{unbulleted list|Howard Raggatt||Jesse Judd|Andrew Lilleyman|Mark Raggatt|Andrew Hayne}}
| founders = {{unbulleted list|Stephen Ashton|Howard Raggatt|Ian McDougall }}
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| city = Melbourne, Sydney, Perth, Gold Coast and Adelaide, Australia
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| founded = {{Start date|1988|df=y}}
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| significant_buildings = {{unbulleted list| Storey Hall|National Museum of Australia|{{nowrap|Shrine of Remembrance Redevelopment}}|Melbourne Recital Centre }}
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| website = {{URL|http://www.armarchitecture.com.au}}
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ARM Architecture or Ashton Raggatt McDougall is an architectural firm with offices in Melbourne, Sydney, and Adelaide, Australia. The firm was founded in Melbourne in 1988 and has completed nationally and internationally renowned design work. ARM's founding directors were Stephen Ashton, Howard Raggatt, Ian McDougall.
Notable projects include the National Museum of Australia in Canberra, the Melbourne Recital Centre and Southbank Theatre in Melbourne, Perth Arena and the Marion Cultural Centre in Adelaide.
Architectural style
ARM is known for "architectural outspokenness".{{cite book |title=Architects of Today |author1=Rattenbury, Kester |author2=Bevan, Rob |author3=Long, Kiernan |publisher=Laurence King Publishing |year=2004 |pages=20–21 }} ARM is highly regarded for its heritage and renewal projects including the refurbishment of Hamer Hall at Arts Centre Melbourne, the redevelopment of the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne, RMIT Storey Hall and the redevelopment of Melbourne Central Shopping Centre. ARM was also commissioned to prepare the masterplans for Melbourne Docklands, the Adelaide Festival Plaza Precinct,[http://armarchitecture.com.au/projects/adelaide-festival-plaza-precinct-masterplan/ Adelaide Festival Plaza Precinct] and Elizabeth Quay in Perth. Recent projects include the Perth Arena and Wanangkura Stadium in Port Hedland.
A national survey of 600 architects conducted by the Architectural Review Australia found ARM to be considered the most influential architectural office in Australia in the period 1982–2007.{{cite journal |journal=Architectural Review Australia |title=special edition ar100 |location=Melbourne |year=2007 }} ARM is the only Australian firm to win the Australian Institute of Architects' Premier State Award seven times, most recently for the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre. Their design work has been featured on two Australian postage stamps.
Notable projects
ARM has designed some of Australia's landmark buildings including the following major architectural projects:
Gallery
File:National Museum of Australia (3435541957).jpg|National Museum of Australia (2000)
File:Albury Library Museum.jpg|Albury Library Museum (2007)
File:Recital Centre (7683095074).jpg|Southbank Theatre (2008)
File:Perth Arena November 2012.jpg|Perth Arena (2012)
File:Geelong Library 2015.jpg|Geelong Library and Heritage Centre (2015)
File:Arts West, University of Melbourne.jpg|Arts West Building (2017) University of Melbourne
See also
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References
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External links
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- {{Official website|http://www.a-r-m.com.au/|ARM official website}}
- [http://www.australiandesignreview.com/architecture/315-melbourne-recital-hall-mtc Interview with Howard Raggatt and Ian McDougall on the Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company projects ]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911221716/http://www.uromedia.com.au/Mongrel-Rapture-The-Architecture-of-Ashton-Raggatt-McDougall Mongrel Rapture: The Architecture of Ashton Raggatt McDougall - book on the practice's work]
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Category:Architecture firms of Australia
Category:Architecture firms based in Victoria (state)
Category:Design companies established in 1988
Category:1988 establishments in Australia
Category:Recipients of the Royal Australian Institute of Architects’ Gold Medal