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 by Stephen Ashton, Howard Raggatt, and 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 has been described as practising "architectural outspokenness". The firm has undertaken a number of 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, and Elizabeth Quay in Perth. Other projects include the Perth Arena and Wanangkura Stadium in Port Hedland.

As of 2016, ARM was the only Australian firm to have won the Australian Institute of Architects' Premier State Award seven times, most recently for the Geelong Library and Heritage Centre. The firm's design work has been featured on two Australian postage stamps.

Notable projects

Completed Project name Location Award Notes 1994 St Kilda Library Melbourne 1995 RMIT Storey Hall Melbourne 2000 National Museum of Australia Canberra 2001 Marion Cultural Centre Adelaide 2004 Shrine of Remembrance Visitor Centre and Gardens Melbourne 2006 Melbourne Central Shopping Centre Melbourne 2007 Albury Library Museum Albury 2008 Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre Project, (Southbank Theatre) Melbourne Victorian Architecture Medal, 2009 Marion Mahony Award for Interior Architecture, 2009 Joseph Reed Award for Urban Design, 2009 William Wardell Award for Public Architecture, 2009 2012 Hamer Hall Melbourne 2012 Perth Arena Perth 2012 Wanangkura Stadium Port Hedland 2013 Administration building, National Museum of Australia Canberra 2013–present Home of the Arts Surfers Paradise 2015 Shrine of Remembrance Galleries of Remembrance Melbourne Sir Zelman Cowen Award for Public Architecture, 2015 Victorian Architecture Medal, 2015 Melbourne Prize, 2015 William Wardell Award for Public Architecture, 2015 John George Knight Award (Heritage Architecture), 2015 Urban Design Architecture Award, 2015 2016 Geelong Library and Heritage Centre Geelong 2020—2022Sydney Opera House Renewal Sydney, Australia 2023 Geelong Arts Centre (Stage 3) Geelong 2023Blacktown Exercise and Sports Technology Hub (BEST)Rooty Hill

Gallery

See also

Architecture of Australia

References

External links

Interview with Howard Raggatt and Ian McDougall on the Melbourne Recital Centre and Melbourne Theatre Company projects Mongrel Rapture: The Architecture of Ashton Raggatt McDougall