ARM Architecture

Katherine Rickard has taken the helm at ARM Architecture’s Queensland studio, and the timing couldn’t be better. With the state firmly in the spotlight and a strong pipeline of complex, high-profile projects underway, Katherine is a leader who gets complex projects moving. With sharp design instincts, deep local roots, and hard-won insight from her time at Gold Coast City Council to keep ARM’s bold vision moving forward.
 
Katherine’s hit the ground running – leading the Gold Coast Civic and Music Hall, a $40m transformation of the former Surfers Paradise Transit Centre into a 3,000-capacity live music and community hub. Meanwhile, principal Aaron Poupard continues to drive new and existing work across all Queensland sectors, with concept design for the Lyric Theatre – the next chapter in the ARM-masterplanned HOTA precinct – freshly completed. Queensland is really having its moment in the sun. ARM is glad to be here to enjoy it.
 

After 27 years atop a city car park, national architecture, interiors and urban design firm ARM has moved its Melbourne cool to a swish and contemporary studio in a central city tower.
 
Amid the disco-infused joy of The Huxleys, the studio was launched last week by Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC, Governor of Victoria , with a speech that would make us blush if we were bashful.
 
Launching the new studio is to celebrate four decades of contribution to Australia’s architectural, civic and cultural life. A creative, research-led approach has been foundational to ARM’s practice whose questioning spirit has produced a national body of work that is unmistakable, influential, and widely recognised.

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Who’s got the most winning ideas at RMIT architecture? ARM’s prize is awarded annually for design projects that are intellectually ambitious, iconoclastic, and reflect contemporary practice.
 
This year’s judges were Ian McDougall, Neil Masterton and Lucy Carruthers. Big thanks to the RMIT staff who brought the projects forward and engaged with us during the judging, and congratulations to the minds behind the projects.
 
This year the award is split between 2 projects:
 
Salt, Saliva, S***m & Sweat – studio led by Michael Spooner (image 1)
Ephemeral Geologies – studio led by Alan Kim (image 2)
 
Our very own Nadia Po**en was honoured with an RMIT Masters Award for Design Excellence (image 3)
 
image 1 (L-R) Luke Infantino with ARM’s Lucy Carruthers and Neil Masterton
image 2 (L-R) Lucy Carruthers, Justin Mellor , Balazs Szucs .arch, Derek Ji  and  Neil Masterton
image 3 (L-R) Dr John Doyle , Nadia Po**en and Dr Patrick Macasaet
 

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We’re on the lookout for a Mid-Level Architect - Documenter to join our Gold Coast team!
 
If you love creativity, collaboration and pushing boundaries, we’d love to hear from you. 
 
📌 Visit the link in bio for more info and how to apply.