It was very exciting to be at the announcement of the winning design for the new Gold Coast Cultural Precinct last night. We had the opportunity to speak with founding Director of Melbourne based ARM Architecture, Howard Raggatt, about his colourful and engaging winning design. To be constructed in stages, the multi coloured, multi level Art Gallery is aiming to be ready in time for the Gold Coast Commonwealth Games in 2018.

You can view the winning plan, and the other 2 finalist submissions, at the Gold Coast Arts Center. They are all wonderful concepts that were selected from the 75 entries submitted to the international competition. We were amongst many arts, professional and community members consulted during the concept development stage and look forward to this exciting project being a major stepping stone in the Gold Coast’s cultural profile for the future.