Howard Raggatt

Founding Director
B Arch (Hons) / M Arch / LFRAIA
Adjunct Professor of Architecture RMIT

Selected Projects

Steve Ashton/ Founding Director
Howard Raggatt/ Founding Director
Ian McDougall/ Founding Director
Tony Allen/ Director
Neil Masterton/ Design Director
Peter Bickle/ Project Director
Stephen Davies/ Project Director

Jesse Judd/ Senior Associate
Simon Shiel/ Senior Associate
Andrew Lilleyman/ Senior Associate
Doug Dickson/ Senior Associate
Rhonda Mitchell/ Senior Associate
Jeremy Stewart/ Associate
Ray Marshall/ Associate
Willliam Pritchard/ Associate
Andrea Wilson/ Associate
Jonothan Cowle/ Associate
Sophie Cleland/ Associate
Paul Buckley/ CAD Manager

Howard Raggatt is an architect with a reputation for innovation in design practice and theory. After graduation he became a founding member of the Half Time Club, giving the inaugural talk in 1979. In 1982 he was awarded the RAIA President’s Award to Young Architects. He has played a lead role in many of ARM’s design awards including the Victorian Architecture Medal for RMIT Storey Hall, the Shrine of Remembrance and the Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre.

His work has been widely published and exhibited and became an important example in Charles Jencks’ book, The Architecture of the Jumping Universe. His thesis for a critical Australian Architecture (Fin de Siecle? 1992) developed operations for the copy, translation and the blur, and included the CD Not Songs.

Howard’s most distinctive work includes the National Museum of Australia in Canberra. This museum was opened in March 2001, and was awarded the international Blueprint Award, for Best New Public Building.

Howard led the design for the Melbourne Recital Centre and MTC Theatre which includes a 1000-seat recital hall and the new 500 seat performing arts theatre, which is the new home to the Melbourne Theatre Company. Currently, Howard is Design Director of the Perth Waterfront development, the $350M multipurpose indoor stadium, Perth Arena and the redevelopment of the Victorian Arts Centre.

Southbank Cultural Precinct Redevelopment
Carlton Brewery
347 Camberwell Road
Perth Waterfront Development
RMIT Building 22
Perth Arena
Melbourne Recital Centre & MTC Theatre
K House
1010 LaTrobe Street Digital Harbour
Digital Harbour Melbourne Docklands
King Street Wharf
Digital Harbour - Docklands
Victoria Harbour - Docklands
RMIT Student Housing
National Museum of Australia
AIATSIS at NMA
Shrine of Remembrance Visitors Centre
Melbourne Docklands Masterplan
Docklands Authority - Office Fitout
Old Stock Exchange Development
Storey Hall Redevelopment - RMIT University
Pacific Central Redevelopment
The Ridge Art Gallery/Tourist Centre
Specialist Medical Clinic
St Kilda Town Hall Redevelopment
Broughton Hall Nursing Home