My first thought on seeing ARM Architecture’s Little Malop Street Redevelopment for the Geelong Arts Centre (GAC) is: Have they gone too far this time? The building is wrapped in what appears to be a white billowing curtain, complete with twisted cord detail and oversized tassels, like a frozen circus tent. This flowing, folding, swishing surface is drawn back over a glass curtain wall, inset with a shimmering gateway, and crowned with a golden sawtooth roof. Walls are painted in lavender, peach, pale green and purple. There’s a lot going on.
I ought to have been prepared. ARM’s portfolio includes a copy of the Villa Savoye in black, a green and purple cave, a
