Ashton Raggatt McDougall Adds To MTC Theater & Melbourne Centre Design
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Australian design firm Ashton Raggatt McDougall’s most recent projects have been to add a bit of functionality and uniqueness to the MTC Theater and the Melbourne Recital Centre in Australia. The results…absolutely incredible. The two buildings function individually but they connect together and sit on the same block as one another within the city’s art district. The MTC Theater features an interesting white facade comprised of white steel tubing in the form of geometric patterns that have the appearance of a 3d image when viewed at a certain angle. It was designed for optimal viewing at night and the tubes almost look luminescent. The geometric patten is carried throughout the interior of the lobby and the theater is filled with backlit perforate walls that reveal a text motif. The Melbourne Recital Centre boasts a two level recital hall and is larger than the MTC Theater. On the outside, the building’s facade is made of a white inscribed cell pattern that carries onto the honeycomb glass window. The recital hall is like nothing I have ever seen before with its wood paneled walls and ceiling. It was designed to achieve the highest sound quality possible. These are two buildings I certainly wouldn’t mind working in! Source
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Elisa Guerrieri
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