MELBOURNE, Australia—After 27 years atop a city car park, national architecture, interiors and urban design firm ARM Architecture has moved its Melbourne cool to a swish and contemporary studio in a central city tower.

Architecture as self-determination. The Yorta Yorta community assembled the partners, secured the funding, and led every stage of design and delivery. ARM's role was to facilitate that leadership into a built outcome and not get in the way of what the community already knew it needed.