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The highlight of Parm's early career was working for an American based architects Mitchell/Giurgola & Thorp for the design of Australia's New Parliament House in Canberra. It was an outstanding architectural masterpiece which was officially opened in 1988. He was also responsible for overseeing certain areas of Parliament House during its construction – which proved to be useful in his later years. When Parm came back to Perth from the Canberra project in 1987, he wanted to open his own architectural practice. Perth was still a developing small city then and having been involved in large firms doing mainly large civic buildings he no longer had the appetite to continue in the same direction. Parm focused on the more personal residential architecture, which at the time was relatively unsophisticated. In 1988 he started Parm Tjhung Designs Pty Ltd, specialising in residential architecture. In 1991 Parm applied for and became a registered builder. He now could provide his clients with the 'design and build' services which bridge the infamous 'great divide' between architects and builders. This meant that 'the guy who designed the house also built the house', and there was no buck to pass. Parm also started designing houses overseas, in Jakarta, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Singapore and Bali.
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In 2004 Parm won the HIA Western Australian Residential Designer of the Year, and awarded Finalist in five subsequent design entries – one as recently as 2014.
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30 The Builders Choice Magazine – December 2015