Locally designed, tested and manufactured thermally broken windows and doors
ThermalHEART™ is the technology that lies at the core of thermally broken aluminium window and door system by AWS. Developed to improve thermal efficiency in residential and commercial applications, ThermalHEART™ is Australian designed, fully tested and manufactured to meet and exceed Australian building standards. Tested in a fully accredited laboratory that has one of the […]
Ventilation in Commercial Projects should not be forgotten
The NCC provides fantastic guidelines for ensuring safety and integrity in design but at times, can leave you scratching your head for a solution to a problem. Take natural ventilation combined with restricted openings for example. On one hand, the rooms we use must have natural ventilation from ‘permanent openings, windows, doors or other devices’, […]
Trickle Vent System
The Ventient™ system by AWS is an innovative solution for windows and doors designed to assist in providing the minimum required flow of fresh air within the building envelope. Unlike the opening of windows or doors, the Ventient™ is an integrated trickle vent that prevents the associated loss of heat and increase in noise. This […]
Thinking Outside the Little Boxes
Melbourne’s population has doubled since 2000 and continues to grow at a rate of approximately 100,000 residents per year. With average occupation at 2.1 residents per dwelling, this equates to a demand for almost 50,000 dwellings per year. Why then is the threat of oversupply featuring so prominently in the media and in housing market […]
2016 Queensland State Architecture Awards
A celebration of life in the subtropics, the Queensland State Architecture Awards were a beautifully curated event, put together under the creative direction of Paul Hotston and the Phorm Architecture + Design team. The exhibition of shortlisted projects was presented amongst a series of timber installations inspired by the much-celebrated subtropical retreat space we Queenslanders […]
Rediscovering Roots, Culture and Land
Student Architect, Sahibajot Kaur, attended the 2016 Total Immersion Student Architecture Summer School by Ozetecture, from the 14th to the 20th of February — Architecture is often confused with building. So I realised, after spending seven days with two of Australia’s national gems. Building shelters life; architecture inspires life. I couldn’t help but agree in […]
AWS and EmAGN breakfast at National Conference
AWS and EmAGN hosted a breakfast during the national conference this year on the 30th of April celebrating 10 years of EmAGN’s work with the Australian Institute of Architects. The emerging architect prize state winners and the national winner (who was announced the night before) were also celebrated at the breakfast. The Emerging Architect Prize recognises an […]
Perspectives: Amy Muir
Amy Muir was announced as the 2016 National EAP winner, on Friday the 29th of April at the Australian Achievement in Architecture Awards. Amy Muir graduated from RMIT with first-class honours in 2002 and was awarded both the Anne Butler Memorial Prize and the Architects Registration Board of Victoria’s Association of Women in Architecture Prize for her final thesis project. […]
Bendigo Library
The Bendigo Library was originally built in 1983. The complex had serviced the local community in its two storey structure for over 30 years and was a well-known complex within Bendigo. As of late, the building has become dated and was poorly integrated with the adjoining car park and streets. The building required a renovation […]
University of Tasmania (UTAS)
Everything old is new again on the streets of downtown Hobart, with the official opening of the freshly refurbished campus of the University of Tasmania’s School of Nursing & Midwifery. Combining all the charm of early 20th century architecture with the comforts and energy-efficiency of 21st century design and technology, the building is now an […]