When Mat Elkan, designer of Courtyard House, Hawthorn, saw the site’s glass panels – weighing a massive 250 kilos each – being lifted in, he had what you might call ‘a moment’. “The owner didn’t want to be here when the glass was being lifted in and I think I sent her a text that said, ‘this is pretty awesome, you have to get down here!’”
Tony Trobe from TT Architecture talks about AWS ThermalHEART™ aluminium windows and doors used throughout the Dawes Residence. Thermally broken aluminium window systems for energy efficiency in cool Canberra.
This gorgeous contemporary residence in inner-city Melbourne was to be the owners’ dream home and energy efficiency was non-negotiable. Determined to include passive Environmentally Sustainable Design (ESD) principles to reduce the need for artificial heating and cooling, and combat condensation, the owners tasked Melbourne Design Studios with this stunning project.
Like a lot of great ideas, Castles at Kingscliff started over a chat, a beer and a great view. Architect, Scott Carpenter, fondly remembers the day he and his client, Martin, climbed onto the roof of the original dwelling. “We sat there and we looked at the view and he said, ‘This is what I need to get back.’
AWS Designer Notes, Interview with Ashley Beaumont from Ecoliv about award winning modular home designs featuring Vantage aluminium windows and doors
Richard Cole from Richard Cole Architects talks about Vantage Residential Joinery Series 618 Sliding Door in this amazing project in the Hunter Valley. The flexibility of the Vantage system allowed him custom solutions in the design of this home.
Janelle Boynton speaking about creating Boyntons Winery using Elevate Aluminium Systems to solve design and functionality problems her build was facing.
Lou Cotter of The Buchan Group talks us through the process of giving the Melbourne Hotel in Perth a new lease on life.
Owner/Builder Simon Williams walks us through the beautiful Canobolas House in Orange NSW.
Featuring a luxurious bar, parents’ retreat, alfresco dining area, and gorgeous exterior landscaping, the plans for Paddison House in Orange, NSW, ticked every box when it came to entertaining and comfortable living. The only thing left to tackle was the area’s notoriously cold winters.
Not long ago, you could be forgiven for being unaware of the TAFE campus in Murdoc WA. It was, after all, a fairly non-descript facility, resolutely overshadowed by its near neighbour, Murdoc University. Enter the architects at Armstrong Parkin who have transformed South Metropolitan TAFE into a show-stopping building that has the whole precinct talking.
For architect, Sally Wilson, and her husband, renovating their home was a labour of love. Their goal? To give an untouched 100-year-old building – known as Timberland – a new lease of life and make it the home of their dreams.
There are challenges with almost any building project, but this amazing home, just outside of Newcastle, was a veritable obstacle course. Built on a massive slope and submerged into a cliff face on three sides, it could only be made possible with great design, clever materials choices, and sheer determination!
