Stephanie McDonald . Articles Beat the heat with bricks Well designed houses use passive design elements to reduce not only the burden on the occupant's wallet, but also the burden on the environment. Stephanie McDonald reports on one way designers can lessen both burdens with bricks. DecoR Stone Ledge Stone Drift is a luxury boutique development of 11 apartments in Cronulla, Sydney. Concrete Bovis Lend Lease (BLL) is currently building the ANZ Centre, the new ANZ global headquarters in Melbourne’s Victoria Harbour precinct. Jan Juc Autonomous House The client's brief was for an autonomous building that harvested its own power and water and treated waste on-site. Sealing sheets from the core Stephanie McDonald reports on Cemintel Fibre Cement Systems' new waterblocking technology. The natural paint way Stephanie McDonald reports on a paint product which binds to the substrate, and potentially lasting hundreds of years.
