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Easycraft panels simplify DIY kitchen project for Melbourne decorator

Melbourne-based interior stylist and decorator Sarah Amos took on a DIY kitchen project featuring easyVJ100 panels from Easycraft. Melbourne-based interior stylist and decorator Sarah Amos took on a DIY kitchen project featuring easyVJ100 panels...

Fact Vs Fiction: Top 5 myths about insulated concrete formwork explained

ICF is rapidly gaining recognition in the construction industry as a robust, high performance yet affordable building system that delivers numerous advantages to any build. However, some specifiers continue to be sceptic about this innovative...

ZEGO Building Systems

Blue Steel Flash face bricks from PGH Bricks & Pavers used for Eora Apartments project in Dulwich Hill

design work, and one of the early challenges confronting the development was the local building authority’s insistence that all external facades had to be fully rendered. This conflicted with the proposed design, which incorporated an articulated...

PGH Bricks & Pavers

SUPAWOOD's premium products blended for prestige Sydney school

stepped sections making the whole space open up down to the stage. SUPAWOOD architectural lining panels have also been chosen to feature in other parts of the building. On entering the main foyer a feature wall lined with Supacoustic slotted acoustic...

SUPAWOOD Architectural Lining Systems

Waterloo Systems releases new web-based specification tool for wet area partitioning

Waterloo Spec Tool can be found at the Waterloo Systems website, and it assists architects and builders in choosing the right options on each partitioning system quickly and easily. Through a simple step by step on-line process, a downloadable PDF document...

Adding visual rhythm to building design with battens

LED screen on the upper level of a corner building. The designers chose battens in staggered lengths to create eye-catching voids in irregular shapes but in a rhythmic arrangement, which resulted in even more visual interest. Battens of varying depths...

Covet International

Kingspan Insulation introduces fresh new website

a custom-built tool which provides guidance to building professionals on minimum R-value requirements for roof, walls and floors in any building class, across any climate zone in Australia. Additionally, the inclusion of CAD drawings showing the...

Kingspan Insulation

Celebrating 30 years of lighting up the world – naturally

– the energy-efficient tubular skylight, which harnesses the power of the sun to control daylight within built environments – made its debut on the iconic TV show Beyond 2000. The first Solatube daylighting system was installed in a modest suburban...

Solatube Australia

PX1 steel finishing profiles available from Rondo

adhesion by allowing the compound to penetrate through the bead and lock it strongly to the building board. Developed by Rondo Engineers in consultation with designers, end-users and the industry, Rondo’s PX1 finishing profiles are manufactured from...

Green principles drive design of stunning Toorak home by John Wardle Architects

house in Australia, John Wardle Architects worked with an energy engineer at the start of the project, both agreeing on using the Living Building Challenge and Passivhaus as guides to make the house as green as possible. While the Living Building...

Tasmanian Timber

Celebrating World Environment Day with new water and cost savings calculator

alleviate the growing strain on planet Earth’s natural resources. The Uridan community ranging from specifiers and channel partners to building owners and tenants are already actively saving our natural resources by specifying, installing and using...

Uridan Waterless Solutions

Energy efficient glass from Australian Glass Group used in mudbrick eco homes

summer. Great glass is just one component of the complete picture. Envirosmart architecture and building methods combined with energy efficient building materials will help to reduce overall energy consumption costs associated with artificial climate...

Australian Glass Group

Caroma supplies bathroom products for Sydney’s Greenhouse by Joost

Cove in The Rocks and was officially opened on the 9th February by The Hon. Tony Kelly, MLC, Minister for Lands. The Greenhouse by Joost will be open to the public from Saturday 12th February 2011 until the end of March. Joost and his team designed...

HIA and BlueScope Steel Teach Apprentices How To Work With Steel

the increasing popularity of steel construction in the building industry, the apprentice training day teaches apprentices about the benefits of working with house framing made from TRUECORE steel. The first training day was held on 30...

Couple’s COLOURBOND steel roof wins competition top prize

receive their prize. The Snashels commented on their win saying, “We are delighted to win this unique competition! Our plan is to knock down our existing home in Matraville and rebuild a new Rawson Homes home with a roof made from COLORBOND steel. The...

Post-Corona world may see higher regulated access into buildings

of energy used in the building’s heating, ventilation and air-conditioning systems (HVAC). Australia’s CSIRO says HVAC systems account for 40–50 per cent of a commercial building’s energy use and contribute 34.7 megatonnes of...

X-Bond’s raw texture balances luxurious elements at Viktoria & Woods Chadstone store

-style display has garments and shoes presented on rails and plinths illuminated against high sweeping walls. The store’s floors are finished with X-Bond Microcement in ‘Umber’ colour – a gloriously rich and warm brown hue complementing...

Alternative Surfaces

Louvre roof system from Vergola (NSW) selected for Eco Challenge

and is located on a former school site in Strickland St in Rose Bay. Australian Living director Cameron Rosen project managed the building of the homes using the latest sustainable practices and products. When designing and building a sustainable...

Sustainable colour for a sustainable suburb

Ability Building Colours’ Abilox integrally-coloured concrete enhances streetscape aesthetics in Melbourne’s award-winning Sandhurst Club residential development. Ability Building Colours ’ Abilox integrally-coloured concrete enhances...

Ability Building Colours

Intergrain Timber Vision Awards announces esteemed architect judges

Intergrain Timber Finishes has announced its judging panel for the inaugural Intergrain Timber Vision Awards will include esteemed Australian architects, Tone Wheeler and Nicholas Murcutt. Intergrain Timber Finishes has confirmed its...

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