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Architect, Greg Jones' home is clad in LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® in ZINCALUME® steel and COLORBOND® steel
26 May 2008 Cladding Adds Colour And Style To Architect's Home
Greg Jones' architecture practice in Geelong has a reputation for designs which feature strong colours. Finding time to design his own home with that attribute took a little longer than planned. [Read more]
Bold roof designs feature COLORBOND® and ZINCALUME® steel in these two homes in Canberra.
10 April 2008 Double Act Steels Awards
Giving an architect free rein to build two new homes on a large corner block proved to be an inspired move for a couple of Canberra retirees, who demolished an old house directly behind the Prime Minister's residence in Deakin. [Read more]
Innovation House at the Ecovillage in Currumbin uses COLORBOND® steel and has a 17,000 litre WATERPOINT CLASSIC® water tank.
10 April 2008 Sustainable Innovation
Billed as the Gold Coast's most sustainable house, Innovation House 3 at the Ecovillage in Currumbin will be among the first homes in Australia to carry a five star building and energy rating. [Read more]
Wall cladding and roofing made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Dune® has been used across the development in Perry Street, Marrickville, New South Wales.
29 February 2008 Perry Street Townhouses
Nestled in the urban valley of Marrickville, New South Wales, is a new residential site that takes a fresh look at housing development. [Read more]
Frames made from TRUECORE® steel at VivaCalamvale in south Brisbane, Queensland.
04 February 2008 Steel To Protect Investment
To the dismay of Brisbane's termite community, steel house frames have been appearing at new housing development, VivaCalamvale, in the city's south. [Read more]
ZINCALUME® steel was used for the roofing, guttering, underside of the ceilings on the veranda and as wall cladding on the lower part of the exterior wall on this home in Bangalow, New South Wales.
31 January 2008 Steel Gives Family Home A Sharpe Look
Just in time for their latest arrival, the Sharpe family's contemporary new home in Bangalow, northern New South Wales, has been completed with the use of ZINCALUME® steel. [Read more]
LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® profile in the COLORBOND® steel colour Surfmist® was used to clad the walls and roof of this development in the Chinatown precinct of Broome, Western Australia.
17 January 2008 Chinatown Development Salutes Broome's Steel Clad Past
One of Western Australia's most successful regional developer builders has proved again that modern steel cladding is equally at home in a heritage setting. [Read more]
COLORBOND® steel in the colour Woodland Grey® and the profile Superdeck® and Smoothline™ gutters and flashings were used on this multi purpose structure in Caloundra, Queensland.
04 December 2007 Shipping Steel
The simplicity of shipping containers had always appealed to Trevor Reitsma. The building designer had experimented with concepts that drew on their minimalist lines, so when the opportunity arose to design a multi purpose structure at the back of a residential block in Caloundra in Queensland, he decided to bring his ideas to life with the help of COLORBOND® steel. [Read more]
This Beach House demonstrates how steel can be used across a number of applications . The roofing, walling, guttering, fascia and garage door are all made from COLORBOND® steel.
29 November 2007 Beachside Beauty
The creative interplay of materials and the use of a prominent red 'fin' wall sets this house apart from its neighbours in the beachside suburb of Inverloch, south of Phillip Island, Victoria. [Read more]
COLORBOND® steel was used for the entire external surface area, both for its looks and low maintenance qualities in this inner city Melbourne building.
15 November 2007 Steeling A Weekend Away
When owning a property in inner city Melbourne seemed out of reach for three long term friends, they came up with an alternative plan which would give them the lifestyle they wanted at a fraction of the cost. [Read more]