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National award winning Eco Castle is an eco-friendly contemporary family home that sets the trend for environmentally integrated residencies and utilises COLORBOND® steel throughout.
17 September 2008 The King Of The Eco Castle
Situated on the fringe of Tasmania’s famous southern forests just south of Hobart, Mike Cleaver’s national award winning Eco Castle is an eco-friendly contemporary family home that sets the trend for environmentally integrated residencies and utilises COLORBOND® steel throughout. [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]
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]
Prefabricated steel building system uses steel framing and cladding made from LYSAGHT MINI ORB®
28 March 2007 Producing Sustainable Housing En Masse
As a growing number of Australian architects expand the use of corrugated steel from residential roofs to external and internal walls, some believe the time is right to bring the techniques of mass production to bear on sustainable steel building products. [Read more]
Roofing made from COLORBOND® steel is mandatory at the Coomera Waters development in Queensland.
20 November 2006 Eco Living Coomera Waters Style
Queensland’s property development community has taken another leap forward with Austcorp’s largest eco friendly development, Coomera Waters, which successfully combines environmental sustainability with all the benefits of a unique living environment. [Read more]
A COLORBOND® steel roof helps to ensure the energy efficiency of Innovation House 2, on Queensland's Gold Coast.
19 June 2006 Where Technology Meets Sustainability
Technology and environmental sustainability have been impressively fused together to create Innovation House 2 (IH2), a new designer home concept initiated by leading Queensland environmental developer Heritage Pacific and the Gold Coast City Council. [Read more]
Walls, roofing, guttering, downpipes, carport and fascia made from COLORBOND® steel in colour Deep Ocean®
09 June 2004 COLORBOND® steel Helps Make Dream Home a Reality
Family owned and operated building design company RL Watts Design Pty Ltd has chosen to use COLORBOND® steel extensively throughout their latest project, their new family home and office, with walls, roofing, guttering, downpipes, carport and fascia made from COLORBOND® steel featuring one of the new popular colours, Deep Ocean®. [Read more]
This Mornington Peninsula home features roofing made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Woodland Grey®
19 February 2004 Primitive Shelter Inspires Award Winning Design
Designer John Garden claims his inspiration was simply the primitive notion of a cave, but judges rated his design for a Mornington Peninsula home the winner of two significant industry awards. [Read more]
Energy efficient home in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales features manufactured panelling made from COLORBOND® Metallic steel.
14 February 2004 Silver Skinned Home Steels the Limelight
A veteran Newcastle builder has scooped the pool in this year's residential building awards with an architecturally designed energy efficient home in the Hunter Valley made principally from steel. [Read more]
Oyster Cove home south of Hobart with roofing, guttering and partial wall cladding in ZINCALUME® steel.
06 February 2004 Award Winning Home Causes Minimal Disturbance
An innovative Tasmanian builder has created a striking bush home which showcases environmentally sensitive construction. Builder David Leake's Oyster Cove home south of Hobart is an innovative step in environmental awareness and fire resistance. [Read more]