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30 April 2014 Shelley Beach Seaside Home Roof
Brad and Ruth's Teys' Shelly Beach home is less than 10 years old and was already corroding to the point of perforation, these rust spots were not only aesthetically displeasing they were creating rust holes and allowing water to penetrate the residence. Brad and Ruth had this to say about their decision to use BlueScope PERMALITE®. [Read more]
This house extension in Sydney, New South Wales uses roof & wall cladding made from ZINCALUME® steel in profile LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305®. Photograph: Paul Bradshaw
27 April 2012 Against the Flow
Welsh+Major has opened up a previously cloistered Victorian terrace with an addition that provides light and space for a growing family. The couple who bought this home always planned to overhaul the rear section, where a series of poorly conceived additions didn't connect well to the home's greatest selling point: the 'cricket pitch' garden. [Read more]
This house in Glen Osmond, South Australia, uses structural formwork in profile LYSAGHT BONDEK® and roofing and walling cladding made from ZINCALUME® steel. Photograph: Paul Bradshaw
27 April 2012 Design Bastian
Troppo Architects has reinvented an old Adelaide brick home using a lightweight steel solution to add an upstairs 'townhouse' clad in ZINCALUME® steel. [Read more]
This house at Allens Rivulet Tasmania, uses roofing and walling made from COLORBOND® steel. Photograph: Paul Bradshaw.
11 April 2012 Where the Hearth Is
In a contemporary interpretation of Gottfried Semper’s idea of the hearth being the centre of domestic architecture, Room11 Architects has produced a welcoming and happy home. [Read more]
This holiday house at Byron Bay, New South Wales uses roofing in profile LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® made from COLORBOND® Metallic steel in the colour Citi®.
10 April 2012 Moveable Feast
Paul Uhlmann Architects has responded to a sensitive beachside lot with a delicate, tent-like residence that embodies a holiday essence. [Read more]
This house in Central Western New South Wales uses Bondor Equitilt® sandwich panels made from COLORBOND® Metallic steel in the colour Citi®. Photograph: Bob Seary
10 April 2012 Wild at Art
A panoramic, windswept plateau in central western New South Wales inspired Duc Associates to create an unorthodox solution for a couple and their art collection. [Read more]
This house in Perth, Western Australia, uses roofing profile LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® made from ZINCALUME® steel. Photograph: Peter Bennetts
10 April 2012 Swan Song
An arresting addition to a suburban Perth house sits comfortably alongside its neighbours, thanks to Adrian Iredale’s “archaeological” approach and sympathetic material selection. [Read more]
This house at Gidgegannup, Western Australia uses LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® made from ZINCALUME® steel for the cladding, roofing, and soffits to create a sophisticated version of the farming aesthetic of sheds and other buildings. Photograph: Patrick Bingham-Hall
04 April 2012 Tree Change
Having undertaken the successful redevelopment of Perth Zoo’s Orangutan enclosure, Adrian Iredale was confident that he could imbue a family’s new Perth house with similar qualities. [Read more]
This house at Foxground, NSW is clad in walling made from galvanised steel in LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® profile. Internal cladding is made from LYSAGHT MINI ORB®. Photographer: Paul Bradshaw
04 April 2012 Living Legacy
Architect Louise Nettleton’s lavish and inspired use of steel has helped embody a WWII veteran’s vision to build a house as a legacy to his family [Read more]
This home on a 20 hectare hobby farm, has been built using cladding and roofing made from COLORBOND® steel in the colour Windspray®.
04 April 2012 The High Life
When approached to design a small house overlooking a picturesque creek on a hobby farm, Max Pritchard’s clients never imagined that he would perch them above the winter waterway. [Read more]