This spectacular Warrnambool home sits perched high above the Hopkins River. The simple clean design, expansive use of glazing and innovative selection of products offer an uncomplicated and elegant living space for it’s owners.
For architect, Sally Wilson, and her husband, renovating their home was a labour of love. Their goal? To give an untouched 100-year-old building – known as Timberland – a new lease of life and make it the home of their dreams.
Not long ago, you could be forgiven for being unaware of the TAFE campus in Murdoc WA. It was, after all, a fairly non-descript facility, resolutely overshadowed by its near neighbour, Murdoc University. Enter the architects at Armstrong Parkin who have transformed South Metropolitan TAFE into a show-stopping building that has the whole precinct talking.
To attract as much warm sunshine into the home as possible, owner/builder, Michael Paddison, oriented most of the house to the north and made windows a key focus of his design.
The bottom rolling SlideMASTER™ Stacking Sliding Door is designed for applications where bold wide panels are required and a minimal sill is preferred. The low line sill – only 35mm high – can be seamlessly recessed into the floor for a smooth transition between inside and outside living spaces making it a great choice for architecturally designed homes opening onto alfresco areas.
The SlideMASTER™ Top Hung sliding door creates a seamless transition from inside to out. Incorporating a unique Top hat insert in the sill this door has been designed to comply with disability access regulations, to minimise the risk of trips and falls. The sill insert prevents heals, walking sticks and other objects from becoming stuck in the sill. This is an ideal choice for people looking for a seamless sill transition or building to disability or liveable housing standards
Owner/Builder Simon Williams walks us through his beautiful Canobolas House in Orange NSW.
When the owners of the old Melbourne Hotel in Perth’s CBD decided to give the beautiful heritage building a new lease on life, they were keen to synergise the historical with the modern to create something utterly beautiful and unique. With the help of architect, Lou Cotter, and the experts at AWS, they have achieved just that.
2018 National Emerging Architect Prize Winner
