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  Supawood Architectural Lining Systems in the Faculty of Law, University of Sydney by Francis-Jones Morehen Thorp (fjmt)

  For the University of Sydney, fjmt’s Faculty of Law building is fast becoming a recognised, state-of-the-art learning facility as a new addition to the main campus. The building has been a highly commended scheme and won multiple awards including the 2009 AIA Public Architecture Award and AIA Sustainable Architecture Award. Both contemporary and contextual,  prestige, rhythm and flow enters in, thanks to Supawood’s interior timber lining and panelling systems used outside the main auditorium, inside the lecture rooms and on feature walls and ceilings. For warm, chic curvilinear forms, Supawood’s timber lining speaks of both acoustic and aesthetic quality.

   

  Product Supplied By:

  Supawood Architectural Lining Systems
  18 Bradwardine Road
  Bathurst NSW 2795
  Australia
  t: 1800 002 123
  f: +61 2 6331 8885
  w: www.supawood.com.au
  
  

  Project as featured in Specifier Magazine Issue 90

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  Gala Systems theatre seating from Camatic & KJ Textiles in the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre by Joint Venture Architects Woods Bagot and NHArchitecture.

  The Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre by Woods Bagot in joint venture with NH Architecture is a public building that belongs to Melbourne, a building giving new life to the cityscape. A winner of countless awards, including the UDIA’s National Environmental Excellence Award, it subverts the stereotypical convention centre as a place of windowless lecture halls and monotone furnishings. Inside, bold, bright seating inhibits public spaces, most notable in the main auditorium. The furnishings of the auditorium were designed by Gala Systems theatre seating from Camatic/ KJ Textiles that accommodate for over 5,600 with the flexibility for rearrangement. In fitting, funky Melbourne architectural style, the seating fabrics undulate in a sea of green.

   

  Product Supplied By:

  KJ Textiles
  17 Palmer Parade Richmond
  Victoria Australia 3121
  t: 61 3 9428 8400
  f: 61 3 9427 1693
  w: http://www.svenskakj.com.au/

   

  Project as featured in Specifier Magazine Issue 90

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  Anti-corrosive paint from International Paint in Leaf House by Undercurrent Architects

  A sculptural marvel of organic, twisted columns layered in roof canopies and varying degrees of transparent enclosure, the Leaf House by Undercurrent Architects is a beautiful expression of nature meets architecture. A response so cleverly embedded in the landscape, the outlook from the interior reveals the coastal bush framed by glistening, pristine white finishes on the ‘branchy’ structure. The structure needed the durability and streamlined modern aesthetic to withstand the ephemeral, so International Paint Ltd was called in to deliver the protective coating on the project using their range of anti-corrosive paints. The level of detail and contemporary expression of structure just goes to show how International Paint, has helped create a little national treasure.

   

  Product Supplied By:

  International Paint
  7 International Square
  Tullamarine
  VIC 3043

  
  t: 131 474
  f: 03 9338 9311
  w: http://www.akzonobel.com/international
  
  

  Project as featured in Specifier Magazine Issue 90

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  ALPOLIC® Panels by Architectural Panels Australia in The University of Western Australia, Business School by Woods Bagot

  The University of Western Australia's world-class Business School defines a major statement of architectural creativity and innovation for the built landscape of Western Australia’s oldest university. The scheme was one of four that led its architects Woods Bagot claim the International Practice of the Year at the prestigious AJ100 Awards in London. The scheme derived its inspiration from the history of Western Australia’s agricultural and mining industries. Facades and cladding by Architectural Panels Australia beautifully draw out the colours inspired by aerial photographs of the Goldfields, Wheatbelt, Pibara, Kimberly and Southwest. Clothing and enclosing the building, Architectural Panels Australia’s ALPOLIC® and Terreal Terracotta Panels make for a vibrant, contemporary exterior.

   

  Product Supplied By:

  Architectural Panels Australia
  14 Aitken Way
  Kewdale WA 6105
  
  t: 61 3 9428 8400
  f: 61 3 9427 1693
  w: http://architecturalpanels.com.au

   

  Project as featured in Specifier Magazine Issue 90

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  Prior & Cheney Architects Beaconsfield Community Complex Polyflor Australia

  Polyflor’s Homogenous portfolio includes marbleised smooth vinyl sheet, non directional ‘through chip' vinyl sheet, slip resistant safety flooring, vinyl composition tiles, ESD ‘static control' products, sports and acoustic flooring, heterogeneous sheet vinyl, luxury design tiles, rubber sheet and tile, screeds and adhesives.
  
  “Mystique” was used in the image above. Mystique is a heavy-duty, non-directional vinyl sheet flooring that has polyurethane reinforcement. Mystique is a vibrant high performance homogeneous floorcoverings that is ideal when a stylish, non-directional decoration in bright colourways combined with a polish-free maintenance regime is required.
  
  Polyflor is a quality-driven organisation, with its manufacturing processes and systems ISO 9001 accredited. Polyflor is fully committed to reducing the environmental impact of its operations, conforming to ISO14001. We have a Building Research Establishment (BRE) certification in our some of our products which includes “Mystique”. In 1999 and 2004, Polyflor won the prestigious Norweb Business Energy Award after making environmental changes to its operations and improving staff morale.
  
  

  Product Supplied By:
  Polyflor Australia
  59-65 Wedgewood Road
  Hallam VIC 3803
  
  t: 1800 777 425
  f: 03 9215 4444
  w: www.polyflor.com

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  Dimitriou Architects UQ Heron Island Research Station Eco Ply Timber

  Dimitriou Architects' Sir Zelman Cowen Award winning project is a suite of elevated, tropical-inspired buildings that are linked with shaded decks, wide verandahs and walkways. The redeveloped University of Queensland Research Station in the Great Barrier Reef faced a number of barriers, like avoiding a turtle breeding ground, lifting buildings above a highly corrosive coral clay, and protecting against cyclones. Everything was transported by boat, necessitating precisely designed, measured and cut materials. The success of the operation - being awarded international Green Globe certification for groundbreaking sustainable development - depended on innovation and efficiency. Eco Ply "Texture 2000", a layered plantation pine panel, was used for its inherent qualities of durability and strength.

  Product Supplied By: Carter Holt Harvey PO Box 425 Box Hill VIC 3128 t: 1800 335 293 f: 1800 624 362 w: www.chhtimber.com.au

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  Hassell Architects Adelaide Oval Eastern Works Birdair Tension Fabric Roofing

  There is something jaunty and appropriately Edwardian about the new tent-like additions to Adelaide Oval - one of the prettiest cricket grounds in the world and a heritage fiefdom fiercely guarded by the South Australian Cricket Association. The open sculptural forms designed by Hassell, which were awarded two SA RAIA Awards, consciously depart from the traditional enclosing stadium. Fast tracked and on a tight budget, the design saved time and money with lightweight tensile roofing material from Birdair, allowing significant prefabrication. The fabric, self-cleaning to reduce maintenance, is buttressed by slender vierendal roof and column trusses. Very large cantilevers to the west give column-free sunshading over all seats right through to the late sun. The roof also draws convenctive air flows to bring relief during summer cricket matches.

  Product Supplied by:
  Taiyo-Birdair Australia
  570 Curtin Avenue East
  4009 Eagle Farm
  Brisbane, Queensland
   
  t: 07 3633-5900
  f: 07 3633-5999
  w: www.taiyobirdair.com
  

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  Hassell Architects AGL South Australia Facility Kvadrat Maharam Fabrics

  The AGL SA facility by Hassell Architects is praised inside and out, commended by RAIA as a new building and awarded an Award of Merit for its Interior. Housing 380 personnel, it is a structural and organisational feat, reenergising a workforce around a central atrium, providing decentered and outdoor spaces for breaks, and bringing in plentiful natural light. Break out areas and lifestyle facilities are emphasised, using cool metallics and warm textures. Aluminium group lounges and Tretford goat carpets, fabric panelling and rendered walls painted in luscious primaries are combined in the cafe-style Red Bod. The Chill Out Room, visually isolated from the office environment and with external views over Adelaide, features a graphic modular sofa customised with Kvadrat Maharam fabrics.

  Product Supplied By:
  Kvadrat Pty Ltd
  17 Foster St, Surry Hills,
  NSW 2010

  t: 02-9212-4277
  f: 02-9212-4288
  w: www.kvadratmaharam.com

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  Jackson Clements Burrows Punch Lane Wine Bar Street Canopies Sumo Visual Digital Printed Graphics

  Al fresco dining has become an inherent part of the infamous Melbourne cafe culture, but is too often defined by rows of removable and unsightly umbrellas and protection barriers plastered with garish company logos. For this well-established restaurant along Little Bourke Street, Jackson Clements Burrows looked for something a little tastier. Rather than employing an impermeable barricade, they used an open steel structure with a translucent yet vibrant screen stretched over it. The overhead awning is retractable, its arms acting like a tree, keeping the tension of the leaf-printed fabric skin, and creating an abstract foliage canopy. In keeping with the seasons, the digital printed graphics from Sumo Visual are inteded to change, matching the changing nature of the streetscape.

  Product Supplied By:
  Sumo Group Pty Ltd
  Suite 2, Ground Floor
  662 Newcastle Street
  Leederville WA 6007
  
  t: 08 9328 5300
  f: 08 9328 6999
  w: www.sumo.com.au
  

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  Ed Lippmann MLC Aquatic Centre Luxalon Wide Panel Perforated Aluminium Ceiling

  With the award-winning King George V Recreation Centre, Jacksons Landing and the Boy Charlton to his name, Ed Lippmann didn't expect the MLC School Building Projects Committee to be a tough crowd. They were, in fact, formidable. Embarking on an ambitious sports facility upgrade, the Committee sought financial viability as well as architectural innovation. Lippmann turned the two undercover pools suggested in the brief into one, supporting a sixty metre column-free space with a clear span truss, and managing natural ventilation with slot windows and operable doors along the pool's entire length. A Luxalon ceiling has been used for this and several other major indoor swimming pool projects, offering high levels of acoustic control, hidden suspension systems and a dramatic visual dimension.

  Product Supplied By:
  Hunter Douglas Architectural Products
  322-338 Victoria Rd
  Rydalmere NSW 2116

  t: 02 9638 8824
  f: 02 9638 8826
  w: www.luxalon.com.au