Contemporary acoustic solution (20-Feb-2008)
Stramit Acoustic Panels allow designers to combine interior steel cladding with hard flooring, while maintaining comfort levels for occupants.
Stramit Exacta Purlins (19-Feb-2008)
Stramit Exacta Purlins are specially designed to save costs on large commercial projects.
Stramit steel floor framing (18-Feb-2008)
The Stramit residential floor framing system is the ideal component solution for single and two-storey residential construction.
Steel roof packages for retirement villages (12-Feb-2007)
Prefabricated steel roof trusses and steel roof cladding are helping to speed construction of two new retirement villages in Western Australia.
Roofer’s home makes the most of steel’s flexibility (12-Feb-2007)
Phil’s own company installed the roof and wall cladding and fabricated the custom rainwater solutions.
Steel roof form unites industrial and natural imagery (12-Feb-2007)
Dramatic use of steel roof decking turned construction of a pair of holiday homes in Eastern Victoria into an architectural statement.
New fire-resisting wall system (12-Feb-2007)
The Stramit Uniguard fire-resisting wall system combines a single layer of fire-resisting board with Stramit profiled steel cladding.
Urban renewal showpiece (21-Apr-2005)
Brisbane’s Fujtsu building, which utilises stainless steel to give it a distinctive look while saving money, is said to be good example of how speculative office blocks can still impart a sense of place.
A showpiece (24-Sep-2003)
Stramit Building Products is using a move into new South Australian production facilities to showcase the company’s rollformed products and the aesthetic appeal of sheeting made from Colorbond Metallic steel.
Why steel was chosen (14-Jan-2003)
The flexibility and efficiency of structural steel convinced builder Multiplex Construction and developer Multiplex Developments to convert a multi-storey commercial project in Melbourne from concrete to steel framing after steel fabrication and erection specialists approached them with a solution based on a combination of pre-fabricated steel framing and composite decking.
Inventive approach to urban renewal (18-Dec-2002)
The Fujitsu building, the first of three buildings forming a gateway into River Park, Brisbane’s major urban waterfront renewal precinct, has just been completed, part of a new development called Portal Business Community, that will eventually integrate housing, offices, parkland, water and a mixed-use spine.
A dynamic presence (4-Dec-2002)
Griffith University has carved out a high profile for its new Queensland College of Art campus after a relocation from the suburbs to an existing building plus a new studio building located in the South Bank parklands area of central Brisbane.
Drama in the details (26-Aug-2002)
Designed by Melbourne architects Oaten Stanistreet, the Mill Park library in the City of Whittlesea council area is a building whose grand proportions belie its relatively small scale.
University wins top Vic architecture medal (25-Jun-2002)
Victoria University Online Training Centre has won Victoria’s top architecture medal in this year’s Architecture Awards, sponsored by BHP Colorbond®.
Keeping corrosion at bay (27-May-2002)
A couple of years ago James Cubitt Architects had to convert a former beachside holiday resort into a hi-tech marine research centre, accommodating the design brief by stripping the existing three-storey building internally back to the structure with external demolition of the street-facing elevation to allow for a two-level extension, new entry and services tower.