Are you across all your black cladding material options?

Black metal cladding – Melbourne’s most popular facade solution. Timeless charm and effortless style make black coloured cladding panels hard to go past. When it comes to black metal cladding systems, did you know there are multiple material options to select from? The popularity of black cladding panels means multiple material producers now offer dark palette products, suitable for roof and wall applications. The increase in quality black material availability means greater specification flexibility. Every project has different requirements, no one material will suit

Six reasons to love COLORBOND® Steel Matt

Just when you thought COLORBOND® couldn’t get anymore amazing, they release a matt steel collection and confirm why BlueScope Steel® is Australia’s favourite roof and wall cladding material producer.   Smooth, soft, sultry – matt finish products are a must on architectural projects at the moment. From interior fittings and fixtures, to external roof and wall cladding systems, architects, builders and homeowners are demanding matt. Available in Basalt® and Monument®, with more colours to come, COLORBOND Steel® have recently soft launched their COLORBOND® Steel Matt

Infinity Apartments

Infinity Apartments Architect: Hayball Architects Builder: Verve Constructions Cladding profile: Nailstrip Material: COLORBOND® Citi Metallic

Four Metal Cladding Systems projects in 2017’s Victorian Architecture Awards

It’s that time of year again – award season!   The 2017’s Victorian Architecture Awards shortlist has been announced. From 223 entries, 102 projects made the list, across 14 categories. Winners will be awarded on Friday, 30 June, 2017 and from 23 May, through to 4 June, an entrant exhibition can be viewed at No Vacancy Gallery at QV, Melbourne CBD. “Shortlisted entries for the 2017 Victorian Architecture Awards speak directly to the importance of design, place, culture and community. The annual program …

Project Update: Whitehorse Village, Mount Buller

Whitehorse Village phase one, Mount Buller, is almost complete … get ready to fall in love.   Designed by Interlandi Mantesso Architects, Whitehorse Village is a first class chalet and hotel development, with a whole lot of “wow factor”. When complete, each chalet will have three apartments per structure. The hotel will provide boutique style accommodation across 10 uniquely designed suites, with restaurant and cafe facilities. While this development is still under construction, renders, reports and

Standing Seam, Snaplock or Nailstrip?

Standing Seam, Snaplock and Nailstrip cladding systems are seamed profiles. The three systems can appear similar, so a common question is “where and when should each profile be specified?” To answer the above, it’s best to take a look at Standing Seam, Snaplock and Nailstrip in terms of their qualities, features and benefits; after doing so, their differences will become apparent. Each metal cladding system has its own unique set of capabilities and limitations. This doesn’t mean one product is superior or better than

Vestis Nebula Launches

Architectural Metals Australia (AMA) launches new pre-painted aluminium collection! Vestis Nebula Storm, Vestis Nebula Midnight and Vestis Nebula Luna, are the newest editions to AMA’s always growing material range. Vestis Nebula presents spectacular material depth and is an exciting development in pre-painted polyester coatings.  Unlike traditional 2D aluminium, Nebula’s textured surface diffuses light. Once installed Nebula panels change and evolve as daylight shifts and light hits the panels at difference angles. On some metal cladding installations oil canning is unavoidable. Nebula’s textured surface not not

Project Feature: Acute House

Contrasting materials + amazing angles = spectacular architectural form. OOF! Architecture dared to go where many wouldn’t. Fooi-Ling Khoo, the firm’s director, took a forgotten miners cottage, situated on a strange little block and created what is now one of Melbourne’s most iconic homes. Owners, builder Michael Briese, of Mitty and Price, and Interior Designer, Jessica Payne of JPILD, played important roles in bringing Khoo’s design to life. Payne and Khoo collaborated on the