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Australia’s urban population, currently at 86 per cent of the nation’s total, is on the rise. While this is still low density in comparison to many other global cities, Australian urban environments are noticeably becoming more crowded as people flock to city centres and the jobs, infrastructure, and amenities they contain. Permeable pavers such as Premier Hydropavers® are one means by which to counteract these effects.
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Elton Group was founded in Melbourne in the 1930s. The current Managing Director Michael Elton, grandson of the founder, was trained by his uncle in Sydney and was sent overseas for training in timber veneers in Germany and Italy.
Elton Group’s EPly PanguaPureGlue was developed with No Added Formaldehyde (NAF). PanguaPureGlue significantly reduces VOC off-gassing with an innovative, non-toxic, soy based bonding system.
Solid wood is often touted as the be all and end all of timber products. To do so, however, would be to neglect the inherent advantages of relying on timber veneer, where a typically lower price point is not indicative of lower quality.
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According to Luke Middleton from EME Design, designers can learn much when renovating.
AJ+C and The Stable Group won a City of Sydney-run Design Excellence Competition for this site with the only design proposed to reuse the former Wrigley’s warehouse building, prior to its formal recognition as a heritage building.
Many successful practices rely on a name, on a face, to be the brand of their endeavours. For Emerging Architect of the Year Jean Graham, of Winter Architecture, the thought held no appeal.
To learn how innovative construction products such as Hydropavers® are helping meet this need and create public spaces that deliver amenity and function without costing the earth, we spoke to Nic van Diemen who represents Hydropavers® who are returning this year to sponsor the sustainable awards for the 2nd year running.
Sourced from the best quarries around the world and backed by years of experience, Premier Pavers & Stone products are superior, stylish and durable – making them suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications.
It’s been 12 years since their inception, and many entries later, the Architecture & Design Sustainability Awards have finally come of age.
In 2005, John Kozlowski started Innowood with a clear goal: to protect the environment by providing designers and specifiers with a range of sustainable alternatives to conventional materials.
