Built Quality… it starts with architects
Quality of construction is suffering badly – e.g. why do we have various Australian Standards on waterproofing of balconies and shower recesses when designers, [...]
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07, 2021
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05, 2021
Play It Safe – Archicentre Australia
OK ……while the building industry and Governments buddy up to “get Australia moving” out of COVID in their way, Archicentre Australia is still here offering [...]
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04, 2020
Covid-19 & Your Home
Disbelief and shock are naturally around many households arising out of Government recommendations for isolation, working and schooling from home. Topics for conversation appear to [...]
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02, 2020
Sustainability, Water-Wise, Energy Efficiency
These Chestnut topics deserve reiteration and elaboration for current and “designing” home owners. Archicentre Australia director – Peter Georgiev – considers these elements of “design [...]
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01, 2020
Cracking Up!
Brick cracking or distress in any form of masonry structure continues to be prominent around Australia, causing uncertainty while costing home owners and businesses ongoing [...]
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11, 2019
Bushfire Design for the Future
Currently Australian Standard AS3959-2009 provides a number of design features that aim to limit bushfire attack. Looking back at the era of its conception, it [...]
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10, 2019
Be Clever – Control Your Destiny
Our Client enquiries continue to seek expert architectural design guidance on what type of building is appropriate for their future. BEING CLEVER………. Here are some [...]
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09, 2019
Cladding – What’s the Problem?
If it hadn’t been for recent media about problem cladding – in particular flammable cladding, there would be no prompt to discuss this topic….. Peter [...]
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08, 2019
Renovate rather than Relocate
As the flammable cladding and dodgy apartment fiasco hits the building industry, here’s a positive note…… Property price uncertainty and the burden of substantial ancillary [...]
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07, 2019
Cost Guide – Archicentre Australia
Whether building a new home or renovations & additions to an existing home, it is extremely difficult for average Australians to know what costs [...]