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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08, 2020
Ways to Add Value to your Home
Renovating your home is an exciting time but it can also be overwhelming. There are so many questions to consider which will be influenced [...]
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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 [...]