Ballarat Base Hospital has just reached a significant stage in it's long-awaited redevelopment. The construction of the new building on Drummond Street has recently been completed, and it looks fantastic. Team EDGE® picked up the camera and headed out west to see the works. Ballarat Base...
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[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] Set in the heart of the CBD, the Mayfair Hotel is Adelaide’s newest five-star boutique. Opening in early 2015, the Mayfair has since developed a strong reputation for style, luxury and service. At the time of writing, it is Adelaide’s...
Prefabrication’ has historically been a bit of a dirty word in the architecture and construction industries. Typically used to satisfy the demand for fast, cheap, en-masse housing, prefabrication as a building concept inevitably became tainted by the ‘low-quality’, ‘basic’ and ‘boring’ characteristics of architecture built...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text] The Royal Botanic Garden of Sydney just gained a new attraction. The Calyx, designed by PTW and McGregor Coxall architects, opened in the southwest corner of the park just last month. The Heritage Dictionary of the English Language defines a...
In Australia, particularly in Melbourne, commercial architectural window and door systems are often silicone glazed. In many ways, this has led to stagnation of improvements in the manufacturing processes, including innovation in window system drainage....
Port Melbourne, having undergone significant development over the past twenty years, is now growing even further – Mint Apartments is coming. The five-storey, 16-apartment complex is the project of architectural firm Wood Marsh, and is being marketed by Hocking Stuart. The number of residencies was deliberately reduced...
Urbanization is growing. More and more people are moving into densely populated centres to enjoy the benefits of city lifestyles: the proximity to shops, the ease of finding public transport, the nightlife. As a result, growing numbers of people are living closer to each other...
Passive House, so long a byword of sustainable architecture, is taking off around the world. With greater numbers of passive certified buildings appearing in Europe, the USA and Australia, the movement is gaining real momentum. For our latest blog, we’re covering a brief history of Passive, its basic concepts and...
Passive House Conference 2016 by Kath Outhred, Project Manager for EDGE Architectural In February, I spent time at Melbourne Uni attending workshops as part of the Passive House conference. The driver of passive house is to ensure a comfortable interior environment without relying on energy consumption to achieve it. The first...
