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Designing for comfort

All it takes is smart design principles and a lot of commonsense to create an energy efficient home that will put more dollars back in your pocket. Rightclick & save to view segment.

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Design rules

Designing a beautiful house can be like piecing together bits of a jigsaw. To help you solve this puzzle, follow these simple rules to make your home your haven. >more
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Is your home healthy?

Your home may look perfectly fine but a range of factors can contribute to making it a toxic environment. In some cases, your house could literally be killing you. >more
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Smarter construction is now possible

The third book in a series about smarter ways of building - The Smarter Construction Book - is now available. >more

Smarter construction is now possible

Smarter construction. It's about easy and cost-effective building through the smart combination of products, systems and processes. It's a balancing act - and it can be achieved without sacrificing aesthetics or sustainability. The Smarter Construction Book gives builders and designers insights into the right approach for the job, and at the same time, questions a few "accepted" myths.

 

The Smarter Construction Book is the third in a series of books which includes the Smarter Design Book and the Smarter Green Book.

 

Composite is king

The trend away from brick and towards contruction that uses a mix of materials, including lightweight claddings, will be with us for the next ten years at least, a leading designer says. >more

Composite is king

Simonds Homes designer Bill Giannikos says in the recently published Smarter Construction Book that "brickwork on its own has been done to death as a look". He claims that what's "absolutely king" is being able to mix and match lightweight claddings and brickwork together.

 

Giannikos says that the key to making this work is good design. If that's been achieved, then he feels that once people see products like those in the Scyon™ range in the field, then "it's good night Irene".

 

The Smarter Construction Book is designed to help builders and designers builders build in smarter ways. It's the third in a series that includes the Smarter Green Book - about designing and building sustainably, and the Smarter Design Book - about creating distinctively Australian built form character.

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