Posts Tagged ‘green design’

Designing a house on a sloping block?

What are the implications of a Sunshine Coast house design on a sloping site?   A steep site is a very special kind of site; and it asks for a very special kind of house. This is not typically a place for the timid, for lovers of the conventional or the formal, for the lawn and garden…

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THE PROCESS OF BUILDING DESIGN ON THE SUNSHINE COAST EXPLAINED:

THE PROCESS OF BUILDING DESIGN ON THE SUNSHINE COAST EXPLAINED: The building design process is a multi-disciplinary process, performed in a series of iterative steps, to conceive, describe and justify increasingly detailed solutions and costing to meet the needs of the building client . It is appropriate here to follow the life cycle of a…

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Building a contemporary house design sunshine coast?

Looking at building a modern / contemporary house design sunshine coast? Mid-century modernist style architecture has experienced a resurgence in recent years on the Sunshine Coast design scene, with elements such as: breezeblocks, sunken conversation pits, exposed raked rafters, VJ ceiling linings and feature rock walls to name but a few elements which are back…

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