The Prince’s Terrace Adelaide will be the subject and venue of ‘Experience Sustainability’, a special event organised by the Adelaide Sustainable Building Network (ASBN) to showcase the sustainable design features of the green residential project. The Prince’s Terrace Adelaide is a high performance multi-unit residential development in the revitalised urban precinct of Bowden in South
The prestigious Prince’s Terrace project was recently completed in Adelaide, South Australia, with the residential development setting a new benchmark in environmentally sustainable design. Located in the urban precinct of Bowden in Adelaide, the Prince’s Terrace comprises of eight terrace homes and four apartments, and has also been awarded Australia’s first 6 Star Green Star
We did it again. For the 11th year running, Architecture & Design got some of the biggest names in the Australian architecture and design together in a room to celebrate some of the industry’s most sustainable projects. Last Thursday 26 October, the who’s who of A&D – architects, builders, developers, designers, specifiers and more –
ZEGO Building Systems as an Official Sponsor of the 2017 Sustainability Awards were thrilled to present Positive Footprints with their award for the Single Dwelling- New Category at the Awards ceremony last week. Positive Footprints were very worthy winners amongst a line up of 53 finlaists across all categories winning this award for the Downsize
The Grenfell Tower fire in London (2017) and the Lacrosse Building fire in Melbourne (2015) were preventable tragedies. The relevant inquests into these fires found that the primary cause of the rapid spread of flames was the composite aluminium cladding used on the exterior of the buildings, which was found to have a highly flammable
We are delighted to announce that Erban Development, a custom home builder and development company based in Perth, Western Australia recently won 2 HIA ( Housing Industry Association) Awards at the Perth Housing Awards for the “Hills” Residence, an Architecturally designed 6.5 star home using designed in ZEGO HomeFORM Insulated Concrete Forms for its wall
HOUSE hunters are turning to a form of high concept building blocks similar to Lego to save on their building and electricity costs. The precast insulated polystyrene blocks known as Zego fit together like the famous Danish toys, allowing homes to be built faster and up to 80 per cent more energy efficient. The Canadian
News reader, Paul Kadak featured last night on Channel 7 News on how soaring power bills are impacting the way we build homes. Kadak reported on the surge of Home Owners and Builder choosing to construct homes with energy saving materials instead of bricks and mortar. “With energy costs weighing down family budgets, this could
Some of you may remember this iconic photo of the only remaining home still standing after the devastating Hurricane Katrina ripped through the Mississippi USA in 2005. This home was built using Insulated Concrete Forms and is testament to the structural integrity of ICF’s to withstand a natural disaster or hazard. In light of the
Insulated concrete forms from ZEGO Building Systems are helping Knight Building Group achieve passive solar design at their latest luxury residential project in Caulfield North, Victoria. An accredited Master Builder Green Living Builder, Knight Building Group specialises in delivering living spaces based on passive design. A key objective for the green builder is to create
