Edition 104
Nov 2009
- Snowy Mountains House
- Calder Woodburn Rest Area
- Bridge House
- Noosa Visitor Information Centre
- Dalyellup College
- Wild Residence
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Welcome to STEEL PROFILE® #104
We are once again pleased to provide a collection of Australia's most innovative steel architecture and some insight into the minds behind it.
In our continuing support of Australian architecture, BlueScope Steel is proud to sponsor The Australian Institute of Architects 2009 National Architecture Awards, including the prestigious National COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture.
The AIA Jury deliberated arduously in choosing this year's National COLORBOND® Award for Steel Architecture. James Stockwell's Snowy Mountains House is a relevant and simply beautiful example of steel architecture. Beyond the internal and external finishes that are obviously fundamental to its form, it embodies many of steel's finest attributes including hardiness, longevity, sustainability and cultural context.
We are delighted to tell you more about this house and other projects and personalities deserving of acclaim.
Manu Siitonen
BlueScope Steel Editor
BlueScope Steel Editors
Manu Siitonen, Kristin Camery
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Contributing Writers
Rachael Bernstone, Margie Fraser, Rob Gillam, Peter Hyatt, Alex Taylor
Contributing Photographers
Patrick Bingham-Hall, John Gollings, Anthony Browell, Paul Bradshaw, Sam Noonan, Christopher Frederick Jones, Peter Bennetts, Bob Seary
Art Director
STEEL PROFILE® has established an editorial advisory panel to ensure that only projects of the highest calibre are selected for publication. The panellists are:
Adam Haddow
Adam is an elected Councillor of the NSW chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects and a director of SJB Architects in inner-city Sydney.
He was awarded the 40th Anniversary Churchill Fellowship in 2006, to study alternatives to conventional models of urban design.
More than anything, he loves to design and construct buildings.
Frank Stanisic
Stanisic Associates founder Frank Stanisic is a Sydney-based architect and urbanist.
His work is fuelled by an evolving interest in the diagram and frame as a basis for architectural invention, and the aesthetics of permeability.
Frank’s projects have won numerous awards including Australian Institute of Architects’ Special Jury, Wilkinson, Aaron Bolot and Frederick Romberg.
Daniel Griffin
Joint winner of the 2008 COLORBOND® Steel Biennale Prize, Daniel works for McBride Charles Ryan Architects and is currently teaching architecture at the University of Melbourne.
His Award-winning architectural thesis at RMIT – where he is establishing a Humanitarian department – examined the urbanisation of Palestinian refugee camps.
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