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Edition 120 Projects
Editorial information
Welcome to STEEL PROFILE® 120
We are, as always, proud to bring our readers a collection of some of the finest steel buildings in this country (and beyond) and glimpses into the talented, creative people responsible for them.
BlueScope has an especially strong connection to one of the projects featured in this issue, having fast-tracked the development of Low-Glare Coated DECKFORM® steel so it could be used for the first time in the expansion of the Wollongong Central shopping centre, which was designed by a locally born-and-bred architect.
A distinctive shroud of blades adorns the building's facade, offering an obvious reminder that this is a steel building; an amenity made for the Illawarra community from a material produced by people who work in the nearby Port Kembla Steelworks.
We trust you will enjoy our print and online coverage.
Scott Gregory
BlueScope Editor
BlueScope Editor
Scott Gregory
Managing Editor
Associate Editor
Contributing Writers
Rachael Bernstone, Rob Gillam, Peter Hyatt, Paul McGillick, Micky Pinkerton, Alex Taylor
Contributing Photographers
Brett Boardman, Paul Bradshaw, Peter Clarke, John Gollings, Peter Hyatt, Trevor Mein, Charles Pertwee, Peter Whyte
Art Director
STEEL PROFILE® has an Editorial Advisory Panel to ensure that only projects of the highest calibre are selected for publication. The panellists are:
Adam Haddow
Adam is a director of SJB Architects NSW. He was awarded the 40th Anniversary Churchill Fellowship in 2006 to study alternatives to conventional models of urban design. SJB Architects recently won two Australian Institute of Architects NSW Awards for Multiple Housing.
More than anything, he loves to design 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 prizes
James Loder
James Loder is a graduate architect working at John Wardle Architects. Graduating from RMIT with a Master of Architecture (First Class Honours) in 2012, James was awarded the 2013 BlueScope Steel Glenn Murcutt Student Prize.
His work explores the formal relationships between building and landscape with great consideration given to spatial expression and materiality.
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