July 5th, 2022

Tags: Verosol Australia, Verosol blinds

Whenever we discuss climate change – or more specifically the construction sector’s contribution to climate change – it’s important to remember that any workable solution to the issue will be multi-faceted.

While it is entirely appropriate to point to solutions involving things like embodied carbon and renewable energy, it’s also important to include less obvious parts of the carbon minimisation equation. These include thermal efficiency, and the role that fittings like blinds and curtains can play in reducing energy usage.

With this in mind, this latest edition of The Edit focuses on Verosol, a leading specialist in the design and manufacture of functional interior solar shading fabrics and blinds.

‍The company’s signature product, SilverScreen, is the most effective product of its kind on the market. Able to reflect up to 85 per cent of solar radiation, it represents an important and indispensable part of the climate solution.

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Cooking from the heart, designing with precision: Chef James Won and Gaggenau’s culinary partnership

To honour Chef James Won’s appointment as Gaggenau’s first Malaysian Culinary Partner, we asked the gastronomic luminaire about parallels between Gaggenau’s ethos and his own practice, his multidimensional vision of Modern Malaysian – and how his early experiences of KFC’s accessible, bold flavours influenced his concept of fine dining.

The uncharted plate: Ivan Brehm’s pursuit of crossroads cooking with Gaggenau and human connection.

In this candid interview, the culinary mastermind behind Singapore’s Nouri and Appetite talks about food as an act of human connection that transcends borders and accolades, the crucial role of technology in preserving its unifying power, and finding a kindred spirit in Gaggenau’s reverence for tradition and relentless pursuit of innovation.

Responding to people and place within the cancer treatment journey

Explore the future of cancer treatment at the Australian Bragg Centre, where a revolutionary design by Woods Bagot integrates cutting-edge proton therapy with patient-centric features, including natural light and adaptive Verosol blinds, creating a space that merges innovation and empathy for a holistic healing journey.

Light, nature and connection – an aesthetic for physics at ANU

With its stunning outlooks over Lake Burley Griffin, the new ANU Research School of Physics building, designed by Hassell, was an opportunity to embed wellbeing features as a primary element of the aesthetic. There is a clear alignment between the building blocks of the discipline – light, energy, matter and the interconnections between objects and […]

Wurriki Nyal – a fusion of aesthetics and performance

Transparency and connection are significant themes in the design scheme for the new Wurriki Nyal Civic Precinct. In combination with the world-class sustainability goals of the client, City of Greater Geelong, this poses a challenge for an architect: how to resolve the conflict between expansive views and glazing as a dominant façade element, while ensuring comfortable indoor temperatures and minimised glare.