Kangaroo Paw inspired facade

To reflect the unique local characteristics of Western Australia, WALGA elected to have the Kangaroo Paw, a local plant of the Wildflower State, recreated on its buildings facade using Locker Groups Pic Perf Atmosphere system.

BY Tess Ritchie

September 15th, 2014

What differentiates Atmosphere from traditional facades is the fact that it’s fixed onto Ronstan tensioned cables, rather than being a secondary steelwork structure, making the initial installation process easy.

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