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In a different light: The Geelong College’s Belerren Centre designed by Wardle
The Geelong College’s Sport and Wellbeing Centre ‘Belerren’ designed by Wardle is designed around bringing in natural light. But Shade Factor’s job was to help modulate and precisely control it for the most important competitive moments.
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Maximising space and light with curtains and blinds
A lighter, roomier feel in your space can start at your window.
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The Net Zero Future Works Here
Rising above the new Sydney Metro Gadigal Station on Pitt Street, Investa’s Parkline Place is redefining the office property aesthetic.
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A forever home among the fig trees
Amidst the vibrant hum of Brisbane’s West End, a gorgeous tri-level home embraces nature within and without. Overlooking Orleigh Park with its stately Moreton Bay fig trees and the winding waters of the Brisbane River, the design of the home fuses the lifestyle of the owners with the essence of contemporary sustainable design.
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External venetian blinds making their mark at the ‘Shade Home’
With the addition of a substantial amount of glazing and external venetian blinds from Shade Factor, Seidler Group successfully transformed an already striking Melbourne house into the equally impressive ‘Shade Home’.
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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.
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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 […]
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Cairns Convention Centre: A gem that celebrates its setting
Cox Architecture’s design for the Cairns Convention Centre takes a thoughtful approach to shading and detailing with Verosol blinds.
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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.
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Verosol blinds help maintain visual connectivity at Jubilee Place
Looking great and providing shade from the Brisbane sun, the Ambience roller blinds at Jubilee Place are also doing something else. They are helping ensure that everybody, both inside and outside, can experience the building’s striking external structure.
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Verosol blinds find a natural home in sustainable Sydney office tower
Specified in Salesforce Tower, a striking new building in Sydney’s commercial heart, Verosol blinds are ensuring panoramic harbour views, while helping to maintain impressive levels of thermal efficiency and sustainability.
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Verosol blinds making an impact at Brisbane Quarter
Automated and installed at Brisbane Quarter, a signature development in the Brisbane CBD, Ambience roller blinds have demonstrated their flexibility and effectiveness.
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Verosol and the making of a dynamic, enviro-friendly workspace
Specified at Eleven Eastern, a state-of-the-art commercial development in Melbourne, Verosol blinds have helped create a work environment that is both energising and sustainable.
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Shade Factor celebrates a beautiful harbour view at 60 Martin Place, Sydney
Home of Boston Consulting Group, the recently constructed #60 Martin Place has been transformed with luxurious Venetian blinds.
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Verosol helps usher in change at Macquarie Uni
Specified in the new Central Courtyard Building, Verosol blinds are helping create a place in which lessons are learnt and friendships are forged.
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Ensuring the safety of Australia’s botanical treasures
The National Herbarium of NSW houses over a million botanical specimens, some of which are more than two centuries old. Including numerous climate control features, such as Verosol blinds, the state-of-the-art facility is helping safeguard Australia’s natural heritage for future generations.
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Shading Systems, Blind Fabrics, and how to Navigate the Pathways to Sustainability
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Smart shade – why automated blinds are the future
It’s all automated: dishwashing, changing television channels, flying a plane, and driving a car. Now blinds and curtains are joining the age of automation… and Verosol is leading the way.
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Enhanced customer service: Westpac gets clever with a ‘blind’ approach
Westpac has found the balance between serving its customers and giving its staff the space to focus. Currently being rolled out across its Australian branches are motorised Verosol blinds that bridge the gap between customer-facing time, and task-oriented work.
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The path to true sustainability with Smart Design Studio and Verosol
As Smart Design Studio can attest, achieving sustainability is no easy task. It involves ambition, true commitment and choosing products like performance blinds from Verosol.
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Verosol blinds making the grade at state-of-the-art educational facility
Verosol’s 802 SilverScreen Enviro is a unique metallised blind material. Representing the cutting edge of window covering technology, it has found a natural home at Griffith University’s innovative new Engineering, Technology and Aviation building.
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Wirefree Motors: Next-Gen Solution For Smart Blinds
Automated blinds and curtains used to be associated with noisy and unnecessarily fussy mechanism. Enter Somfy’s new, rechargeable, silent and app-friendly Wirefree Motors automatic control.
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Expand your design possibilities with Verosol
The high-performance solar fabric of Verosol has put the company on the map – cooling down buildings naturally and in style, but there’s a lot more to explore.
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Silent Gliss’ eye-catching blinds
Using advanced 3D printing technology and a traditional eye for aesthetics, Silent Gliss has created a stylish and unique option for blinds and shutters.
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Kaynemaile’s custom meshing
Backed by over 60 years of material science Kaynemaile’s architectural polycarbonate mesh is a patented, world-leading innovation to create, divide and protect buildings, inside and out.
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The Sheer Transformative Power of Hunter Douglas’ Silhouette
Here’s why the Silhouette Window Shadings from Hunter Douglas has been a category leader for over 25 years.
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Eco Friendly Fabrics by Silent Gliss
The technical qualities harnessed by Silent Gliss for The Collection include eco friendly fabrics
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Vertilux – 36 Years of Reinvention
Vertilux display true manufacturing competitiveness with their tireless search for innovation