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    METAL CLAD

    Jul 12, 2017 3 minutes
    WORDS // PETER COLQUHOUN PHOTOGRAPHY // HELEN BANKERS

    In the past 25 years, the emergence of environmentally driven design and the use of metal cladding systems have been popularised by the astonishing visions of architects such as Murcutt and Stutchbury. Their philosophy of touching the earth lightly and weighing every decision by how it uses the benefits of sun, breeze and landscape has led to light-weight steel sheets being accepted as one of the leading materials in contemporary Aussie designs.

    Steel cladding can be among the lowestmaintenance and most affordable ways

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