Vitrocsa Australia : Interview

I'm not at all interested in any of the superfluous add-on ‘stuff’ ... I'm really just interested in what is essential, in a material sense.Vitrocsa Australia has delivered a high-end, minimalist window and door system to the local market since 2008Launched by draftsman Michael Canturi...

I love that architecture is endless. There’s too much to learn, so you never feel like you get to the end.What does architecture mean to you?In my life, it's the focus of everything – it's kind of a lifestyle, not just a job. It’s something that’s on my mind all the time. You...

The system Vitrocsa has invented is amazingly invisible.Bruce, as a successful, long-time practitioner, what has shaped your Sydney-based practice?BRUCE: A lot of influence I would trace back to when I had a practice in South Africa and my focus was resort hotel design. I did a hotel...

Ian Bennett Design Studio isn’t your typical design practice.Rather than observing the traditional industry hierarchy that puts designers at the top of the architecture food chain, designer and founder Ian Bennett takes a more collaborative approach to projects, with tradespeople granted equal billing.“Builders and...

That's the reason why I'm in architecture ... We get the ability to touch clients' lives.Between the angles and concrete curves of the Cliffhanger House in Redwood, near Toowoomba in Queensland, the light falls just so. Sunlight beams across the Great Dividing Range first, before bringing the...

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