Monitor House

This stunning architectural home was a rebuild after the original house was destroyed in the devastating 2020 bushfires. This rebuild allowed the family a fresh start while still incorporating the long history of the family inhabiting the space. With its snake like geometrical design, this home opens up to the majestic surrounds of the vast escarpment edge. The commercial grade windows and doors create a perfect picture frame to look down onto the lake below, and out onto the green hill scape. This project features stunning black framed commercial sliding doors, large scale fixtures, electric awnings and Aneeta sashless windows, Flowthru secondary drainage systems and high performance double glazed packs. This house not only looks incredible, but performs amazingly as well.

There’s no doubting that the project matched the brief with this design and build. With the home owner also being an architect himself and working closely with the lead architect and builder on this job, he was able to make sure that his vision really came to life. Bold framed commercial windows and doors, paired with 24mm IGU’s were chosen for this project. They were selected for their strength, heightened security, energy efficiency and their ability to integrate with the other building materials chosen such as the brickwork, steel structure, external galvanised angles and burnt wood cladding. Working with many different types of materials and a variety of windows and door products and shapes posed a challenge for the builder. The homeowner states “…the upward fold of the roof, the concrete wall and varieties of window shapes meant the builder had to manage complex sequences of construction. The builder and tradesmen skillfully worked with exacting requirements to bring together different types of materials in a seamless way”. Collaboration on this project was imperative to its success and the choice of the materials for the windows and doors allowed the builder flexibility and a variety of install options.