E-Vision 2012

Springvale Homemaker Centre

One of the latest projects by Leffler Simes Architects is the new Springvale Homemaker Centre in Melbourne’s south east. Specialising in commercial projects within the retail, industrial, hotel, residential and educational sectors, the firm was a natural choice for the centre, which features IKEA and Harvey Norman as well as 26 speciality homemaker style tenancies. Visually, as anyone who has driven past the centre will attest, the building creates a striking structure from its prime highway corner site. A large curved façade creates the backbone to the areas within, snaking from the façade into the main foyer space and then along the full extent of the arcade, revealing more distinctly different retail spaces as the customer walks along.
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Triniti III

Australia’s leading manufacturer of building products and energy efficient materials, CSR, last year relocated its headquarters to new Green Star premises located at Stockland Triniti Campus, North Ryde. Standing alongside Triniti I and Triniti II, both of which were awarded 5 Star Green Star – Office As Built v2 ratings, Triniti III had big shoes to fill. Comprising many products from CSR’s different units, the office building doubles as a working showroom. CSR products used throughout the Triniti III building include: Bradford Insulation, Cemintel Fibre Cement, Fricker Ceiling Systems, Gyprock Plasterboard, Hebel Aerated Concrete, Rockcore and Alutri Panel Systems, and Viridian glass. As CSR’s youngest brand, glass manufacturer Viridian was eager to showcase the diverse capabilities of its glass products.
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Zara

Spanish fashion powerhouse Zara chose Melbourne’s prime shopping strip for the location of its first Melbourne store which opened amid the buzz of Bourke Street mall last year. Viridian supplied a striking glass awning and supersized store windows drawing customers to visit the world’s largest fashion retailer. Zara engaged Sydney architects Bokor Architecture + Interiors to work with their in-house design team on the new Australian stores. Bokor Architecture + Interiors director Julius Bokor said light was very important to the Zara street frontage. The Melbourne store achieved this with its spider glass awning and spectacular glass frontage.
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