Operable double-glazing and broad sliding,
balcony doors overcome the common
apartment issue of poor thermal performance
and permeability.
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It stands out from so many modern apartments that all
have this resemblance as if they’re from the same hand.
You can almost imagine James Bond’s Aston pulling up
outside and him sitting on the balcony, surveying the
skyline with a martini in hand.
I hope so.
Do you continue learning from each Block challenge?
Or is it now more of a carousel of recurring problems?
Well there definitely is that carousel of recurring problems.
That’s part of life. I’m a great advocate of the saying
that you really never know everything. Every project
in architecture presents its unique problems. Then again
I’m also a great advocate of the idea that there are
no problems, only opportunities that haven’t been realized,
or solved. Really at the end of the day we do produce some
good stuff. These answers are founded in real-life, often
complex issues. They don’t ever disappear, so we just
really have to stump up and learn from the past and apply
that again and again with a new flavour, a new look.
Where do you see The Block heading?
We’ve always said that the sky’s the limit. We really don’t
know where it’s going next. The formula’s very popular but
there are greater minds than min