AWA DIRECTORY
BDAV Awards 2013
Rose of South Yarra, designed by Wilson iD Pty
Ltd, won eight awards in the BDAV Building
Design Awards this year, including the coveted
Building Design of the Year. Amongst the
awards won was Excellence in the Use of Glass.
This outstanding project is defined by the spatial relationships and
a sense that everything is connected but without clearly defined
perimeters. Glazing is the single most important device used to
achieve this outcome as well as helping to overcome some of the
limitations placed on the project by ResCode. Coloured, textured
and translucent glazing activate the interior providing mood and
a sense of mystery.
Everything about this home has an attitude of ‘why? because
we can’ about it. And this ‘attitude’ extends to the creative and
imaginative use of glass in colour, texture and placement.
Every window and glazing element is artfully framed in a different
material palette. The placement of the glazing elements are
skilfully designed to interconnect the internal spaces with light
colour and ventilation.
Above: AWA’s Neil
Cunningham (left) presented
the Glass Award to Ian Wilson
of Wilson iD at the BDAV’s
2013 Annual Dinner.
Designer: Wilson iD Pty Ltd, Builder: Silverstream Constructions, Photos: Trevor Meim
Photography, Glazing: Viridian / Axess Glass, Window Tinting: Tint Design
Anyone looking at this house wants to stop and look at every
window – be it vertical, angled or horizontal and absorb its framing
and how the light and colour is scooped up, splashed and played
onto the room surfaces. Natural daylight through glass penetrating
into the core of the home blurs the feeling of being indoors or
outdoors. Colour and sunlight reach in, casting fingers of shadows
onto the varying material textures throughout the home, moves
every hour of the day and every season of the year, as if to
conduct the mob as an ensemble of vibrancy and happiness.
An outstanding winner for Excellence in the Use of Glass.