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Showrooms and Bulky Goods Outlets

Showrooms and Bulky Goods Outlets

Tony Houston | Big, Bold and Beautiful. Showrooms and bulky goods outlets present a unique challenge. The building design needs to maximise exposure while creating a fabric that expresses tenant individuality..

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Vision 2025: Masterplanning Rockhampton Girls Grammar School

Graham Legerton | One of only eight original Queensland grammar schools, ThomsonAdsett helped Rockhampton Girls Grammar School plan for their campus's growth to meet projected future demand by creating a 2025 masterplan..

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What you need to know to grow.

Nic Hughan | As architects, our aim is to design spaces that demonstrate our understanding of our clients, end-users and the surrounding environment in a visual, structural and functional manner..

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Eldercare in the Community

David Lane | Representatives of the Australian aged care industry have been developing a dialogue with their counterparts in China, for the exchange of expertise and ideas between the two countries..

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Ecologically Sustainable Design

Ecologically Sustainable Design

| Straight from our Vision Statement, framed and enshrined in our office foyer, ecologically sustainable design is a key focus for Thomson Adsett..

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Designing Spaces to Learn

Designing Spaces to Learn

David Frost | Thinking back to my own education in the 60s and 70s, I have few recollections of the learning environment that I occupied for twelve of my formative years..

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The Greening of Aged Care

The Greening of Aged Care

Tieran Kimber | Can environmentally sustainable design be incorporated, in an industry that already requires buildings with a high capital cost and a financial base that is fixed to a certain degree?.

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Designing for Demential Units

Designing for Demential Units

Sue Kenny | Good design for dementia is usually good design for all aged care, with some additional hidden security measures built in. It’s not rocket science, but there are a few small “rules” we use..

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Defining the Brief

Wayne Schomberg | When an organisation decides to construct a Seniors Living Development it is important to prepare a thorough brief to ensure the best development possible is constructed..

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Brisbane's DNA

Don Marshall | Brisbane is at a critical point in its development. Its physical growth in the last fifty years has not been as controlled as it might have been, threatening the city’s long-term sustainability..

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