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Mar 20 2017

New Project at Boathouse Restaurant, Noosa

Last week we began another little project at the Boathouse Restaurant in Noosa. This time around, we were tasked with replacing the new door to the restaurant’s river room, that is used for wedding receptions and other functions.

We began by removing the roller door, replacing it with a newer, more modern stacker door. This new door fitting will create greater ease moving objects, such as furniture, in and out of the room. Take a look:

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Mar 15 2017

Australian Architecture Series: Art Deco Style

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Coming into week five of our Australian Architecture Series, we will be looking at the Art Deco style that began appearing in Australia after the First World War. Although the first appearances of this style began in the 1920s, during the 1940s – 1950s, there was exponential growth. Many of the influences of this style came from the Spanish Mission and Georgian Revival movements. These houses were typically built with simplicity and then embellished with Art Deco motifs.

Unique Features

Built on large blocks of land
Typically red brick, but also weatherboard and rendered were common
Enclosed balconies
Wrought-iron gates
Front brick fences
‘Waterfall’ style with curved windows and chimneys
Art Deco motifs in many areas, including:
- Chimney and roof design
- Ceiling and cornices
- Spires, towers and parapets
- Stained-glass
- Wood panelling
- Glass brick walls

Purpose

This style became popular during the alternative artistic movement in many areas of Europe, that saw everyday citizens begin to question everything they knew about design. The movements of Cubism, Futurism, and Modernism heavily influenced this architecture style, which gave designers more freedom in expressing creativity. The movement was also influenced by the discoveries that were occurring in Egypt and Greece of the same time, displaying once again the impact that current events have on building and architecture movements.

Significance Today

Today, inner-city suburbs of Sydney and Melbourne are great examples of this type of architecture, that was also constructed in apartment blocks to accommodate for inner-city high density living during the early 1900s. However, as the popularity of this design increased, thus style spread across Australia and the Art Deco style is still a heavily prevalent architecture style.

Below is a great example of the Art Deco style in Nedlands, WA. Take note of the curved exterior walls, brickwork and enclosed front entrance area .

[Photo: realestate.com]

These curved windows and cylindrical design this home in inner-city Melbourne, showing the uniqueness of this style.

[Photo: Property Observer]

Stay tuned next week for our sixth and final blog in our Australian Architecture Series. #australianarchitecture #espdevelopments #aussiehistory #artdeco

Mar 10 2017

Flashback Friday: Clayfield Project

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We thought we’d take a trip down memory lane to revisit one of our recent projects from the last few years. This large project in Clayfield included a major renovation of the house to adjust to the needs of a growing young family. The original house was built in underneath, adding more bedrooms and living spaces. Along with this, there was a new kitchen, laundry and two new bathrooms constructed.

The exterior of the home, before construction began.

Clayfield beforeRS