the People

Owner
Rachael Bourne and Shane Blue

Architect
Bourne Blue Architecture pty ltd
PO box 295,
Newcastle
NSW 2300
Australia
Ph 61 2 4929 1450
Fax 61 2 4927 1623

Rachael Bourne and Shane Blue

Interior designer:
Rachael Bourne

Engineer(s):
Tony Dockrill –
Izzat Consulting Engineers

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Bourne Blue Architecture pty ltd

Lighting:
Bourne Blue Architecture pty ltd

General contractor:
Bruce Brown
Sugar Creek Building

Photographer
Brett Boardman
61 2 9516 1656

CAD system, project management, or other software used:
archicad

the Products

Structural system
Concrete block base walls, timber framed floor walls and roof

Exterior cladding
Masonry:
Face concrete block basewall

EIFS, ACM, or other:
9mm compressed cement sheet

Roofing
Metal:
Custom orb colorbond corrugated metal sheeting

Windows
Aluminum:
25 micron clear anodized aluminium windows

Glazing
Glass:
Clear toughened

Insulated-panel or plastic glazing:
Aircell insulation

Doors
Entrances:
Blackbutt lined entry door

Metal doors:
Glazed aluminium framed doors

Special doors (sound control, X-ray, etc.):
Zincalume steel roller shutters

Interior finishes
Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Laminex benchtop to kitchen, all exposed joinery faced with concrete formply, no finish

Paints and stains:
Murobond pure acrylic paints

Wallcoverings:
Plasterboard

No tiling at all, blackbutt decking panel above waterproofed tray for wet areas, flat zincalume sheeting for wet area walls

Raised flooring:
Polished particleboard floor

Furnishings
Ikea

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Ikea

Plumbing
AA worm farms wet composting worm farm – this is the onsite sewer treatment system. There is 27000L of water storage to collect rainwater for the water supply. There is 15000L of water storage for firefighting.