Technical Note – Treated Battens
Pro Clima, established in the 1980s within the German ecological building movement, provides building membrane solutions that maintain dry, healthy building fabrics without relying on chemical treatments, even for moisture-sensitive materials such as Radiata Pine. In Australia and New Zealand, timber is often chemically treated…
Striped for Strength: Adhesion Geometry in Modern Facades
Façades Under Pressure Australian façades experience some of the most adverse and diverse conditions in the world. What is perfect for the tropical north is a disaster for the alpine south. However, one thing remains consistent across all Australian façades – Pressure. As wind loading…
It’s All Just a Façade
My mother always told me that looks aren’t everything—it’s what’s inside that truly matters. When it comes to façade design, I believe the same principle applies: what’s inside counts most, and the exterior can always be decorated to suit any vision. The water control, air…
German School Buildings Top The Class
The German International School Sydney (GISS) has a stated philosophy that demands measurable outcomes for its students. It should come as no surprise therefore that the school sought measurable outcomes from its latest round of infrastructure expansion too.
The Perfect Pod
Passive Prefab Pod – Prefabricated 25-square-metre cabin is designed and built to offer the design, comfort, health and sustainability of a passive house on a smaller scale.
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 0: Flat Roofs
Download Article What’s a Ventilated Flat Roof? It is a low-pitched roof (≤10º) with an additional ventilated cavity space below the roof cladding. According to our European colleagues, it provides the opportunity to implement a diffusion open/permeable layer on the outer side of…
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 3: Fighting the Sun
Summer brings another set of challenges, but ASV is ready to take on the fierce forces of the Sun!
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 2: The Blue Planet
Download Article Earth is just a pale blue dot in the context of our solar system. It’s a pretty wet world, 70% is covered in water. Our planet’s blue colour is the result of all this water reflecting blue wavelengths of light from…
Thermoplastic Elastomer Ether Esters: What are they, how do they work?
Download full article Exterior membranes for roofs and walls by pro clima incorporate a monolithic Thermoplastic Elastomer Ether Ester (TEEE) film. The TEEE forms a state-of-the-art Weather Resistive Barrier (WRB) and when combined with TESCON EXTORA® forms the SOLITEX® system. The membrane, unlike conventional…
Above Sheathing Ventilation – Part 1: Rise of the Cavity
Download Article The Origin Story Every superhero needs one. If Above Sheathing Ventilation (ASV) is the superhero of roofs that work, then how and why did ASV come into being? We have a problem with the way we’ve been doing roofs in Australia and…