Innovations & Inspirations
The design options for COLORBOND® steel are almost as limitless as your imagination.
Read our Feature Stories to see how COLORBOND® steel has inspired great building design, or visit our Photo Gallery for images of innovative buildings.
Featured Projects
Industrial Estate Starts With Steel
One of the first projects on Paramount Industrial Estate in Victoria has been completed using an unusual combination of COLORBOND® steel that is sure to set the precedent for buildings to follow. Read More
Radford Receives Architectural Upgrade
Radford College in Bruce, has received a modern 'industrial' addition to its campus with the completion of the stylish new Art, Design and Technology Centre. Read More
Divine Design
Four years after being destroyed by fire, Dominic College Chapel in Glenorchy, southern Tasmania, has risen from the ashes with an award winning design, mixing the spiritual with eye catching, contemporary architecture. Read More
New Warehouse Puts Up A Steel Front
The final development at Australand's Greystanes Business Hub has been completed and has turned the traditional look of a warehouse on its head with the clever use of walling made from COLORBOND® steel. Read More
The Award Winning Woolworths State Office
The ability of COLORBOND® steel architectural panels to give depth and flair to a corporate "flagship" has been well proven on Woolworths" new state headquarters, in South Australia. Read More
Upmarket Showground Opens Up To The People
A striking exhibition centre in Adelaide is showcasing modern urban design after a dramatic renovation. The Jubilee Pavilion at the Royal Adelaide Showground has undergone a dramatic facelift following the replacement of its Hamilton Hall exhibition building. Read More
New Science Centre an Architectural Laboratory
An energy efficient girls' school is leading the way with a state-of-the-art Science and Information Technology Centre and Library that showcases sustainable, environmentally conscious architecture. Lauriston Girls' School in Armadale, Victoria sought to create a building that expressed the educational philosophies of the school, according to Simon Swaney of Swaney Draper Architects. Read More
Library Reflects Community Vitality
The striking design of a new community library building is helping to highlight the vitality of the rural Victorian community of Kerang. The new library is the largest project undertaken for several years at Kerang, a farming centre 270 kilometres from Melbourne at the junction of the Murray Valley and Lodden Valley highways. Read More
Grandstand Roof Rises Above the Ruck
Sydney rugby union club Manly succumbed in the 2002 season opener to Randwick 20-31, but the team's supporters revelled in the club's eye catching new grandstand. The lightweight steel roof over the grandstand is the major part of a A$1.75 million upgrade to Manly Oval, including the grandstand and adjoining amenities building. Read More
Karijini National Park Wins National Accolade
Leading architecture and design firm Woodhead International has won the 2001 Royal Australian Institute of Architects (RAIA) National COLORBOND® steel Award for its visitor centre in the Karijini National Park. The visitor centre in the remote Pilbara region of Western Australia is a completely self-contained facility which serves as an introduction to the park and associated Aboriginal culture. Read More
