Cooling

Want a cooler home – use your heat pump or air conditioner for cooling too. Plus is your home designed for natural cooling and ventilation too?

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Keeping your summer cool

The temperature's rising. So before all the fans get sold out this summer, let's get your home cooling ready.

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Heat pumps – Not just for heating

This family retreat incorporates a wealth of environmental design features from solar heating and cooling to a construction process that gave a 91% reduction of waste

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Concrete is so much more than just a construction material in this new home

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Keeping your summer cool

Winner – SAOTA and TKD – 2018 TIDA architecture, building, condominium, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, mixed use, official residence, property, real estate, residential area, villa, brown, blue

Youthful yet sophisticated contemporary family dwelling on the Sydney Harbour shore

Comprehensive renovation creates a modern-functioning home with all the character of a grand historic villa

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Architect's own home has custom curtain wall and strong connection to nature

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Prepping your pool for summer

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Blurring the lines between large indoor and outdoor areas

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Modern family home in tropical climate has two wings and central courtyard

The two wings of this large family home are made of granite and fair-faced concrete – a central reflective pool create cross ventilation to help cool the house

Designed by architects ARRCC, this new hilltop home architecture, building, elevation, estate, facade, home, house, property, real estate, residential area, sky, black, teal

Hill crest home maximises city views and natural light while still maintaining privacy for its owners

The L-shaped design of this family home ensures its indoor and outdoor living areas are private from the surrounding area despite the site being quite open and exposed