July 28th, 2011
Our wauchope manufacturer, Bago Woodworks, delivered a stunning curved balustrate for this contemporary home on the shores of Smiths Lake on the Midnorth Coast of NSW. The use of timber as a key element of the design was important in blending the home with the site and providing a warmth to compliment the rammed earth walls.
Even with the constraints of a high level bushfire assessment, timber was skillfully utilised externally and internally presenting as a dominant material. These timbers came from a mix of new, site-milled and salvaged sources. The use of timbers from the site truly assists in the integration of the built form into its surroundings.
Recycled jarrah was available from a local timber merchant, and with the client hailing from Western Australia it seemed an appropriate introduction to the palette of materials. The warmth of its red hues provided a perfect centre piece to the primary living area with a large slab used for the top of the kitchen island bench. It was also used for the feature external cladding.
A blackbutt bush pole, cut from the house site, emerges through the island bench to support an exposed timber framed mezzanine space. The mezzanine is constructed from locally sourced blackbutt framing timbers and red mahogany flooring. The curves, form and texture of the timber elements provide a perfect counterpoint to the more rectilinear form of the dwelling itself. Red mahogany floor boards are used on all but lowest level of the home.
Blackbutt, recycled oregon and red mahogany were combined with hoop pine plywood to create custom built joinery, some pieces built in and others freestanding. The bunk room features beds crafted from the deep sections of Oregon. Red mahogany also features as the internal reveals to the windows.
The stair, wrapping around a rammed earth wall, is constructed of blackbutt with a vertical jarrah balustrade. The timbers throughout the house are finished with Danish oil.
Viist the Australia Timber Design Awards website to vote for one of 2 projects that Sentrel Products are entered into.
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May 2nd, 2011
Sentrel Products Receives DesignEX Award for Best Product!
Sentrel Vertical Cable Balustrade and Pool Fencing has just been awarded ‘Best New Product – Architectural External & Structural Products’ at this year’s Melbourne DesignEX. Australia’s leading design and architecture event presents the best in contemporary and classic designs. This trade-only event has been at the forefront of the design and architectural arena for over 20 years.
Sentrel’s designer, Brett Harrison, was unable receive the award, which was accepted on his behalf by Louise Scott, who was in Melbourne as part of Sentrel’s Sales and Marketing team. Interior designer and executive sales manager Jennifer Fair is delighted with the honour, reflecting that a great deal of hard work had gone on behind the scenes to get the product to the show. ‘In a product like pool fencing and balustrade, complying with Australian Standards is essential. The testing is rigorous. Engineer certification and quality craftsmanship are essential to us. We made it through the process and the design is still stunning! We love it’.
Jen and her partner Bob Acton, from Byron Bay, first came into contact with Sentrel by entering and winning a competition for $6,000 of Sentrel’s Pool Fencing in 2009. Bob is a building designer, so between them there were a few ‘lively conversations’ about which way to go for pool fencing. Glass was good-looking but needed cleaning and didn’t let the breezes through, steel didn’t offer any kind of visual appeal to them as designers and horizontal cable balustrade has never been legal for pools. They loved the vertical cable Sentrel product so much they became partners in Sentrel Australia and are taking the business around the country with their enthusiasm and expertise.
Dean and Anneke Lovell of Bago Woodworks in Wauchope, manufacture the product, and have also recently come on board as shareholders in the company. Bago Woodworks is renowned for their quality craftsmanship and attention to detail, and have been building fine furniture for years. The ‘Best Product’ award to Sentrel Australia is a testament to small business success in our state, combining the talents and skills of a design, manufacturing and sales team across 3 regional areas in New South Wales producing an Australian-made product using Australian hardwoods. Congratulations to Sentrel!
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March 24th, 2011
Sentrel Balustrades and Pool Fencing at Melbourne DesignEX!
We at Sentrel Balustrades and Pool Fencing are really thrilled to be exhibiting at Melbourne designEX this year. This Design and Architecture, Interior Design, Contemporary and Classic Design Mecca is all about showcasing exemplary products and materials to designers from all the major design disciplines.
This year, the expo is being held in Melbourne, the centre for the Arts and a beautiful city as well. Fittingly, the 2011 National Architecture Conference is being held at the same venue, the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre, 1 Convention Centre Place, South Wharf, Melbourne.
We’re feeling really blessed to have secured Stand 1601, a spot just near the main entry where all those pumped-up architects are going to be flooding into the Exhibition Hall, ready to soak up the excellence of our Balustrades and Pool Fencing and be impressed by the technical and safety features of our product. So, we’re calling all architects and interior and landscape designers to find us at Stand 1601 and get to know us, our products and our passion for our industry.
The agenda includes a variety of keynote sessions, new products awards, live profile seminar theatre, architectural radar and a host of other goodies to keep all you designers out there happy as!
Booked your tickets or seminars yet? Visit designEX and have areally good look around, then come see us in Melbourne! A bientôt!
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