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BORAL HEAD OFFICE, SYDNEY, NSW
Trafalgar Corporate
Kann Finch
Barclay Mowlem
2001

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Description:
One of Australia's largest building products manufacturers, Boral Limited, has a new Head Office in Sydney's western suburbs.

The new building is located on a rise overlooking the company's besser brick and masonry manufacturing facilities in Prospect. The two-storey office houses Boral's administration, quarrying, cement, plasterboard and masonry and IT operations.

Matthew Brindley of architects Kann Finch specified Robertson's Formawall FW1000 insulated panel for the facade, with Robertson taking responsibility for the engineering, supply and integration of all curtainwall elements including the Formawall, glazing, sunshields and louvres.

New glazing extrusions were produced as part of the overall design utilising Formawall in vertical panels. Formawall is one of the world's most widely used foam panel systems. Lightweight and many times more efficient as a thermal insulation barrier than brick or concrete panels, Formawall allows designers to enclose large, energy-efficient spaces with minimal support structure whilst maintaining high architectural values.

Formawall
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