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To retain the strong architectural look of this home, custom
Fairview Architectural aluminium joinery was specified
There’s a certain drama about
a black house. The strong
colour palette is often teamed
with bold architecture, with
each reinforcing the other.
That is exactly how it is
for this contemporary home
designed by Anthony Hoete of
WHAT Architecture.
The exterior features black
walls angled on slightly different planes, with windows that
appear as large cut-outs.

Phill Brangwynne of Elite
Window Solutions, which
supplied custom aluminium
joinery from Fairview Systems’
Architectural suite, says the
composition is enhanced by
windows that appear to be
frameless.
“There is almost no framing
showing, so the windows
appear as glass panels within
the wall. This was made possible by the low-profile frame

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that is hidden within the walls.
This gives the illusion that
there is no frame at all.”
Similarly, the 12m-wide,
full-height stacking doors that
open up the living area to the
outdoors glide on a track that
is flush with the floor. This
reinforces the seamless link
between inside and out.
Other joinery included a
large skylight above the master
bathroom.

Brangwynne says all the
doors and windows were built
on site, and special custom
flashings were shaped to the
profile of the weatherboards.
“This was definitely the
most challenging job our team
has worked on. The success of
the project is a true testament
to the capability of the Fairview joinery product, and the
knowledge of our team.”
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