Trends New Zealand Trends Volume 32 No 3 New Zealand | Page 82
Winning
outlook
Indoor and outdoor lines
blur in this home with a
giant 7m sliding window
from Windowmakers
The right window system can lift your
home design to the next level. As a guide,
big is good, and so is operable.
The site for this contemporary family
home widened at the rear. In response,
architectural designer Joseph Long designed
the house to be wider and open up at the
back. A key feature became the large multislider with a custom-designed, complex
internal corner – a true statement piece.
This particular style of Windowmakers joinery is very modern – square and
chunky, says Long of LTD Architectural.
“It’s an ideal complement to the home’s
form and the materials. We chose substantial sliders which stack over the cladding,
combined with a tricky support-free corner
structure. Together they achieve a generous, unobstructed indoor-outdoor flow.”
Owner-builder Ryan Thomas, director
of Armada Construction, says because the
work involved an internal 100° corner he
felt Windowmakers was the only firm they
could rely on for the precision outcome.
Heidi Johnston of Windowmakers was
also pleased at the outcome. “We love this
system – the design helps maximise space
and brings light flooding into the interior.
“In addition, with young children, it’s
reassuring to know there are two skins of
safety glass in this product,” Thomas says.
For more, visit the Windowmakers
Design Centre, 79 Forge Rd, Silverdale,
Auckland, phone 0800 89 49 89, email
[email protected], or alternatively
go to the web: www.windowmakers.co.nz
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