Wednesday, March 7, 2007

Site Visit - John Wardle, Dock 5


Dock 5 Apartments , Located docklands, designed by John Wardle Architects.
Project nearing completion. August 2006

Base of apartment building. Includes commercial retail use.

2 floors of apartment space suspended out of the building.

John Wardle Architects - DOCK 5


Detail of steel beam junction that suspends the room out of the building.
Exterior of factory. No. 20, located in Port Melbourne

Welded connection knee joint between UB coloumn and rafter beam.

Portal Frame commercial construction. Oxley Nets Factory.
The use of UB steel beams. Concrete block work exterior and metal sheet cladding.