2025 was another successful year for SUPAWOOD, with projects across residential, education, aged care, commercial and community spaces — alongside the launch of TerraTough, our new mineral oxide board. Discover how innovative linings, acoustic performance and material durability shaped some of Australia’s most inspiring interiors.
Grounded in conventional measures of strength, durability and aesthetic cohesion, integrity used to be a more straightforward concept. Now, its meaning runs much deeper. A building’s true integrity is increasingly defined by the invisible, yet equally powerful, realm of sustainable architecture – the ethical DNA of its supply chain, the resilience and transparency of its material journeys and its verifiable impact on the environment. For architects, designers and specifiers, successfully navigating this intricate network is now the very measure of their work. The hidden risks it entails, however, make this landscape particularly challenging.
Grounded in conventional measures of strength, durability and aesthetic cohesion, integrity used to be a more straightforward concept. Now, its meaning runs much deeper. A building’s true integrity is increasingly defined by the invisible, yet equally powerful, realm of sustainable architecture – the ethical DNA of its supply chain, the resilience and transparency of its material journeys and its verifiable impact on the environment. For architects, designers and specifiers, successfully navigating this intricate network is now the very measure of their work. The hidden risks it entails, however, make this landscape particularly challenging.
The best office is a functional office fit for purpose. This goal can be easily compromised through a lack of acoustic design input. Without proper acoustical advice, trends such as warehouse conversions, exposed soffits, glazed partitions and concrete surfaces, can be a dangerous design option that can lead to an unsuccessful project.
Successful architecture means that rooms for speech must also be designed to facilitate clear communication with consideration to the function and layout of the space. This implies that designers, architects and acoustic consultants should actively collaborate.
