Architectural Construction: Product Research Guide

Jonda is a manufacturer and supplier of roofing accessories like adjustable box gutter brackets, rainwater goods, flashing profiles, leaf guards and general sheetmetal.

Monier is one of Australia’s largest producers of roof tiles.

Lysaght has the largest share of the metal roofing and rainwater goods market in Australia. Popular roofing profiles for architectural applications are 'Klip-Lok', 'Spandek' and 'Longline'.

Stramit has a useful resource library on metal roofing and walling products.

Alucobond is the first composite aluminium product introduced on the markets in 1969 and it is still a global leader with a strong presence in Australia.

Alpolic is the Mitsubishi branch company that produces composite metal cladding products in aluminium, zinc, titanium and stainless steel.

Bluescope Steel is BHP's steel sheet metal business providing widely adopted steel based materials for cladding like Zincalume, Xlerplate (Corten similar), Colorbond and others.

Craft Metals is a Melbourne based distributor of non-ferrous metal cladding systems of zinc, copper, brass aluminium and more. Craft Metals is the Australian distributor of Rheinzink, TECU and Alcan. This website contains very useful detailed drawings.

This link takes to the Australian distributor and producer, under license from the US Steel Corporation, of the original Corten material.

Innowood supply, designs and manufactures composite timber products and systems for both commercial and residential applications.

James Hardie's is the Australian market leader of Compressed Fibre Cement products, including the versatile and economic open joint 'Exo-tec' and the flush-jointed 'Com-tex' facade systems.

Lysaght has a range of profiles for affordable sheet wall cladding solutions, normally available in Zincalume or Colorbond finish. Lysaght roofing profiles can also be used for wall cladding applications (but not viceversa).

Metanovus is a Victorian company that manufacturers supplies and installs aluminium louvres for generic use like mechanical ventilation, acoustic, screens et cetera.

Moeding is a German made back-ventilated, thermally insulated terracotta facade. The Moeding system offers a maintenance free, ecological and economical insulative clay product with a simple assembly.

Prodema is a composite panel with a natural wood veneer and protected with a proprietary coating from the effects of UV sunlight, chemical attack, and the damage caused by atmospheric agents.

Rheinzink is the world leader of zinc alloy products for roofing and cladding applications.

Rimex is an Australian company that supplies flat, patterned and/or coloured metals, mostly stainless and aluminium.

TECU is the architectural products division of KME a worldwide manufacturer of copper products. TECU's range of cladding materials includes also copper alloys producing 'brass', 'bronze', 'tin' and 'gold' effects.

Tilling offers traditional dressed natural timber cladding boards in Western Red Cedar for external applications.

Airport Doors is a manufacturer of large and automated residential, commercial and industrial doors including roller doors, roller shutters, counterweight doors, sliding doors and more

Aneeta Windows sashless windows are a popular choice with architects as they deliver the look of fixed glass with the practicality of a window. Best described as two panes of glass which overlap when opening or closing, this type of windows are referred to as “sashless”.

AWS has a range of high performance and thermally broken aluminium windows and doors. This website has very informative animations illustrating the operable mechanism of doors and windows.

Breezway is a popular manufacturer of glass louvred windows.

The AGS 200 Series door is a popular and versatile door frame for hinged, pivot or sliding configurations. It can meet a wide range applications and integrates with a broad range of Capral framing systems.

The AGS 900 Series Sliding Door is suitable for commercial and high-end residentual applications. It is capable of multi-stack configurations in panel sizes up to 3000mm in height and 2500mm in width.

Centor is a designer and manufacturer of architectural hardware systems for folding and sliding doors, screens, blinds and bifold door locks.

G.James Glass & Aluminium is a leading Australian supplier of aluminium framed glass sliding doors available in multi-track options.

Häfele isan international company providing hardware and fitting systems and electronic locking systems.

Melbourne Fire Doors is a local manufacturer of doors with fire-rating requirements, fire-doors, smoke doors, press metal frames.

Raven is an Australian producer of door and window weatherseals

Stegbar is a leading manufacturer of proprietary windows for the Australian domestic market.

Ezyjamb is a split type jamb manufactured form cold rolled steel with a patented profile to produce a door jamb with a flush trim.

The AGS 406 St. Lucia is a flush glazed framing system designed to offer a neat and clean external appearance using a flush fitting external cap glazing system.

The AGS 600/625 Narrowline is a 150x50mm centre pocketed framing system with self mating or snap mullion combinations and can accommodate single glazing up to a thickness of 12mm. Suitable for commercial applications. The 625 system is the version with glass pockets suitable to take double glazing up to 28mm.

The AGS 419 Flushline is a flush glazed framing system offering a clean and modern external appearance. With a range of frame depths including 100mm, 150mm and 250mm, this system can incorporate structurally glazed mullion profiles and offers a number of operable door and window options. Double glazed and thick glass options are also available in the 419 Flushline Acoustic and Double Glazed versions.

A versatile 150 mm × 45 mm 'centre pocket' glazed framing system suitable for shopfronts, entry door and and general framing applications.
The 676 series is a wide pocket version of the 675 Series framing system for accommodating up to 29mm double glazed units.

A versatile 152mm (wide) × 50mm (high) flush pocket glazed framing system suitable for shopfront, low-rise curtain wall and general framing applications. The 651 series is a wide pocket version of the 650 Series framing system for accommodating up to 29mm double glazed units.

Australian Glass Assemblies designs, manufactures and supplies glass fittings like spiders, overhead and canopy hardware, 'frameless' support systems, point supports, balustrade, pool gates and stairs systems.

China Southern Glass is a company with a growing market share for glass in the building industry.

G.James is an established Brisbane based company specialised in the supply and install of Glass to large commercial projects as well as the residential market.

National Glass is a Queensland based supplier of glass products as well as of structural glass fittings.

Pilkington introduced float glass in the 1950s and it is still one of the largest producers of glass worldwide.

Viracon is a US based global manufacturer of glass

Part of CSR Building Products, Viridian is Australia’s largest provider of glass and the only Australian manufacturer of float glass and hard coat performance products.

Aus-styrene is a manufacturer of expanded polystyrene, polyurethane, extruded polystyrene (XPS) and other speciality foams and foam products present in Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney. 'Isoboard' is a rigid, relatively high density, extruded polystyrene insulation board with good resistance to water and water vapour absorption.

Bradford is the CSR insulation division producing spray-ons, sarking, glasswool and rockwool batts and other solutions for bulk thermal, reflective, fire and acoustic requirements.

Fletcher has a wide range of thermal and acoustic insulation including glasswool, polyester and XPS products.

Foamex is a leading national polystyrene supplier for building applications including XPS insulation boards for cool rooms, refrigeration, wall, ceiling under concrete slab insulation.

Foilboard is a rigid sheet manufactured from fire retardant expanded polystyrene with pure aluminium foil directly laminated to both sides combining bulk and reflective performance in one product.