This landmark building in Perth’s City of Belmont is a unique community destination. Set across four levels, the building houses a library, digital hub and recording studio, seniors centre, museum, and office space for community service groups. The vision for the highly detailed, architectural design was to create a deconstructed building, pushing the boundaries architecturally with ideas not before seen on Australia’s west coast.

To achieve a sustainable 5-star Greenstar rated building, innovative and interesting materials were used. The external cladding delivered exceptional insulation performance, as well as outstanding visual aesthetics, with convex and concave curves, as well as angles all around the exterior. Completely cladding the building in insulated panels removed the need for a lot of structural framing, which is generally required for traditional cladding methods. The KingZip standing seam system was finished in Eurozinc, which is a cost-effective coating with zinc particles, that will age over time to create a one-of-a-kind finish.
 
“Using the KingZip system from Kingspan hastened the construction process. The large panel installation was prefabricated and craned in onsite, enabling the builders to achieve lock up fairly quickly, which was valuable,” commented Bollig.