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Box Modern
The Box Modern style is characterised by cube-shaped volumes that are stacked, intersecting or arranged to form contemporary residences, with a focus on simple design that favours modular and prefabricated construction.
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From brick to cladding: Where to begin
Updating an older brick home is easier than you think. Using exterior cladding, you can transform your existing brick home into a residence that accommodates modern lifestyles and delivers striking contemporary street appeal.
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Modern Farmhouse
Modern Farmhouse blends rustic style with modern convenience, with pitched roofs and large windows that create a sense of openness and connection to the landscape.
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Modern Heritage
Modern Heritage is a renovation style that merges old with new, providing a unique glimpse into the past combined with contemporary contrasts through colour, shapes and materials.
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Barn
Barn continues to be a well-loved, flexible code that is evolving through the addition of bold colour and creative applications of materials to challenge the traditional roof line.
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