ACU, Melbourne

The former 1920’s bank note facility took on a new purpose when transformed into a bright and open space by the Australian Catholic University in Melbourne. The project comprised the lower ground, ground floor, and addition of a six-storey external staircase enclosed in a glazed facade installed by Heritage Glass in conjunction with Metcon and Glassworks.

For the external staircase, Heritage Glass replaced existing legacy aluminium framed windows with steel frames, working with fellow Schiavello subsidiary, Metcon, to custom fabricate the steel. Glassworks’ high performing low-E glass, LoE³-366® was the glass of choice thanks to its insulating properties which improve the thermal performance of the overall glazing solution whilst still retaining the building’s original window fenestration.