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MRA Design are an award winning team of Building Designers founded in 1997 by Director Michael Rolton. We are a multi-disciplined firm encompassing Residential, Multi-Residential , Industrial and Commercial Design.
Our firm of young, forward thinking Designers are passionate about providing innovative, functional, sustainable and cost effective design solutions with a strong foundation in aesthetic principles.
We utilize the latest Archicad modeling software enabling our clients to visualise all aspects of their project in 3D, and endeavor to stay on the cutting edge of building innovation and technologies.
Our design approach is to provide a collaborative effort with our clients, associated consultants and builders from concept to completion ensuring projects exceed the clients expectations and meet budget constraints.
- 1/33 Premier Circuit
- Kawana Junction Queensland 4575
- Principle Building Designer, Michael Rolton
- QBSA Lic. No. 1135156
- P// 61 (7) 5493 5908
- F// 61 (7) 5493 6971
- E// admin@mradesign.com.au
MRA DESIGN PROJECT #10-003
Costa Constructions Display Home – Birtinya Island Queensland
The Brief for this project from the builder was to essentially break with the traditions of the standard project home style display home and provide the builder with a showcase of their abilities to construct a minimal one-off design. The design also had to demonstrate effective and innovative use of the narrow 12m wide site, provide a high level of sustainability and present a restrained palette of materials while avoiding superfluous detailing.
The use of “raw” materials such a polish concrete floors and walls provide high thermal mass to aid in combating thermal change. Full height stacking doors to the main northern deck blur the divide between inside and out and also provide substantial cross ventilation by directing cooling summer breezes through the house minimising the need for mechanical cooling. It is hoped that by being able to view building materials, finishes and spacial arrangements that would not normally be used in a display home environment, potential clients will have an opportunity to be enlightened to the benefits of individual, site specific, sustainable design rather than the “drag and drop” approach of many project builders.
- Project Team Chris Halliday, Michael Rolton
- Builder Costa Constructions
- Engineer Lindsay Consulting
- External Walls Off form Concrete, Cedar cladding, Rendered polystyrene panel
- Internal walls Off form Concrete, Cedar cladding, Plasterboard ‘Paper white’ , square set cornice
- Roofing Colorbond ‘Trimdeck and Kliploc’ in White, R.3.5 Insulation, 3kW Back to Grid Solar System
- Flooring Grind and seal Polish concrete, Carpet TBS to bedrooms
- Doors ‘Ezy-Jam’ square set door frames to internal core doors, Frameless translucent sliding doors to robes. Schlage ‘Angelo’ door hardware
- Windows Anodised aluminium ‘Trend’ Frames, ‘Evergreen’ Glass, Commercial four panel Stacking Door to deck
- Kitchen Essa reconstituted stone bench-tops, Timber veneer to cabinetry, Electrolux appliances, Clark ‘Epure’ sink, EWC ‘Eve’ Tap ware, Painted Glass splashback
- Bathrooms Essa reconstituted stone bench-tops, Caroma ‘Cube’ wall hung basins, Caroma ‘Cube Invisi’ wall hung pedestals, Hansa ‘Stella’ tap ware to basins, Hansa ‘vantis pin piccolo’ to shower and bath, Decina ‘cool’ free standing bath, Porcelain 600x300 Tiles TBS
- Other Mixed hardwood to decking ‘Sikkens’ Setol natural stain, Hot dipped Galvanised external support posts