Often, the details that look most simple at first are likely more complex, requiring the talent and collaboration of a dedicated and experienced team. Take the front facade screen at Cantilever House for example, where the design and construction detailing teams came together to find a solution that fulfilled an array of competing briefing items: complete privacy, the ability to control sunlight at varying times of the day, and a design element that was enduring without looking industrial. Here, building manager Tom Skewes explains how the challenge led to an intelligent and beautiful solution.
It’s balancing architectural intent with clients’ needs and local regulations, all the while ensuring longevity and integrity in the built form, and it’s a delicate dance that Tom Skewes knows the steps to.
“From my viewpoint, the process happens in three parts,” Skewes says. “The client provides the architect with a brief, the architect brings that brief to fruition, and then as the builder, it’s our job to execute that design without losing elements of the creative intent or the clients’ brief along the way.” In the case of Cantilever House, the project came with a strong brief and a detail oriented client that both design and construction teams enjoyed collaborating with.
