Glenn Smith Associates has been at the forefront of architectural design in Tasmania since the recycling of the Crown Mill in 1979 won their 1st of 12 RAIA design awards. At that time recycling of significant buildings in Launceston such as the Crown Mill, Thyne Mill into an Art School, Pilgrim Uniting Church, Shrimps Restaurant, and the Murray Building. Soon after the design of the Launceston Velodrome and subsequently the WA Velodrome (the 1st two international indoor velodromes in Australia) led to other sports and recreation projects. The 80’s and 90’s saw GSA significantly involved in some of Tasmania’s major eduction projects in Claremont College, Launceston college, Newstead College and Reece High School ‘rebuild’. The late 90’s also heralded the era of Call Centres. GSA designed the ‘State-of-the-Art’ Call Centre for Ansett followed by similar work for Westpac, Watts Skilled Communications and Tourism Tasmania. Aged Care facilities have also been a major design role of the office – projects such as The Manor; Nursing, Retirement units, Hospice Aldersgate Village; Aged Care Complex, Retirement Village More recently major projects include a 13 storey hotel in Hobart, a $30m resort at Low Head and a $10m office complex in Launceston. The current interest in Environmentally Sustainable Design has resulted in GSA being commissioned to design Tasmania’s first commercial project to be registered with the Green Building Council of Australia. This 5-star rated building will commence in August and be completed in September 2008. The building has been specifically designed to provide an energy efficient 5-star rated building which includes features such as:- Extensive fixed and operable sun hading devices Openable thermal break, double glazed, low E windows to 3 sides Solar heated ducts Hollow concrete floor panels providing passively cooled air distribution Large underground water tanks providing water for general use and night cooling activity Automatically controlled shutters for cross ventilation and night cooling Full height atrium with clear roof allowing natural daylight to all spaces Hydronic ceiling mounted radiant panels and chilled beams allow the building to be heated and cooled without the need for airconditioning Top | Home Copyright 1997-2007 Site created by Murchison Productions Launceston, Australia