Custom wood windows

Winner of 2023 MBA Regional Building Awards, category Additions and Alterations  Set on a steep slope at the edge of bushland with stunning views of the sea, this home renovation and addition came with a fair share of challenges, one of them being in a high Bushfire Zone. Chosen Photography The building rests on 43 poles, anchored in sandstone, and is a marvel of construction. Tristan Davis is the director of Davis Builders whose company recently received 5 awards at the prestigious Master builders Association Regional Awards, including winner of the category Alterations and Additions with ‘Killcare Beach Retreat’.  Chosen Photography Tristan Davis and his team and suppliers brought this beach retreat to l... More

The CS Residence is four-bedroom house with three car garage and a bike workshop in the garage. The clients’, avid bikers and software owners, had purchase a site from when they were married and sat on it for many years, thinking of what they could build. Pollard Architects were chosen for a prominent list of architects, because of our level of design and unique approach to their site and program. The residence resides at the base of Mt. Olympus, a prominent iconic mountain cliff in the Salt Lake City Valley, in Olympus Cove. The site is on the end of a dead-end street on the down hill side facing north west towards the city. The views to Mt. Olympus and the views to the valley and the city beyond were enriched by the specific layout o... More

Architect Valbonesi designed this private residence near Chieti, Italy as a space where traditional and historic materials are perfectly integrated into the modern and contemporary style of the villa. Capoferri have designed large, automated sliding windows which create a sense of permeability and transparency - a dialogue between the minimalism of the interiors and the nature surrounding it. The external oak windows express austerity and rigour. Specifically designed and made to measure they feature special hardware that allows both swing and lift&slide operation, creating a monumental frontal that is both permeable and sealed in a play between verticality versus horizontality of the cladding. The result is a residence which is elegant... More

“Archetipo Architettura” have designed this austere, modern residence. Capoferri engineered special steel hardware to support the external windows made from mahogany. The sun-breaking panels, some of which are fixed while others are hinged, are made from wooden slats fixed to a support structure in brushed stainless steel. The verticality of the slats communicates with the geometries and the lines that characterize the pure minimalism of the villa. At the same time the movement of the sun-breaking panels creates a sense of permeability which contrast the impact of theA visible stone structure – a fascinating play with contrast and materials. More

This historic villa, located on the Asian river bank of the Bosporus, has been restored with a modern and contemporary twist. Capoferri provided the façade for this residence, which offers a stunning and exclusive view over the straight and, encapsulates, thanks to highly sound-absorbing lift&slide windows, an oasis of peace in a city as frenetic as Istanbul. The exterior is an ensemble of lines, movements and geometries, juxtaposing the vertical movement of the knee-fold sun-breaking panels and the horizontal cladding of the ventilated façade. While Mahogany has been the timber chosen for the windows, Capoferri opted for Red Cedar for the cladding. Both timbers are of the highest quality and both very resistant to moist ambient but off... More