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Larnangurrak (Our Place) by Y2 Architecture has won both the Overall and Commercial & Industrial Design Awards at the 2026 Lysaght Inspirations Design Awards, earning a combined $15,000 prize. Designed with the Dja Dja Wurrung community through Wartaka sessions, the Golden Square centre brings cultural stories and connections to Country into its form and landscape, with LYSAGHT LONGLINE 305® wall cladding and KLIP-LOK® roofing.

Nido Early School is a contemporary early learning centre built from the adaptive reuse of a heritage-listed villa. The roof features a combination of LYSAGHT CUSTOM ORB® and CUSTOM BLUE ORB® to deliver a modern look that harmonises with the site’s geometry and blend of old and new materials.

The Aboriginal Gathering Place at bunjil nganga Parkland is the first standalone Aboriginal-led gathering place in Melbourne's northern metropolitan region. Designed by fjcstudio for the City of Whittlesea, the building, known on the project as the Welcoming Building, uses LYSAGHT DOMINION® walling in COLORBOND® steel Copper Penny™ and Dune® Matt, with a LYSAGHT KLIP-LOK 700 HI-STRENGTH® roof in COLORBOND® steel Surfmist®. The materials were chosen to ground the curved, community-led form to its Country setting.

Green Magazine’s Editor and Publisher built an off-grid, pre-fab container home in Aireys Inlet, balancing durability, fire resistance, and energy efficiency. See how smart material choices shaped a home built to last.

How LYSAGHT® Steel Roofing and Guttering Helped Create a BAL-40 Compliant Prefab Home