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Flexible building system

Tests on a prefabricated building system deve- loped by a Brisbane architect have shown that the panels will withstand winds of 130 m.p.h., making it suitable for tropical areas.

Called the Unison system, it consists of a load bearing panel made up of galvanised steel com- ponents. Sheeting, built according to customer re- quirements, is fixed internally and externally to these frames. The panels are bolted to the roof structure and to a bottom plate and also to each other.

The roof system is pressed metal purlins bolted on the top of the panels, the bottom flanges of the purlins supporting the ceiling panels. Simple lengths of roof sheeting are carried across the pur- lins, screwed to the top flanges, and fixed to each other.

The Unison panels are interchangeable and the buildings are permanent. They may be delivered to site either assembled or broken down into pallet- sized crates.

The system is being marketed by Unison, Re- ginald Street, Rocklea, Queensland.

Nominations for Reynolds Award

Opening of nominations for the 1971 fifteenth annual R. S. Reynolds Memorial Award for dis- tinguished architecture with the use of aluminium has been announced by the American Institute of Architects.

The award offers an honorarium of US$25,000 and an original sculpture in aluminium to the honoured architects or group of architects. Nomi- nations may be submitted by any individual until February 1971, by writing to the Reynolds Award, 1735 New York Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC.

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DEMAG Agencies in:

Hong Kong

Jebsen and Co. P.O. Box 97

Prince's Bldg., 23rd. Fl. Hong Kong/Hong Kong Tel.: 22 51 11

Malaysia

Behn, Meyer u. Co. (M) Sdn. Berhad P.O. Box 1032

468 - 1, Jalan Ipoh

Philippines

Mesma Machinery and Engineering Supplies Inc. P.O. Box 1845 Ayala Avenue

Cr. Camagong, Makati, Rizal

Manila/Philippines Tel.: 88 53 41

Singapore

Behn, Meyer and Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 2000 1-2 Magazine Road

Kuala Lumpur/Malaysia Singapore/Singapore

Tel.: 6 97 25-8

Tel.: 7 55 21

Taiwan

United Exporters & Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 248

No. 91-93, Nanking Road West Taipei/Taiwan

Tel.: 5 92 61-5, 592 88

Thailand

The International Engineering Co. Ltd. P.O. Box 39

614 Sukhumvit Road Bangkok/Thailand Tel.: 91 07 22

Gerald M. McCue, centre, chairman of the department of architec- ture at University of California, Berkeley examines models of the floating 'STOL Port' which won the US$5,000 Reynolds Aluminium Prize for Architectural Students for Joe J. Eng, a former Hong Kong student, left, and John P. Ahrendes. The rear model is of the complete airport. The foreground model shows design details of the flotating aluminium platform.

Far East BUILDER, December 1970