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Classroom Acoustics is a complex field

Classroom acoustics: It’s more complex than NRC

If you’re an architect designing educational facilities, you’ll know that reducing noise, both ...
Passive House
Passive house design

Does Passive House design increase the risk of indoor mould?

Passive House design is gaining popularity in Australia, but is building an airtight dwelling ...
Hospital Design
Hospital Design Covid-19

COVID-19 will change the way we design hospitals

When doctors in Wuhan, China (where COVID-19 first emerged), studied 138 early cases, they ...
Blog
Working from home

Our 9 tips for working remotely

The outbreak of COVID-19 has presented employers and employees with unprecedented challenges, ...
Blog
Wet plasterboard

Wet plasterboard: repair or replace?

There are various ways in which plasterboard can get wet. It may ...
Blog
House burning in a bushfire

Building in bushfire prone areas

It is hard to put a number to how many properties have been ...
Blog
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Keep it together with Knauf’s Revit Add-In

Building Information Modeling (BIM) is gaining steam in the architectural, engineering and ...
Blog
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Can hot, dry weather increase the risk of plasterboard cracks?

According to reports, Australia is in for a dry, hot summer. Such extreme weather conditions ...
Blog
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Why Knauf’s 4-in-1 plasterboard is perfect for the health sector

For architects and designers the construction and renovation of hospitals, health centres, ...
Blog
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4 health risks of teaching in a noisy classroom

 
Blog
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8 workplace design tips for better acoustics

Office designers have a tough task on their hands: Employees demand privacy and ...
Blog
kspec blog

5 reasons why you will love Knauf's K-Spec tool

Knauf’s K-Spec tool has been developed in-house by our ...
Blog
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The 5 principles of Passive House design

Blog, Knauf KnowHow
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5 things you might not know about plasterboard

1. It’s been around for more than a century ...
Blog, Knauf KnowHow
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Condensation and the NCC: What's changed?

For the first time in its history the recently updated
Acoustic, Blog, Knauf KnowHow
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Instagram and the restaurant revolution

Restaurateurs are increasingly feeling the pressure to be “Insta-worthy”, but with all the ...
Acoustic, Blog, Knauf KnowHow
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Open-plan classrooms are popular, but what about the noise?

Open-plan, collaborative learning spaces are on the rise in Australian schools, and while this ...
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Make our calculators part of your solution!

Knauf Australia offers a variety of online calculation tools for the professional to quickly ...
Acoustic
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Healing architecture and acoustics in hospitals

Nobody enjoys a trip to the hospital. It is associated with stress, illness and pain and being ...
Acoustic
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Quick and easy way to estimate reverberation time

Reverberation time In a closed space, sound gets ...
Acoustic
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Acoustic design advice for café interiors

Café and restaurant designers face a difficult challenge when designing café interiors: how to ...
Design
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6 café design trends and ideas

If you’re about to open or makeover a coffee shop, café or casual restaurant, what are the ...
Acoustic
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3 inspiring hospital design trends: colour, light and minimalism

Hospitals are generally not places people aspire to go to. Drab, grey and unwelcoming, with ...
Acoustic
Florence_Nightingale

Hospital design and noise: A message from Florence Nightingale

Remember Florence Nightingale? The Lady with the Lamp?
Fire
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How to select a fire rated wall or ceiling

One of the most common questions we get asked is “how can one system have two different Fire ...
Acoustic
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Recommended reverberation times for 7 key spaces

Acoustic
Rainforest

Soundproofing: Block it or absorb it?

Have you ever stood still in a rainforest to listen to the beautiful silence? Sometimes the ...
Knauf KnowHow
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Avoiding the blame game if things go wrong in your project

When you're working on a construction project, whether it's a large commercial build or a home ...
Moisture
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Best practice for waterproofing in showers

Up to 90% of bathroom complaints relate to waterproofing and leakages. Shower areas are ...
Moisture
Townsville-Floods

Getting back in shape after flood damage

After some of Australia’s most extreme weather conditions in the far north east of the ...
Moisture
MouldOnWall

Keeping unhealthy mould at bay

With so many of Australia's regions affected by hot and humid weather, especially during the ...
Plasterboard
Painting-Plasterboard

Painting Plasterboard – getting the job done

Once the interior plasterboard walls are installed, your construction project is really ...
Plasterboard
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Painting Plasterboard – what are the standards?

When new plasterboard interiors are installed, how they’re coated for the first time will have ...
Products
NATSPEC

NATSPEC recognises Knauf on NCPR Register

As an active participant in the construction industry with a focus on quality and safety, ...
Plasterboard
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Summer dry-out – what’s the answer?

How to beat the heat and overcome the challenges of ...
Plasterboard
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Glancing light and how to minimise its impact

During the longer days of the summer months, the impact of glancing light becomes more ...
Acoustic
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Acoustic design ... why size matters

Acoustic design is one of those often ignored aspects or architecture – and it shouldn’t be. ...