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Integrated Communications System--Barranduda New Town--Albury-Wodonga
Development Corporation-Albury-Wodonga on the Murray River--New South
Wales-Victoria-Australia.

The montage below depicts a few applications of the hundreds of signage variations that I
applied over a 5 year period in Australia. Eight different color coordinated pressed metal units
were designed with interchangeable parts and  produced by Peter Skeen Enterprises- Albury, NSW.
The units were stored by the corporation and used as communication needs arose for a wide variety
of needs--e.g. entrance signs--directional signs--promotional signage for land sales--location maps or
you are here type signage and so on.

This integrated systems approach to signage needs is common for most large scale
entities e.g. city building-college campuses-industrial parks-etc. Two good examples
with high profiles are the national area in Washington D.C. and the British Historic
Land Trust System.

Key:

1-300mmx1800mm triangular upright unit-typical application
2-300mmx300mm B unit attached to a custom designed entry sign
3-3 B and 3 D units combined  for a developers land sale needs
4-4.34meter pt wood street light--custom designed for the Baranduda community

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I designed a lot of  detail using Austen self oxidizing steel that never needs painting and always looks great with a perpetual rich rust colored finish. In the United States
It's known as Corten or "weatherized steel" and is gaining  popularity in recent years as its great practical value and beauty become more widely known. This material is
often confused with cast iron products that develop rust and eventually disintegrate unless the rust is removed by brushing and painting. Austen or Corten is steel that forms
a protective film of rust and protects the underlying steel indefinitely. Another typical application was the 50x40mm austen steel tube supporting the pt 2x6 plates of the street
light fixture to your left and immediately above this text.▼▼

Austen furniture examples that I started the use of and were subsequently used throughout much of  Tuggeranong's development.

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kent  mccoy landscape architect---po. box 976--eastpoint fl. 32328
ph  850 247 9073--email-- kentmccoy40@gmail.com