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Doric Australia Doric is Australia's largest privately owned door and window hardware manufacturer. Doric Products are the ‘Innovators of Hardware for Windows & Doors’.

Doric is Australia's largest privately owned door and window hardware manufacturer and proud sponsor Supercars star Will Davison, Racing legend John Bowe and DesmoSport Ducati in the ASBK

Doric has a network of branches located in capital cities and regional locations to provide the service and delivery standards our clients demand. Doric has won three design awards in recent years at the AWA (Australian Window Assocation) Design Awards and Good Design Awards. Doric page – Conditions of Use
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Some of the strongest design decisions are the ones occupants never need to think about.The right hardware, suitable ope...
25/10/2026

Some of the strongest design decisions are the ones occupants never need to think about.

The right hardware, suitable opening control and considered product selection can help an opening operate as intended from the start. A lock that suits the door. A roller sized for the load. A restrictor matched to the window. None of these choices call attention to themselves when they're made well, but each one shapes whether an opening performs reliably for years, not just at handover.

Good design is proactive. It starts by understanding how an opening will be used, then selects and coordinates hardware accordingly, rather than solving for compliance alone and leaving performance to chance.

That's the approach behind Doric's range across door hardware, window hardware, rollers, locks, restrictors and Ventus louvre systems, components designed to work together as part of the complete opening.

Explore the range, or talk to our team about specifying for long-term performance. https://doric.com.au/contact/

Innovation gets attention. Its real value is in everyday performance.Does the window open smoothly?Does the door operate...
21/10/2026

Innovation gets attention. Its real value is in everyday performance.
Does the window open smoothly?
Does the door operate reliably?
Is the hardware suited to repeated use?
Can ventilation be adjusted to suit changing conditions?
These are practical questions that deserve attention early in the project, not just at handover.

For more than five decades, Doric has worked with architects, fabricators and builders to address real challenges in door and window hardware. Doric Hardware

That focus extends to Ventus Single Blade Louvre Systems and Paraflow Dual Blade Louvre Systems, providing options for incorporating natural ventilation into the complete opening. The choice starts with understanding the application and its performance requirements. Doric Hardware

The aim is not simply to specify individual products. It is to consider how the opening will work for the people using it.

Better building performance starts with getting the fundamentals right.
Explore Doric’s door and window hardware and https://doric.com.au/ventus/ for your next project.

Compliance is the starting point. The next question is how the opening will perform in everyday use.A door or window can...
19/10/2026

Compliance is the starting point. The next question is how the opening will perform in everyday use.

A door or window can meet every relevant standard and still fall short if it isn't specified for how it will actually be used. Hardware selection, opening control, security and correct application all contribute to safer, more reliable outcomes, long after handover.

A sliding door needs locks and rollers matched to its load. An awning window needs a restrictor suited to its ventilation and safety requirements. A louvre installation needs to balance airflow, security and fall prevention, ideally backed by tested performance data, not assumption.

Considered together, these decisions move specification from a compliance checkbox to a genuine risk-management strategy, one that holds up through years of daily use, not just at sign-off.

Our latest article looks at why risk-aware specification starts at the design stage, and what that means for architects, fabricators, builders and specifiers.

Read it

Read the full article on the Doric website.

AUSTRALIAN DESIGN. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING. AWARD-WINNING INNOVATION.We're incredibly proud to announce the Doric Paraflo...
16/10/2026

AUSTRALIAN DESIGN. AUSTRALIAN ENGINEERING. AWARD-WINNING INNOVATION.

We're incredibly proud to announce the Doric Paraflow Dual Blade Louvre System is a Winner in the 2026 Good Design Australia Awards, in the Product Design - Hardware and Building category.

Developed by the Doric team in Australia, Paraflow rethinks what a louvre window can achieve. Its dual glass blade design and 35mm air gap improve:

✔ Thermal efficiency
✔ Acoustic performance
✔ Wind and water resistance
✔ Ventilation
✔ Serviceability

All while using standard louvre glass, making it a practical solution for increasingly demanding performance requirements, including seven-star housing.

The Australian Good Design Awards Jury described Paraflow as:

“An impactful and innovative solution” and “a clever solution that meaningfully advances louvre window technology.”

That is exactly what we set out to create.

To the engineers, designers, product specialists and wider Doric team who took Paraflow from idea to market: this one is yours. 👏

👉 Read the full story: https://doric.com.au/blog/doric-paraflow-dual-blade-louvre-system-recognised-in-the-2026-australian-good-design-awards/

Team Doric and the wider Alchin Long Group of companies, send sincere congratulations to Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelw...
13/10/2026

Team Doric and the wider Alchin Long Group of companies, send sincere congratulations to Brodie Kostecki and Todd Hazelwood on an incredible victory at the 2026 Repco Bathurst 1000!

𝗖𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗿𝗮𝘁𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 also to the entire Shell V-Power Racing Team and Dick Johnson Racing organisation on a well-deserved win at Mount Panorama.

For your chance to meet the awesome Shell V-Power Racing Team, join us for the Doric After Hours Paraflow Launch Night at The Gabba on 28 October - spots are limited, so RSVP today - https://doric.com.au/qld-trade-night/

📸 Shell V-Power Racing Team

We're launching the new Paraflow Dual Blade Louvre System in Queensland, and we're doing it at The Gabba with some food ...
12/10/2026

We're launching the new Paraflow Dual Blade Louvre System in Queensland, and we're doing it at The Gabba with some food and drink.

Join us at Doric After Hours: Brisbane's Paraflow Launch Night to see it demonstrated live, get practical product insights from the Doric team and celebrate with us as it's reached a 600 Pa water pe*******on test milestone.

Joining us early in the night are Special Guests from the Shell V-Power Racing Team - Brodie Kostecki and Rylan Gray and Dick Johnson Racing CEO Megan Foster.

📅 Wednesday 28 October 2026, 5:00pm to 9:00pm
📍 The Gabba
🍸 Cocktail food and drinks, plus a raffle prize to be won

All fenestration industry invited:
Fabricators, Architects, Specifiers, and your industry partners - Join us to see the Paraflow Dual Blade Louvre System demonstrated live. You can also speak with the Doric team about how these award winning louvres can work in your next project.

We look forward to sharing a great night.

Register your interest: https://doric.com.au/qld-trade-night/

Performance matters most when the site demands more.Tallowwood Apartments in Rockdale NSW is an 11-storey mixed-use affo...
07/10/2026

Performance matters most when the site demands more.

Tallowwood Apartments in Rockdale NSW is an 11-storey mixed-use affordable housing development located in a highly connected urban setting, close to rail, road and local amenities.

For this project, Doric | Innovators of Hardware for Windows & Doors Paraflow manual louvre galleries were supplied across 21 corridor-end openings, helping support natural ventilation while meeting higher performance expectations for wind resistance, water pe*******on resistance and acoustic comfort.

With the western elevation facing a rail line and the eastern elevation facing a busy main road, the selected louvre solution needed to deliver more than airflow. It needed to help manage the realities of a demanding urban site, including exposure, weather performance and sound abatement for shared corridor spaces.

Doric Paraflow was selected for its proven product performance, including acoustic performance of up to Rw 32, making it well suited to multi-residential applications where ventilation, weather resistance and noise reduction all need to work together.

A strong example of how the right louvre system can support better outcomes in multi-residential design.

Read more about it here - https://doric.com.au/blog/case-study-tallawwood-apartments/

22/09/2026

Australian buildings face some of the most demanding conditions in the world.

Extreme heat, coastal exposure, intense UV, cyclonic regions and significant temperature changes all place different demands on building products and systems.

That’s why understanding the environment matters.
For more than 50 years, Doric has developed window and door hardware, security solutions and ventilation systems with Australian conditions, fabrication practices and performance requirements in mind.

Our latest article explores why local knowledge remains important in building product development, and how systems such as Ventus and Paraflow have been developed to respond to the changing performance needs of Australian projects.

Because better building performance starts with understanding where, and how, a product will be used.

Read the full article to learn more.
https://doric.com.au/?post_type=blogs&p=32689

Your front door works hard. Does it look like it?On a heritage or federation-style home, a plain flyscreen can undercut ...
17/09/2026

Your front door works hard. Does it look like it?

On a heritage or federation-style home, a plain flyscreen can undercut everything else about the facade, even when the rest of the house is detailed down to the trim.

So what actually holds up, style-wise and structurally? Doric's Colonial Cast Panels are cast aluminium, powder coated for the long haul, and detailed enough to suit the house rather than just guard it. Arches, florals, decorative glass: heritage and contemporary options alike.

We broke down what to look for (panel styles, finishes, and how the sizing actually works) in our latest blog.

Read the full story → https://doric.com.au/blog/doric-colonial-cast-panels/

Some entrances don't just open a door. They set the tone for the whole home.That's not an accident. It's precision-cast ...
14/09/2026

Some entrances don't just open a door. They set the tone for the whole home.

That's not an accident. It's precision-cast from 100% aluminium alloy, right here in Australia, and UV-stabilised powder coated for lasting colour retention.

Every panel is tested against Australian Standards for corrosion and coating performance (AS/NZS 3715, AS 2331), so the detail you see on day one is still there decades later.

Arches. Florals. Art Deco motifs. Decorative glass. Every design is built to outlast trends, not just survive them, cast the same way it's been cast since Colonial Castings began in 1947.

Heritage homes deserve hardware that understands heritage. That's the standard we cast to, every time.

Elegant. Enduring. Australian.

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