Crafting the future of heritage architecture.

Heritage-Sensitive Timber Windows & Doors

Supporting planning-led outcomes across inner-city Melbourne

Our Approach to Heritage

At SUNSET Joinery, we specialise in heritage-sensitive timber windows and doors for alterations and additions to existing buildings.

We work closely with architects, planners, builders and homeowners on projects within Heritage Overlays, with a focus on retaining original character while discreetly meeting contemporary performance and compliance requirements.

Our role is often early-stage — assisting consultant teams to resolve joinery-related questions before designs are locked in, helping reduce redesign during planning and documentation.

What We Do

SUNSET supports heritage projects through:

• Accurate replication and interpretation of original window and door profiles

• Resolution of proportion, sightlines and façade detailing

• Timber glazing upgrades without visual compromise

• Constructability and feasibility advice

• Early technical input aligned with planning objectives

We place particular emphasis on elements visible from the public realm, ensuring joinery outcomes respect existing streetscapes and heritage significance.

Heritage Experience

We regularly work with Victorian, Edwardian and inter-war housing stock common throughout inner-city Melbourne.

Our background in traditional timber joinery is combined with a practical understanding of modern performance requirements, allowing heritage outcomes to be retained without defaulting to inappropriate substitutions or visual compromise.

Each project is approached individually — there are no standard heritage “packages”.

Working Within the Planning Process

SUNSET is often engaged prior to or during planning, supporting consultant teams by:

• Clarifying what is technically feasible

• Providing realistic fabrication insight

• Supporting heritage outcomes through informed detailing

• Reducing uncertainty during assessment

We do not replace the role of architects or planners — we support them with specialist joinery knowledge where required.

How We Engage

SUNSET may be engaged to:

• Provide early heritage joinery advice

• Support consultant documentation

• Assist with post-approval clarification

• Work collaboratively with architects and builders

We operate as a specialist resource, not a product-led supplier.