.projects header {
	background: transparent
}
/* ==========================================================================
   Projects — Communities Slider (no subheading here, heading needs its own gap)
   ========================================================================== */
.projects .communities_heading {
	margin-bottom: 48px;
}
.projects .communities_slider_section_commercial {
	background-color: var(--brand-accent);
}
/* ==========================================================================
   Projects — Hero
   ========================================================================== */
.projects header.full_width {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 2;
    overflow: visible;
}
.projects_hero {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    text-align: center;
}
.projects_hero::before {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    width: 200vw;
    height: 200vw;
    background-image: url(../img/hero_decal_2.svg);
    background-size: cover;
    left: 50%;
    transform: translateX(-50%);
    bottom: 320px;
    z-index: -1;
    pointer-events: none;
}
.projects_hero_heading {
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 84px;
    text-align: center;
    margin-top: 0;
    margin-bottom: 20px;
}
.projects_hero_heading span {
    color: var(--brand-accent);
    font-weight: 700;
}
.projects_hero_description {
    font-size: 25px;
    font-weight: 400;
    line-height: 1.6;
    max-width: 600px;
    margin: 0 auto;
}
/* 769px is the site's common tablet/mobile breakpoint (nav collapse, mobile
   gutter, etc.) — merged into the existing 769px block below so the hero
   text change lines up with everything else that shifts at that width. */

/* ==========================================================================
   Projects — Sliders Section
   ========================================================================== */
.projects_sliders_section {
    background-color: var(--brand-accent);
}
.projects_slider_heading {
    font-weight: 700;
    font-size: 84px;
    color: var(--brand-dark-background);
    text-align: center;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    padding-top: 80px;
}
.projects_slider_heading_business {
    padding-top: 40px;
}
.projects_slider {
    position: relative;
}
.projects_slider_track {
    overflow: hidden;
}
.projects_swiper {
    position: relative;
    overflow: visible;
    padding: 30px 0;
}
.projects_swiper .swiper-slide {
    transform: scale(0.82);
    transition: transform 0.4s ease;
    border-radius: 16px;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.projects_swiper .swiper-slide-active {
    transform: scale(1);
}
.project_card {
    position: relative;
    background-size: cover;
    background-position: center;
    height: 460px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
}
.project_card::after {
    content: "";
    position: absolute;
    inset: 0;
    background: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.3);
    border-radius: 16px;
}
.project_suburb {
    position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
    color: var(--brand-white);
    font-size: 64px;
    word-spacing: 100vw;
    font-weight: 700;
    text-align: center;
    width: 100%;
    padding: 20px;
}
.projects_nav_prev,
.projects_nav_next {
    position: absolute;
    top: 50%;
    transform: translateY(-50%);
    z-index: 10;
    background: none;
    border: none;
    cursor: pointer;
    width: 90px;
    height: 90px;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    justify-content: center;
    padding: 0;
}
.projects_nav_prev { left: 0; }
.projects_nav_next { right: 0; }
.projects_nav_prev::after,
.projects_nav_next::after {
    content: "";
    display: block;
    width: 27px;
    height: 27px;
    border-top: 2px solid var(--brand-dark-background);
    border-right: 2px solid var(--brand-dark-background);
}
.projects_nav_prev::after {
    transform: rotate(-135deg);
    margin-left: 6px;
}
.projects_nav_next::after {
    transform: rotate(45deg);
    margin-right: 6px;
}
.projects_nav_prev.swiper-button-disabled,
.projects_nav_next.swiper-button-disabled {
    opacity: 0.3;
    cursor: default;
}

/* ==========================================================================
   Projects — Bright Choice Section
   ========================================================================== */
.bright_choice {
    background-color: #8E8E8E;
    overflow: hidden;
}
.bright_choice .full_width_inner > .row {
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
    min-height: 500px;
}
.bright_choice .full_width_inner > .row > .col-6 {
    float: none;
    width: 50%;
}
.bright_choice .col-6:first-child {
    padding: 80px 0;
}
.bright_choice_heading {
    color: var(--brand-white);
    font-weight: 700;
    margin-bottom: 30px;
	z-index: 2;
    position: relative;
}
.bright_choice_heading span {
    color: var(--brand-accent);
    font-weight: 700;	
}
.bright_choice .col-6:last-child {
    align-self: stretch;
    display: flex;
    align-items: center;
}
.bright_choice .col-6:last-child img {
    width: 130%;
    max-width: none;
    margin-left: -15%;
    display: block;
	position: relative;
    z-index: 1;
}
.bright_choice_description {
    color: var(--brand-white);
    font-size: 20px;
    font-weight: 300;
    line-height: 1.6;
    margin-bottom: 50px;
}
.button_accent {
    background-color: var(--brand-accent);
    border-color: var(--brand-accent);
    color: var(--brand-dark-background);
}
.button_accent:hover,
.button_accent:focus {
    background-color: #fff0;
    border-color: var(--brand-accent);
    color: var(--brand-accent);
}

@media only screen and (min-width: 426px) and (max-width: 769px) {
    .projects_hero_heading {
        font-size: 64px;
    }
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 425px) {
    .projects_hero_heading {
        font-size: 40px;
    }
}
@media only screen and (max-width: 769px) {
    .projects_hero_description {
        font-size: 16px;
        max-width: 100%;
    }
    .projects_nav_prev::after,
    .projects_nav_next::after,
    .projects_nav_res_prev::after,
    .projects_nav_res_next::after,
    .projects_nav_bus_prev::after,
    .projects_nav_bus_next::after {
        border-color: var(--brand-white);
    }
    .projects_hero::before {
        bottom: 215px;
    }
    .projects_slider_heading {
        font-size: 48px;
        padding-top: 50px;
    }
    .projects_slider_heading_business {
        padding-top: 30px;
    }
    .project_card {
        height: 300px;
    }
    .project_suburb {
        font-size: 36px;
    }
    .projects_nav_prev,
    .projects_nav_next {
        width: 50px;
        height: 50px;
    }
    .projects_nav_prev::after,
    .projects_nav_next::after {
        width: 16px;
        height: 16px;
    }
    .bright_choice .full_width_inner > .row {
        flex-direction: column;
    }
    .bright_choice .full_width_inner > .row > .col-6 {
        width: 100%;
        margin: 0;
    }
    .bright_choice .col-6:first-child {
		/* Horizontal gutter now comes from .full_width_inner globally. */
		padding-bottom: 20px;
		text-align: center;
    }
    .bright_choice .col-6:last-child {
        margin-top: 40px;
        justify-content: center;
    }
	.bright_choice .col-6:last-child img {
		width: 100%;
		margin-left: 0;
	}
	.projects .cta_box img {
		margin-top: 0;
		align-self: flex-end;
	}
    .projects .cta .cta_content {
        flex-direction: column;
        align-items: flex-start;
        gap: 16px;
		padding-bottom: 30px!important;
    }
    .projects .cta .cta_content p {
        margin-bottom: 0;
    }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 740px) {
    .cta .cta_box img {
        margin-left: 68px;
    }
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 515px) {
	.projects .cta .cta_content {
		align-items: center;
		padding-top: 0!important;
		padding-bottom: 20px!important;
	}
}

@media only screen and (max-width: 430px) {
	.projects_hero_heading span {
		color: var(--brand-dark-background)
	}
}