All Building Design articles in BD Mag - Refurbishment - October 08
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FeaturesMiles of tiles
New textured wall and floor tiles inspired by the West Country landscape has been created by Studio Conran for British Ceramic Tile.
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FeaturesLouvres and planks by Reglit
Reglit is a cast-glass plank system typically employed as an external glazing system, but at the refurbishment of Imperial College’s Central Library it was used internally for glazed partitions and as a bespoke external louvre type system to the new service tower above the entrance.
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FeaturesLighting by Modular Lighting
Unable to fix lights into the panelled walls, Hût specified Modular’s Nomad Minimal E27 Short – a ceiling-mounted light that could be angled back to illuminate the wall.
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FeaturesWhite and Silver sanitaryware by Ideal Standard
Chromium-plated taps from the Silver range and basins and toilets from the White sanitaryware range were specified.
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FeaturesHoneycomb panels by Mykon Systems
Mykon B-Clear honeycomb panels were used to create the think-tank group study screens.
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Garden Museum set to reopen
The Museum of Garden History reopens next month as The Garden Museum in London with a new gallery by Dow Jones Architects.
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FeaturesVintage furniture by Retrouvius
The client holding room was conceived to resemble a gentleman’s club for which Retrouvius was commissioned to source vintage furniture.
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FeaturesLight fittings by Modular Lighting Instruments
The first UK commercial use of Iwasaki’s Cera Arc Natural Red metal halide uplighter.
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FeaturesKeeping dry
Products for protecting building surfaces from moisture penetration were launched at last month’s 100% Detail by NanoTech.
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FeaturesFolding doors by Solarlux
Timber folding and sliding doors were supplied by Solarlux to separate the main church from the adjacent Hub entrance building
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FeaturesDocumenting the transformation of St Pancras
The complex restoration and redevelopment of St Pancras Station is documented in a new book.
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FeaturesCover story
Granicrete is a new floor application from Mia Designer Surfaces designed to overlay original concrete or sound wooden or tiled surfaces.
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FeaturesSurfaces by Corian
A-EM used Corian on the vertical surfaces of service point desks such as the help and issue desks at the library entrance.
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FeaturesSoftroom refurbishes V&A’s Henry Cole Wing
Softroom has refurbished part of the V&A’s Henry Cole Wing to create the Sackler Centre, its expanded education facility
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FeaturesChairs from Kirkhouse Productions
One hundred and fifty beech chairs were supplied by Kirkhouse, the UK representative of Swedish manufacturer Balzar Beskow, a specialist in church seating.
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FeaturesOpen and shut case
Timber sash windows can be energy-efficient. Mighton Products’ Ecotilt is the UK’s first timber sliding sash window to be awarded a British Fenestration Rating Council A energy rating, enabling it to match the energy performance of top-quality aluminium or PVC-U casement windows.
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FeaturesCarpet by Milliken
Milliken’s premium cut pile Fusion bonded carpet tile was specified in a cord pattern.
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FeaturesWalnut joinery by Howard Brothers Joinery
All of the walnut veneer was supplied by Howard Brothers which manufactured most of the joinery used in the library
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FeaturesCedar shingles by John Brash Timber
Cedar to clad the Hub came from roofing specialist John Brash
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