All Building Design articles in BD Mag - Transport and Public Buildings - June 08
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FeaturesGeometric control
3D Reid’s air traffic control tower twists two cones into an elegant form
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FeaturesVelfac windows
Velfac designs and supplies composite aluminium/wood window systems, designing ventilation, acoustic and thermal strategies to suit the needs of each project.
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FeaturesRogers in the running for new Oslo terminal
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Parnters fly the flag in the contest to add capacity to Norway’s main airport
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FeaturesUplighters by WE-EF Lighting, Nottingham
These in-ground uplights are made of stainless steel with a silicone rubber gasket and a safety glass lens.
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FeaturesInsulation by Second Nature
Thermafleece uses wool from British hill sheep — a sustainable and renewable resource.
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FeaturesI-Guzzini linear wash light
This fluorescent lighting was installed to wash-light the timber benches, but the 35W modules are also suitable for walls or ceilings.
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FeaturesJoinery by Swift Horsman
The firm built the bars, counters and reception desks in the BA passenger lounges, and also supplied over 400 steel doorsets for BAA throughout the terminal.
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Green Guide
The updated 2008 version of the BRE Green Guide to Specification is now available online.
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FeaturesGlazed screens by Permasteelisa
The interiors division of the Italian curtain-walling and partitions company was responsible for the stainless steel-framed glass screens used extensively in the BA passenger lounges.
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FeaturesGeze Slimdrive SL
Passengers and buses are kept safely on either side of the glass doors at Warrington Interchange by Geze’s induction loop activators.
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FeaturesMesh for gabion walls from Hy Ten
Rather than standard gabion mesh, the design team found a novel use for fence panels usually used by the Home Office for prison walls.
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FeaturesTransport’s more public future
How will we get from A to B in 2030? Take your pick of future scenarios.
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FeaturesGoing Dutch
A self-finished screed flooring used at Amsterdam’s Anne Frank Museum has been launched in the UK by Maxit.
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FeaturesKawneer’s heavy traffic door system
Barnsley’s new transport interchange, designed by architect Jefferson Sheard as part of the Remaking Barnsley regeneration project, features Kawneer’s 350 heavy traffic door system on the east elevation of the 150m-long main concourse, as well as the main entrances, retail units and offices.
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FeaturesInterview: Robert Thornton, head of station design, Network Rail
‘My role is to get the stations we need’
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FeaturesCycle rack from Furnitubes
These 800mm-high, 1,040mm-long stainless steel stands are 100% recyclable, and can be bolted or root-fixed to the ground.
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Building StudyCurve your enthusiasm at Page & Park’s Loch Lomond National Park HQ
Dry stone walls and timber have been combined to stunning effect in a sustainable structure. Photos by Renzo Mazzolini
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FeaturesSupplier interview: Mike Wintermeyer, marketing manager at Woodhouse, on its co-ordinated lighting and street furniture ranges
We are an architecturally-led company that designs and manufactures co-ordinated lighting and street furniture for urban regeneration schemes, transport infrastructure and commercial developments.
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Concourse flooring by Domus
Domus Technical Stone has been specified for the arrivals and departures concourses, as well as for the flooring at the main station and the terminal transfer station.