All Building Design articles in BD Magazine - Housing - October 2007
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FeaturesWalk softly
Minimising sound transmission from footfall is always a priority when designing apartment blocks.
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FeaturesSilver surface
A new roofing membrane combines the benefits of metal and waterproof systems
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‘We’ve got to stand up as an industry... we’ve got a lot to offer’
Jason Tinsley, technical and product marketing manager, Mitsubishi Electric Heating
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FeaturesGlad reclad
Emmeline is the first of three ex-local authority tower blocks in Collyhurst, north Manchester, to be reclad and refurbished by architect Union North.
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Features‘If you get on a framework, make friends’
Can a design-led practice appeal to play-it-safe social housing clients? Waugh Thistleton Architects tells PH Plus how it’s done
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FeaturesPTE’s plans for Surrey eco-village
A 2,600-home eco-village in the Surrey green belt that could be a test case for building new communities in rural locations is soon to be the subject of a planning application by Pollard Thomas Edwards Architects.
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FeaturesWhy Gordon’s eco-towns need electric dreams
Two years ago, we marvelled at Dongtan, the Shanghai eco-city.
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Home for the not-so distant future
Gaunt Francis Architects’ competition-winning Home for the Future is now on site at BRE, and is due to complete by spring 2008.
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FeaturesNew designs on the rebirth of self-build
An RIBA design competition to select up to 10 housing designs that will be offered to a new generation of self-builders is being launched on October 15th.
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Dense wins
A-EM Studio and Audley English Associates are preparing a planning application for their RIBA competition-winning scheme for Ujima HA at Greenwich, south London.
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FeaturesMore than skin deep
Two years on, the Great Bow Yard housing in Langport, Somerset, is continuing to live up to its energy-saving blueprint. Stride Treglown’s Robert Delius makes a return visit
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DClG’s Eco-code guide
Full technical guidance to the Code for Sustainable Homes was published by the DCLG on October 1.
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FeaturesWhy put a price on the priceless importance of carbon-free homes?
No less an authority than the RIBA’s president Sunand Prasad recently ticked off the Liberal Democrats after their party conference for their ambitious plans to create a carbon-neutral Britain by 2050.
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FeaturesDirt buster
Ingrained dirt on work surfaces would be a thing of the past in a kitchen fitted with a new range of quartz worktops incorporating Microban anti-bacterial protection.