All Building Design articles in BD Magazine - Refurbishment - May 2009
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Building Study
New meets old school at Purcell Miller Tritton's Oxford quad project
Purcell Miller Tritton’s £10m refurbishment of Powell & Moya’s Blue Boar Quad at Oxford’s Christ Church college called for some deft navigation to bring it up to today’s standards
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Features
A round-up of the latest refurbishment projects
HÛT’s refurbishment of Hoxton FinsYoung practice HÛT has recently completed Hoxton Fins in the east London Borough of Hackney. The refurbishment of the brick building adjacent to the Hoxton Hotel provides 1,449sq m of creative workspace. The main Great Eastern Street facade, animated by a series of translucent green and ...
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Features
The latest products for refurbishment projects
AltroWalkway rangeThe hairdressing and beauty salon at John Wheatley College, Glasgow has installed Altro Walkway. John McKay, the college’s facilities manager, explains: “The previous flooring in the salon was also Altro Walkway, which after many years of use had kept its appearance and slip resistance. It made sense for us ...
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Features
Q&A with Haworth Tompkins on the refurbishment of London buildings
Graham Haworth explains how Haworth Tompkins’ refurbishment of the London Library and the Haunch of Venison Gallery celebrate the shared context of “old London”
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Features
Does listing sufficiently protect modern buildings?
This month our experts consider the merits of listing buildings
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Features
Recent books on refurbishment, preservation and conservation
Will Jennings and Aimée Felton of Inskip & Jenkins Architects, review three books on refurbishment
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Features
Simon Baynham on re-thinking streets around consumers' needs
Simon Baynham, head of development for London’s Howard de Walden Estate, explains how he helped to make Marylebone High Street thrive by playing the long game
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Features
Avanti Architects' Hackney courage
Having been neglected over the years, Erno Goldfinger’s little known Haggerston School in Hackney is poised to be transformed by the BSF programme. Avanti Architects’ John Allan explains how the listed building will be adapted for a radical new educational programme