All Building Design articles in BD Plus Envelope July 2006
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Opinion
Virtual verdicts
Software solutions have emerged to help architects test their facades against revised Part L. BDP’s Chris Yates takes a look ‘under the bonnet’
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Technical
Taking the strain
Load-bearing facades have never quite gone away, but they may now be giving curtain walls a run for their money. Jes Fernie looks at buildings that bear their structure on their sleeves
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Technical
The magic numbers
It’s not just the golden section — architects often use complex mathematical sequences as inspiration for their designs. David Littlefield reports on the latest schemes to find their forms from numbers
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Technical
‘L’ stands for leakage
Airtightness could be a much more effective solution to energy efficiency and reducing CO2 than insulation, according to overdue research on meeting Part L.
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Building Study
Tokyo’s jewel box
Whether you see it as a box of mysteries or a lump of nougat, RIBA Gold Medallist Toyo Ito’s jewellery store in Tokyo’s Ginza district is nine storeys of surprises.
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Technical
Up, up and away
The Serpentine Pavilion, always a chance to show off, is this year an ethereal balloon — light enough to float yet structurally robust. Will Jones explains how Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond did it