All articles by Amanda Birch – Page 9
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TechnicalThe facade is now an art form
Architects don’t need a rock concert to remind them of climate change. It’s omnipresent in their work.
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Features60 seconds with Stephen Proctor
The chair of the RIBA's housing group explains the thinking behind the institute's new space standards
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TechnicalShampoo and set
Inspired by the tedious business of drying her hair, AA student Margaret Dewhurst’s winning pavilion for the school’s summer show is now being built
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TechnicalLooking for the green light
Lighting is a greedy user of energy, and public projects can be particularly heavy consumers. But many lighting designers are in fact trailblazing the use of low-energy technology
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TechnicalFresh from the depths
The might of Victorian engineering has been harnessed for 21st century sustainability
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TechnicalCurving space and saving time
Stand-alone structures can create a more dynamic office and bring down costs
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TechnicalRestoration drama at Pall Mall Reform Club
The same terracotta tiles as those on Rome’s Palazzo Farnese are set to brighten up the historic private members’ club on London’s Pall Mall.
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TechnicalGoing underground
When it opens in September, Howe Dell Primary School in Hatfield will be the first UK building to use an interseasonal heat transfer system to store summer heat for use in winter.
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TechnicalSmall firms lead the way
There is plenty to be excited about at the recent Ecobuild exhibition
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TechnicalMaking an entrance
Juggling the competing demands of heating, disabled access and creating an appropriate first impression means that specifying a front door is far from straightforward.
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OpinionTracking shots and jump cuts
Scape Architects used non-standard materials to turn a Victorian organ works into a private house for a film-maker.
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TechnicalArt of the out-of-towner
Material dredged from the Solent has already made it onto the concrete walls of Rick Mather’s Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne. The challenge was to maintain the consistency.
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Cladding: Revision of stone cladding standards explained
A revised British standard meets modern demand
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TechnicalRoofing: Feilden Clegg Bradley's twisted roof for the RAF Museum
A distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid roof tops Feilden Clegg Bradley’s RAF museum of cold-war militaria.
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TechnicalConservation’s Antarctic role
After nearly 100 years, Captain Scott’s expedition hut is to be restored.
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TechnicalStairs in their eyes
Architect 5th Studio has given a modern twist to the 16th century hanging staircase.
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TechnicalWays to take the sway away
Increasingly severe storms will make damping systems vital in any new tall building
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TechnicalDome of rediscovery
One roof is not enough for the Millennium Dome now a new arena is being installed