All Archive Titles articles – Page 145
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US: Oldest public museum calls in Dutch masters
The oldest public art museum in the US has selected radical Dutch practice UN Studio to carry out a US$50 million programme of renovation and expansion
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Bright young things
As part of the regeneration of the run-down 19th arrondissement of Paris, a new nursery school by young practice Brenac and Gonzalez has created a place of light, security and fun for the area's children.
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Bright ideas
IBM's new e-business suite in London turns conventional office design on its head. And a radical lighting scheme makes it an illuminating experience.
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Breaking new ground
For the stations on Tokyo's new subway line, the city authorities abandoned their previous policy of standardised design, and commissioned different designers for each. The jewel of the line is the Iidabashi station, by Makoto Sei Watanabe/Architects' Office.
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MARS:To boldly go...
'Space', always a favourite word among architects, has taken on a new meaning for one UK practice: London-based Foreign Office Architects has been asked to design a house on Mars
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SPAIN: Salamanca projects begin
Cultural projects are springing up in Salamanca, Spain's medieval university town, in time for its year as European Cultural Capital in 2002.
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UK: South Bank premieres shortlist
London's premier arts complex has drawn up a glittering shortlist of eight international practices for the first phase of its redevelopment plans.
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Bank statement
Credit Suisse's new financial centre in Milan uses lighting techniques devised by Metis Lighting to reinforce and define the visibility and transparency of both building and bank.
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AUSTRALIA: Tower craze reaches new heights
In the race for Australia's tallest residential tower, it's Sydney vs Melbourne and Nation Fender Katsalidis vs Nation Fender Katsalidis.
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AUSTRALIA: Seidler in battle to save houses
Two early Sydney houses by Australia's premier modernist, Harry Seidler, have been threatened, one with demolition and the other with major alteration.
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Valid argument
The Commonwealth Association of Architects held its annual meeting in London in March. WA met two members of the committee to discuss a subject close to the hearts of many architects worldwide – the feasibility of a portable architectural qualification.
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Transport is the answer
'Movement,' as Albert Einstein once said, 'is what connects everything to everything else.'
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NETHERLANDS/US: OMA – from Rotterdam to New York
Rem Koolhaas' Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) has just got the green light for its largest project in the Netherlands – the 'Rotterdam', three glass towers in the Kop van Zuid district
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Varying the recipe for screens
Owen Howlett argues that design for display screen equipment needs to take account of the rapid changes in screen technology and adapt to the conditions in the lit space, rather than following a set recipe.
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New products
1. Harpa external luminaire, BCP Lighting BCP Lighting has introduced the Harpa range of external luminaires from San Marino lighting manufacturer Modus, offering a variety of colours and metalwork to complement various building designs.The luminaire is manufactured from a combination of cast aluminium, iron and steel and has a polished ...
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Living it up with Vivant
Over the last few years the mutterings from various gurus about gloomy caverns created by interpretations of CIBSE LG3 have been increasing in volume and are now rising to a crescendo.
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Lighting Research - where next?
The following article is derived from a presentation made to the CIE-UK council and members on the 15 November 2000. It represents the personal views of David Loe, although a number of people contributed to the research topic suggestions.
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LEDing a revolution
The Holy Grail of LED manufacturers, the 'white' LED, is set to become a reality, albeit at relatively low light outputs for the moment. With the promise of better things to come, we should see the scope for LEDs quickly increase.
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Society launches sustaining member scheme
The Society of Light and Lighting has developed a new scheme to support continuation and development of the Society's work.