All Archive Titles articles – Page 171
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Done deal
London's Sion Hall was once home to the UK's oldest ecclesiastical library. A successful conversion by Fulcrum Consulting has transformed this fabulous listed building into high tech dealer rooms for City traders. Brian Sims talks to Fulcrum's principal designer Maida Hot about a scheme that successfully ...
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Double cream
Allies and Morrison was asked to convert a London house, maintaining a 'dialogue between old and new'. The couple wanted a backdrop for its art collection, rather than an architectural statement, but how much of the original character of the house remains?
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Conversion factors
It’s a nightmare scenario. Fire breaks out in a public building. The power supply fails. Emergency lighting cuts in, and full-scale evacuation begins. People are on the move, but soon enough lux levels drop or fail completely. Why? Sub-standard luminaire conversion.
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Chelsea girl
In the notoriously fickle world of fashion, the relative constancy of architecture holds a real allure. Fashion empire Whistles, known for its canny ability to exploit good design, has enlisted Seth Stein to create a directional new flagship store.
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LEDs: a multi-million colour business
Forget about metal halides and colour filters. Cast aside halogens with colour scrollers, and the wear-and-tear problems that come with them. The light source of tomorrow is the light-emitting diode (LED). Will Jones and Brian Sims go Stateside to check out a potentially groundbreaking LED product range developed by Boston-based ...
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Ove Arup hq, Cardiff Bay
M&E consultant Ove Arup & Partners has designed its own regional head office in the fast-developing Cardiff Bay area. Mixing daylighting with special electric sources, the building is intended to have a studio-style feel. Does the lighting match up to the engineers’ desire not only for this, but also for ...
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American dreams
The status of the US as the nation of free thought, radical ideas and popular movements – either home-grown or via its immigrants – is epitomised in two new books, one on new urbanism, and one on the Bauhaus.
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A cut above
Fabric which ends up under the neutral glare of Marks & Spencers shops starts off in Avci & Jurca's jewel-bright textile showroom in Marylebone.
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The sky’s the limit
When is a roof not a roof? When it’s ajar, of course. The retractable roof, considered a trophy detail for clients with James Bond pretensions, is claiming validity as a component of high-density urban living.
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The Bauhaus and America: The first contacts 1919-1936
The Bauhaus and America: The first contacts 1919-1936Margret Kentgens-CraigMIT Press 1999£24.95The Bauhaus closed on 10 August 1933, in Berlin. The Nazis destroyed it and accused Mies van der Rohe, its director, of 'Americanisation'. A few years later, Mies began a new career in Chicago where Moholy Nagy's short-lived New Bauhaus ...
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Setting standards
Awkward planners, indecisive clients and unreliable contractors can make life tough enough, but constantly changing legislation could also send you back to the drawing board. Don’t worry – this guide to the latest amendments to the Building Regulations will bring you up to speed.
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Restored vision
Using photographic records to provide evidence for restoration is nothing new – the 1860 restorer of this French château was one of its staunchest advocates.
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The real thing
Real tennis courts are traditionally in picturesque locations such as Hampton Court or Hatfield House. But, despite the more mundane setting, Middlesex University’s new court, by Pringle Richards Sharratt, easily matches the elegance of its predecessors.
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How does that sound?
To join ever more advanced modelling techniques, computer visualisation has now extended into the aural area, with a new acoustic software package to help clients and architects hear their projects.
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Getting into shape
The Laboratory Spa and Health Club – opposite the Hendon RAF Museum – typifies the constraints of site and commerce of its genre, and introduces some new solutions to perennial architectural and human problems.
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Home front
Reinforcing its track record for good quality social housing, Walter Menteth Architects has used materials in a new and unusual way to provide a low-energy building with a strong presence in east London.
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European House Now
European House Now Susan Doubilet and Daralice Boles Thames & Hudson £14.95 This book is excellent value for money. For £14.95, Thames & Hudson has produced a luscious picture book. It's packed with more than 200 crisp and gorgeous colour photographs of private houses across Europe, making every page ...
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Regeneration: The Story of the Dome
Regeneration: The Story of the Dome Adam Nicolson Harper Collins £19.99 Don't be put off by the official New Millennium Experience Company logo. Despite some 'heavy encounters' with Jennie Page, NMEC's chief executive, author Adam Nicolson has produced an objective account of the struggle to deliver the world's most ambitious ...
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Divine office
Stress is a very real concern in the workplace and costs employers millions every year. With the government considering regulation of stress under health and safety laws, RIBAJ looks at the future for the 21st-century office.
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Radical cheek
Blink and you wouldn't notice the difference. Paris's most famous 20th-century building looks, externally, remarkably like it did before £55 million was spent on sprucing it up. But for Richard Rogers the decision to make visitors pay to ride the outside escalators is undemocractic and goes against the spirit in ...