All Archive Titles articles – Page 181
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Rock of cages
Gabion walls, a civil engineering technique using rock-filled wire cages and thought to have been invented by the Egyptians, are now being incorporated into buildings.
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Are you being served?
Architectural magazines have traditionally reflected the preoccupations and ideals of a generation. So do today's magazines – where populism is often valued over insight and designer trendyness over weighty reflection – mean that today's architect is more interested in pretty photos than ideas?
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Evolutionary Architecture
Evolutionary ArchitectureEugene TsuiJohn Wiley & Sons£35.50This thought-provoking work, part textbook, part manifesto, examines the benefits to be gained from the synthesis of architecture with the study of the structural and performance efficiency of living organisms and their created environments.The book is separated into three sections. The first is the thesis ...
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The American Dream
From 1995 to 1998 World Architecture focused its profiles on the dominant US firms, which were first to catch on to the benefits of globalisation for architects.
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Spirit of the age
Between 1981 and 1995 France alone saw 400 museums created or renovated. The 1990s have witnessed the reinvention of the museum as a celebration of national culture and barometer of economic wealth, as architects from Frank Gehry and Renzo Piano to Steven Holl and Daniel Libeskind have been inspired to ...
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10th Anniversary Jury
World Architecture editorial teamThe WA choice was decided over lunch in a restaurant at the bottom of Cesar Pelli’s Canary Wharf Tower, in London’s Docklands. It’s hard to know which was harder: choosing the buildings, or choosing the criteria around which we would choose the buildings. In the end we ...
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Success in a tube
The 11 new stations that make up the extension to London’s Jubilee Line have produced some of the most exciting and technically innovative architecture in the country – not least because many of the designers were unknown before they went underground.
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A shipyard yarn
Bilbao is now on the international map, thanks to the phenomenal pulling-power of the titanium-clad Guggenheim. A short stroll down river brings visitors to the recently opened Euskalduna Congress and Music Centre, by Federico Soriano and Dolores Palacios. Report on Bilbao's "second major pillar" in the city's ambitious regeneration ...
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Shed your prejudice
Now is the time for architects to cash in on “supersheds”. With the contraction of the manufacturing industry import penetration has increased sharply, bringing with it the demand for storage and distribution facilities. Contrary to popular belief, developers in the sector are welcoming architects.
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Standard issues
There is no textbook way to maximise the value of floors and ceilings. Components, standards and guidelines around the world differ greatly, and ISO regulations on insulation and plant storage are proving difficult to implement. So, to get the best, architects are coming up with their own ideas...
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Flying the flag
This report commends Benson + Forsyth’s sensitive, yet daring, Museum of Scotland which recently opened, heralding the new face of Scottish independence.
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Never ending story
The competition to build a memorial to the Jewish victims of the Holocaust was supposed to mark the end of 50 years of German guilt. Instead, it has provoked architects, politicians and anybody else who happens to have an opinion into a frenzied decade of U-turns, in-fighting and threats of ...
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Divine intervention
Churches represent a complex visual environment for the specialist lighting designer. What tests can be performed to make sure the lighting scheme is fit for purpose, and how useful are they? Maida Hot reports on an experiment carried out at London's St Martin-in-the-Fields.
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Orbiter: an illuminating concept
Today's office landscape is undergoing an unprecedented transformation. The advent of new technology such as tilting flat screen and horizontal computer monitors, coupled with fundamental changes in work practices and patterns, is forcing architects and engineers to reshape the working environment.
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Changing times
Energy-saving initiatives, education and continuing professional development, lighting technology and a change of emphasis for CIBSE's Lighting Division. Lighting Division Chairman Bob Venning outlines his views on the future for the lighting industry.
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Ringing the changes
The UK’s larger, more “commercial” practices are waking up to the need for a more overtly design-orientated approach to their work. High-tech specialist Sheppard Robson began its transformation with the Helicon building in the City of London in 1996. Last year it moved up another gear with the Motorola headquarters ...
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Welcome, Willkomen, Bienvenue
British architecture is flourishing as never before. Yet only ten years ago the profession was in the doldrums – architects and their buildings were under public scrutiny, even the Prince of Wales was attacking contemporary design standards. This report reveals how things have changed, fuelled by Lottery money, new government ...
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Architecture versus simplicity?
“Simplicity”, the great modern architect Mies van der Rohe once said, “is not simple”. This is an observation that some people find profound — on a par with such gems as “Keep it simple Stupid” or “If it ain’t broke don’t fix it” — but others dismiss, on grounds that ...
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Applying software in lighting design
As the use of computers has grown, so too has the importance of lighting design software. Nowadays, a very significant part of all interior lighting design-related work is carried out on computer. Peter Raynham explains how the technology works, and how it can be used.