All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 136
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Court of appeal
Genteel Cheltenham is the last place one would expect to find contemporary housing. But that's just what Feilden Clegg Bradley has produced – a modern courtyard scheme which would look more at home in Scandinavia.
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Suspended animation
Artillery Architects has provided a communication bridge in the headquarters of a Danish pharmaceutical company, literally, by suspending three hull-shaped pavilions across a two-storey atrium space.
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All together now
Work totalling £1 billion has already been covered by the Egan-friendly Project Partnering Contract 2000 since its launch in September.
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Virgin on vibrant
Virgin Energy's new offices have been created from a space that hadn't been upgraded for nearly 30 years. Paul Haddlesey reports on how the hidden industrial chic of the original building has been exploited to the full.
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Lighting the multifaced office
Office lighting has to respond to the complex needs of the modern workplace environment. Dr Paul Littlefair and Denice Jaunzens of the Environmental Engineering Centre summarise BRE's latest guidance.
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Discharging responsibility
In anticipation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE), the lighting industry and the waste management industry have joined forces to develop a scheme to boost the recovery of end-of-life gas discharge lamps across the UK.
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An 'i' for the future of lighting controls
iLight Ltd, formerly known as Dynalite Ltd, has joined forces with Zero88 Lighting Ltd to form iLight group plc - a company offering both architectural and entertainment lighting controls.
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IALD and ELDA move closer
The boards of directors of the International Association of Lighting Designers (IALD) and the European Lighting Designers Association (ELDA) have recommended to their members that they support a proposal for the two bodies to unite as a single association.
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New light in a classic lamp
In 1980, after many years out of the Louis Poulsen range, Poul Henningsen's old four-shade lamp from the late 1920s has been re-designed. The lamp - known as PH 61/2-6 - has now been modernised for use with a metal halide lamp.
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A light canter
Building on the continued success of the World Cup Race held at the Nad Al Sheeba race track, Dubai Racing Association has built a new main grandstand to extend the seating capacity, adding to what was already believed to be the world's largest floodlighting project.
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Enlightenment at Total Building Services
Teams from the Institute of Lighting Engineers, the Institute of Plumbing, the Federation of Environmental Trade Associations and the trade press will take part in a quiz at the Total Building Services exhibition on Wednesday 16 May.
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Victorious bridge
The winner of this year's Civic Trust Lighting Award was the Royal Tweed Bridge at Berwick-upon-Tweed in Northumberland.
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Philips pushes into Sth America
Philips Lighting is to acquire the fluorescent lighting ballast operation of Lumisistemas (Mexico) and all of the lighting ballast activities of Helfont (Brazil) - subject to due diligence and regulatory approvals.
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Admirable daylight
Refurbishment of Admiralty Arch in central London has made imaginative use of daylight to create a focal point and to provide extra useable space. Paul Haddlesey describes some of the challenges and constraints imposed by this Grade I listed property.
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Waiting in the wings
Getting ahead in furniture design is all about spotting who or what is the next big thing. Here we explore SaloneSatellite to find what the new talent has to offer.
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Rural rethink
The foot and mouth epidemic is forcing a radical rethink of what England's rolling countryside is for. The case for greenfield building could be re-established.
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Return of the native
Next year's football World Cup will turn eyes on to a less recognised project in Sendai – the Miyagi Stadium, designed by young Japanese architect Hitoshi Abe. Here we report on its 'brutal elegance'.
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Reinventing Japan
In an interview published several years ago, Tadao Ando touched the heart of what is both unique and fragile about contemporary Japanese architecture. He himself sought 'to create spaces that embrace diversity and give expression to whatever ideas and ideals reject uniformity', but feared this was not the long term ...
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Japan
Japanese architecture – as witnessed by Toyo Ito's new mediatheque and Hitoshi Abe's 2002 World Cup stadium – continues to provoke and delight. Years of recession, however, have also encouraged many smaller, younger practices to the fore.
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Lightweight heavyweight
At Sendai's Mediatheque, Toyo Ito has surpassed himself with a remarkable structural solution and lightness of touch that challenges the status quo. Here we track the development from design to completion.