All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 167
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Off the shelf
While fast-tracking, awkward urban sites and tight budgets promise to make modular construction more relevant than ever, the image of these buildings has traditionally put off both clients and users. This is set to change as new technical developments herald an era in which modularity is expressed, not denied.
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The Netherlands: MVRDV
You can be sure a building is destined for fame when it earns a nickname before completion. Layla Dawson went to Rotterdam to meet MVRDV, designer of the “club sandwich”.
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This year's model
Changing Minicad's name to Vectorworks solved the problem of an unsexy label, but can Deihl Graphsoft's modelling software take on other strengths of the big names?
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Manhattan transfer
Nina Rappaport reports from New York on the Bridgemarket scheme, which has transformed a vast historic structure of bridge arches and vaults, from unglamorous storage and service area into a contemporary commercial centre for eating and shopping.
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Love thy neighbour
Most visitors to the Dome do not venture as far as the Greenwich Pavilion, the Richard Rogers Partnership's other Thames-side building. This is a pity – the building is a joy, where architecture, not content, is king.
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Look at me!
In a down-at-heel enclave of inner London, where the population doesn't have much to look up to, an exuberant new public building by iconoclastic practice Alsop & Störmer screams: "Over here! Come in, and see my books!"
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A slice of life
Tony Ray-Jones' photographs of Darbourne & Darke's Lillington Gardens estate were typical of the new reportage-style that emerged in the 1960s.
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Let's stick together
Fused glass is generally considered too labour-intensive and technically complex to be used on an architectural scale, but two new projects are helping to bridge that gap between art and architecture.
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Language lessons
In Words and Buildings, out this month, architectural historian Adrian Forty looks at architecture's troubled relationship with language and analyses some of the fuzziest words in the critical vocabulary of modern architecture. Here, Forty explains why he wrote the book.
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Leading lady
London's Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, has been given much more than a regular facelift. The addition of a "village" of connected studios, workshops and administrative offices has transformed the grand dame of British opera and ballet into one of the best-equipped and magical theatres in the world.
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Local hero
Architect George Ferguson is a bit of a hero in Bristol, where he is used to taking on developers and planners in his passionate desire to create proper urban communities.
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Where the tent is no longer a gimmick
Transport terminals and stadiums provide the settings for almost every historically significant tensile structure you care to name, and now are the only building types where fabric is a truly established part of the architectural vocabulary. Dan Fox asks why it is these two sectors that brought the big tents ...
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F-Plan: visualisation the Swedish way
Manufacturer-devised light planning packages are often an excellent showcase for a given company’s products, and the lit effects they can create. Nine out of every ten projects, though, make use of a variety of fittings sourced from various producers. With this in mind, forward-thinking luminaire specialist Fagerhult has devised F-Plan, ...
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The Norman Foster Studio
The Norman Foster Studio: Consistency through diversityMalcolm QuantrillE&FN Spon£49.50Malcolm Quantrill's new tome on the work of Norman Foster's studio strikes a good balance. There's an intriguing dose of the personal (including photos of baby Norman on holiday with his family), a smattering of interviews, an informative text, in-depth analysis of ...
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Exposed
Hanover Expo 2000 promises to be one of the architectural events of the year. WA met three architects on the cusp of global acclaim, all hoping that Expo, opening in three months, will provide the final push. First, Adam Mornement wonders whether it will be an “archtiect’s” Expo.
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Down by the Riverside
The colour and composition of light can play a major part in the overall effects created by architectural detailing, changing peoples’ perceptions of interior design. This is particularly true in spacious environments like shopping malls, where the lighting designer’s interpretational skills and technical competence are key when it comes to ...
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Nature in Design
Nature in DesignAlan PowersOoctopus£30Nature in Design could describe a multitude of subjects, from D'Arcy Thompson and logarithmic spirals to William Morris and 'Willow Boughs' wallpaper, and, in fact, the contents page does have a photograph of a nautilus shell – icon for natural form and the Golden Section.However, expectations ...
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Daylighting and the use of light pipes
Manufacturers of the new generation of light pipes are making serious claims for their latest inventions, pointing towards reduced electricity consumption – and increased worker productivity – in buildings. But how well do these gadget-free tubes actually perform in practice? Gareth Oakley, Saffa Riffat and Lee Shao examine the findings ...