All Building Design articles in Archive Titles – Page 171
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Lights of passage
Crossing the Thames four times while running under historic parts of the Capital, complex engineering challenges had to be overcome by architects and designers working on the Jubilee Line extension – not least when it came to the station's lighting designs. Brian Sims embarks on a ...
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Taking light to task
Many of today's office lighting schemes are bound by the "square array, 500 lux Category 2 downlighter" syndrome – which hardly ever satisfies end-user needs. Grant Daniels examines the pitfalls of this traditional but arguably flawed approach, outlining the way ahead for tomorrow's design teams.
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Pure Jeanius
Independent consultant Into has developed a flexible lighting solution for jeans giant Levi Strauss that marries pure retail illumination and entertainment lighting – with stunning end results. Brian Sims reports from London's famous Regent Street.
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Good practice makes perfect
Lighting for visual function and amenity, architectural integration, operating costs and the development of lighting design – just some of the issues covered in Good Practice Guide 272: Lighting for people, energy efficiency and architecture.
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Victory through diversity
The future is Egan, according to all the experts, but what does this mean in reality? RIBAJ spoke to three architects who have evolved ways of working that give them both greater control over quality and increased profits.
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Reading classics
There is a strong connection between inspirational books and inspirational architecture. Here are ten books that all self-respecting architects should have read or at least have on their shelf.
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Liquid assets
The combination of water and light can be effective in revealing architectural surfaces and forms – but what are the main properties of water that designers need to understand, and what lighting techniques can they employ?
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Lighting design software for architects
Does an architect need specialty lighting design software? It really depends on what end result the designer is looking to achieve and, more importantly perhaps, on the kind of output the client both wants and understands. Lighting architect Devki RajGuru attempts to point designers in the right direction. ...
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Arabian lights
A billowing, sail-shaped structure soaring 321 metres above the Arabian Gulf, the Burj Al Arab is a dramatic tribute to the region’s seafaring heritage. How, though, do you go about lighting the world’s tallest hotel to dramatic effect?
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The Sir Alexander Fleming Building, Imperial College
The Sir Alexander Fleming Building combines laboratories, lecture theatres and seminar rooms with a six-storey glazed atrium, where desk-bound researchers busy themselves under a mountain of books. Lighting such a diverse space presented several challenges for the design team at WSP.
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Under-exposed
Little-known designer George Walton straddled the 19th and 20th centuries, as he moved from Arts and Crafts to Modernism.
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Switched on
Lighting controls can produce a responsive lit environment that not only saves energy, but also meets end-user requirements. All too often, though, they don't work as intended.
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Star turns
Now that minimalism has gone mainstream, contemporary buildings are increasingly in demand as locations for films and TV programmes and as backdrops for advertising and fashion shoots.
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Up to standard
A draft standard for workplace lighting, European Commission proposals for a directive on lamp ballast energy efficiencies and revisions to Part L of the Building Regulations. Clearly, there’s a lot happening in the world of lighting standards and legislation.
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Piano and the persistent priest
Padre Gerardo, senior clergyman for the southern Italian town of San Giovanni Rotondo, took an unusual approach to convincing an architect to design the town’s new church. Padre Gerardo was so desperate to recruit Renzo Piano for the job that he sent the Genoa-based architect a fax every morning at ...
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Show your metal
Once found only in industrial applications, metal wallcoverings including wire meshes and metallic vinyls are now appearing in commercial and retail interiors as architects discover their unique aesthetic advantages.
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Making light work
However sophisticated your computer modelling software, without accurate lighting simulation the finished product just won’t look realistic. Fortunately, help is at hand.
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Paint job
After getting through three architects and two designers, Cardiff's Centre for Visual Arts called on Ben Kelly Design to create order from chaos.
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High lights
Sergison Bates took inspiration from the city at night for its refurbishment of an apartment on the 34th floor of the Barbican complex.
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Spiritual healing
No 'smells and bells' at OMI's Church of Christ, Manchester – just light, space and texture.