All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 27
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News
Aston Villa rethinks Grimshaw’s events space plan to focus on £100m stadium expansion
Villa Live scheme next to ground mothballed under plan to quicken up North Stand work
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Building Study
Building study: UCL East’s Marshgate by Stanton Williams
With the biggest development in its history, UCL wanted to create a new type of university campus. Daniel Gayne reports on how the team got on
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Features
Introducing Future Joinery Systems
Shortlisted for the Architect of the Year Award’s Industry/Manufacturing Partner of the Year, Future Joinery Systems wants us to rethink joinery with a configurator that hopes to increase efficiency for makers while providing more freedom for designers
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Features
What made this project… Butterfly House by Oliver Leech Architects
Oliver Leech Architects’ body of work impressed the judges for this year’s AYAs, as the practice has been shortlisted for Young Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s founder, Oliver Leech, to break down some ...
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Opinion
Natural slate: A solution to the issue of embodied carbon
Embodied carbon represents the impact associated with extracting raw materials, manufacturing building components, transporting them to site and installing them. This also includes end-of-life emissions generated from the disposal or recycling of materials. The University of Bath evaluated the carbon impact of different roofing materials as part of its Inventory ...
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News
Westminster set to approve luxury roof extension at the Dorchester hotel
Reardon Smith proposals include a restaurant with a retractable roof and a new penthouse suite
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Features
Let’s be specific… Cast stone Q&A with Toby Marlow, Haddonstone
From specification requirements to the challenges that can arise when working with the material, we ask Toby Marlow about the properties of cast stone and what designers should consider when specifying the material
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News
Jonathan Tuckey Design restores hillside farmhouse in northern Italy
Practice peels back previous additions to reveal building’s agrarian origins
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Features
BSI reports tackling water scarcity to be as much a priority as climate change
Recommendations include smart metering, increasing product efficiency, water labelling and embracing circularity with systems such as rainwater harvesting
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Opinion
What’s stopping us from re-using office buildings?
We should be more flexible and creative both in making the most of existing buildings and compromising over what we require from them, writes Anna Beckett
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News
HAUS Collective secures approval for 18-storey Glasgow ‘aparthotel’
Scheme adds to practice’s growing portfolio across Scotland
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Features
What made this project… Brixton House by Foster Wilson Size
Foster Wilson Size’s body of work impressed the judges for this year’s AYAs, as the practice has been shortlisted for Public Building Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s partner, Edmund Wilson, to break down ...
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News
McLaren cuts carbon emissions on ExCeL London project using cement free mortar
McLaren Construction Group and masonry contractor, Lyons & Annoot, specified more than 100 tonnes of Cemfree masonry mortar for the internal blockwork of the ExCel London project – forming the product’s largest application yet. The project encompasses a 25,000 sq m expansion to the eastern section of the existing venue, ...
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News
Liverpool looking for masterplanners to oversee city’s historic waterfront
Council to appoint team of placemaking specialists to guide development over the next 15 years
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Features
What made this project… Wimbledon High School by IID Architects
IID Architect’s body of work impressed the judges at this year’s AYAs, as the practice has been shortlisted for Education Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s director, Nick Rich, to break down some of ...