All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 31
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NewsIn pictures: Groupwork’s Greville Street
Groupwork creates a diaphonous new skin for 1970s office block that playfully recalls earlier structures on same site
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FeaturesHow we designed the Children’s Day Treatment Centre at Evelina London Children’s Hospital to welcome young people
Hannah Brewster on how ADP designed a futureproof hospital on a highly constrained site that helps ease the anxiety of families and young children undergoing surgical procedures
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FeaturesWhat made this project… University House by MCW Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with MCW Architects’ body of work, as the practice took home the trophy for Higher Education Architect of the Year (sponsored by Carlisle Construction Materials). In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the ...
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OpinionVirtual Front Row: AI’s role in the evolution of live sport and entertainment
Architects and designers are using AI to reshape how we experience live events. As this becomes the norm, Kirsty Mitchell explores how we preserve the distinct collective energy that draws us like magnets to live events
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FeaturesWhat made this project… St Gabriel’s School by van Heyningen and Haward Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with van Heyningen and Haward Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for two awards including Education Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the ...
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FeaturesCPD 09 2023: Understanding third-party certification processes for insulated panels
This CPD module, sponsored by Kingspan, explores the benefits and processes involved when seeking third-party certification from FM Approvals
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Building StudyBringing dignity and joy to later living: Mae’s Daventry House project sets a whole new standard
The Stirling Prize-winning practice is helping to define a new era for those who want to live independently as they get older
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NewsIn pictures: Bennetts Associates completes the Syggrou Office Complex in Athens, Greece
The project features a sculpted roofline, marble facades and a nod to classical Athenian design
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Corner at Tate Modern by Holland Harvey
Source: Jack Hobhouse The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Holland Harvey’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ...
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from reusing materials (two years later)?
We need to change the way we work as an industry to make material reuse the norm, writes Anna Beckett
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NewsMeet CornWall: Organic waste transformed into climate-positive design
CornWall is a wall finishing material crafted from plant-based biomass, which hopes to provide an alternative for ceramic wall cladding or other less sustainable composite materials
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NewsOle Scheeren beats star names in competition to design HQ for China’s biggest company
Architect beats Foster & Partners, Heatherwick Studio and his former practice OMA to win job for tech giant Tencent
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Courier Media by SODA Studio
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with SODA Studio’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Interior Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s interior designer, Matilde Menezes, to ...
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NewsBSI approves new type of low carbon concrete
Limestone powder can now be added to the material in one of the biggest changes to concrete production “since the 1980s”
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Three Mills Studios by Gort Scott
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Gort Scott’s body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Refurbishment Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s associate, Sela-Jaymes Taylor, to break ...
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NewsOrms reveals plans for major overhaul of Deutsche Bank’s London HQ
Newly submitted application would see three storeys and a roof garden added to Winchester House
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FeaturesWhat made this project… The Life Without Limits Centre by EPR Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with EPR Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Office 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, Stephen Pey, to break ...
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OpinionCOP 28: Net zero buildings by 2050? You have got to be joking!
To have any chance of achieving net zero buildings we need a sea change in approaches to design, writes Susan Roaf
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NewsSeratech launches carbon neutral brick prototype
According to the team, the brick uses a magnesium carbonate binder and allows CO2 emissions from industry flues to be permanently stored within the built environment
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OpinionCobBauge: Bringing earth into the 21st century
CobBauge, a word amalgamation of cob and ‘bauge’ earth-building traditions in the UK and France, is a collaborative research partnership between these countries that brings earth construction into the 21st century. Funded by the European Union, the research focuses on the challenges of contemporary construction, in particular, low carbon building.