All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 43
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Britannia Leisure Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects
FaulknerBrowns’ body of work impressed the judges at this year’s AYAs, as the practice took home the award for Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s award-winning projects and ask the firm’s partner, Steve McIntyre, to break down ...
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NewsIn pictures: Scott Brownrigg presents Milltimber Primary School
The city council’s £16 million education facility completes in Aberdeen
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Intelligence from architectsProduct specification report: Interview with Richard Gatti, Gatti Routh Rhodes
What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Design spoke to over 300 architects to find out, including Richard Gatti from Gatti Routh Rhodes
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Features3D U-value calculations make the grade for the University of Salford
When it came to evaluating the thermal performance of the building’s new facade, Knauf Insulation stepped up to the task
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FeaturesCPD 12 2022: Movement in brickwork
This CPD sponsored by Vandersanden explores the benefits of specifying clay brick, alongside the types and causes of movement in brickwork and how to design to accommodate movement. Deadline for completion Friday 23 December 2022.
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FeaturesRobotics and AI: The future of designing for assisted living
Designing and manufacturing assisted living technologies, Pressalit were asked to contribute to the work being carried out by the Ambient Assisted Living Lab (AAL) at Heriot-Watt University
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FeaturesFoster + Partners adopt IES-VE software to close performance-based design gap
The software offers detailed modelling and analysis, allowing the practice to meet increasing requirements for low-carbon designs
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Intelligence from architectsProduct specification report: Interview with Paul Owen, BDP
What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Design spoke to over 300 architects to find out, including Paul Owen from BDP
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FeaturesClose the insulation gap in your knowledge with CPD from ROCKWOOL
The ROCKWOOL CPD programme helps architects, designers and specifiers to keep pace with regulatory change and maintain the highest professional standards
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FeaturesMini-VRV: The versatile climate control system for urban developments
VRV specialist at Daikin explains how compact mini-VRV systems can help make it simple to incorporate climate control into a building’s design
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FeaturesResilient design with Chain10
One solution to achieve sustainability and lessen the brunt of climate change? For Taiwanese firm, Chain10, it’s all in the design
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Intelligence from architectsProduct specification report: Interview with Colin Rice, Cullinan Studio
What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Design spoke to over 300 architects to find out, including Colin Rice from Cullinan Studio
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FeaturesArchitects and designers urged to consider safety when it’s dark in public spaces
Landscaping specialist, Marshalls releases a series of design pillars that it hopes will encourage the industry to design safety into public spaces
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NewsIn pictures: Black Timber House by Hapa Architects
New-build eco-home in the South Downs National Park uses passive ways to reduce energy consumption
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FeaturesSolving our water crisis, one roof at a time
With water scarcity set to become one of the most important issues we face, Hollie Tye speaks to Metropolder’s founder, Friso Klapwijk, about the Dutch model of water management and how our roofs can offer a solution
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NewsSave slams Marks & Spencer's ‘threat’ to leave flagship store if demolition plans are blocked
Heritage group says warning is not the “attitude of a retailer dedicated to sustainability” on first day of public inquiry into controversial Pilbrow & Partners plans
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Intelligence from architectsProduct specification report: Interview with Tom Waddicor, Maccreanor Lavington
What challenges are facing architects today when it comes to product specification? And what can manufacturers do to help? Building Design spoke to over 300 architects to find out, including Tom Waddicor from Maccreanor Lavington
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OpinionThe successful handover of our top practices matters to all of us
The UK’s top practices play a critical role in the life of the architectural profession and wider economy. Who runs them when their founders move on really does matter, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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FeaturesNatural ventilation and daylight solution helps transform Victorian jail into luxury hotel
All that was left of the powerful-looking Victorian Bodmin Jail in Cornwall, was a ruin without a roof, with vegetation slowly taking over. In 2015, Mallino Development appointed the services of Twelve Architects to undertake an impressive and stunning redevelopment project that turned the jail into an aesthetically impactful hotel. ...
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NewsIn pictures: Make unveils The Exchange
The Centenary Square local landmark has reopened after being dormant for 16 years