All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 48
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FeaturesProtecting the Basilica of San Marco, Venice
Pilkington Optiwhite glass offers a damage defence barrier while preserving unobstructed views of one of Italy’s most monumental piazzas
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NewsIn pictures: Waugh Thistleton’s timber office building opens in east London
Black & White Building in Shoreditch is one of the tallest mass timber buildings in London
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NewsGrafton Architects beats other Stirling winners for latest Kingston University scheme
Work on London establishment’s next building set to start in 2026
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FeaturesBuilding with sustainable timber should become “new normal”
Norwegian wood producer spoke out on the imperative step needed to address the global challenge of deforestation
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NewsJames Corner Field Operations’ Camden Highline plans set for approval this week
Revised scheme to be presented to planning committee on Thursday
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Benjamin Disraeli’s proposal to hang architects, 1847
“Really delightful”: In a series of archive pieces celebrating the 180th anniversary of Building Design’s sister publication Building, we give you the magazine’s reaction to the 19th century prime minister’s idea to publically execute architects who design boring buildings
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FeaturesUK turf grower urges industry to end use of plastic netting turf
The majority of UK turf growers use some kind of plastic turf netting in some or all of their products, leading to soil pollution and possible water contamination
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NewsNiall McLaughlin Architects lodges plans for Oxford student accommodation scheme
Practice working on 12,000sq m Hertford College scheme with landscape architect Kim Wilkie
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NewsRelax planning rules to unleash solar ‘rooftop revolution’, urges net zero tsar
Chris Skidmore’s review says UK has ‘fallen behind’ on targets
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NewsIn pictures: Ralph Appelbaum Associates unveils Lift 109 experience at Battersea Power Station
The experience allows visitors to immerse themselves in the history of the power station before ascending 109m for 360-degree views of the city’s skyline
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NewsFosters lodges plans for huge Oxford cancer research campus bankrolled by US billionaire
Scheme to include a library housed inside a rotating geodesic dome and a 250m-long elevated walkway
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NewsPlans for new certification system need to be in place a year before deadline, industry chief warns
Full rollout of new certification system was delayed by two and a half years in December but many key issues left unresolved
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OpinionRSHP’s proposed British Library extension is like a bull in a china shop
The proposals would overshadow and damage the setting of the Grade 1 listed Colin St John Wilson building, writes Peter Denney
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NewsIn pictures: Medical Research Council London Institute of Medical Sciences by Hawkins Brown
Building provides a new home for the Medical Research Council within Hammersmith Hospital
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NewsThree Niemeyer buildings ransacked by protestors supporting former Brazilian president Bolsonaro
Damage follows reports that the far-right politician has left the Niemeyer-designed Alvorada Palace in a state of disrepair
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OpinionHeight is a complex typology
Eleanor Jolliffe is in Rome for the next three months, looking to learn lessons from its historic tall buildings
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NewsIn pictures: Hapa Architects unveils Black Tile House
The Grade 2 listed flint extension and restoration was a labour of love in the historic village of Firle
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NewsGove to mandate second staircases in new buildings taller than 30m
Department estimates fire safety measure will cost business £1.6bn over a decade