All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 56
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OpinionOverheating buildings are architects’ responsibility too
It’s time to rethink your attitudes to thermal comfort - if not for the sake of the planet, then for the sake of your insurance premiums, writes Eleanor Jolliffe.
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FeaturesElegant rows of modular skylights provide a forward-thinking college with daylight
The VELUX Daylight Visualizer assisted decision makers in making efficient and informed daylighting decisions in accordance with cost, timing and the optimization of daylight
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NewsEPR lodges plans for 18-storey Manchester office tower
Bruntwood development to feature highest workplace pool in UK
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NewsScott Brownrigg unveils plans to transform 3km abandoned rail tunnel into world’s longest art gallery
Major tourist attraction planned around 130-year-old Rhondda Tunnel in Wales
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FeaturesCPD 7 2022: Part L compliance considerations
This Knauf Insulation sponsored CPD spells out the key elements of the new additions to the Building Regulations that are aimed at improving energy efficiency in homes, and explains which materials can help deliver the best results for an energy efficient project.
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FeaturesBack to school: Glazing for the education sector
Educational building projects have specific needs and designing bespoke glazing helps to create well lit learning environments that encourage productivity
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NewsPlanning inspector rejects 3D Reid’s Tolworth Tower proposals
Loss of employment space and lack of site-wide energy approach cited as major stumbling blocks
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FeaturesBuilding progress for a sustainable future with Aggregate Industries
From values to vision, sustainability is at the heart of the business as the team move towards a Net Zero and Circular economy
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NewsAFK’s £600m City tower plans get public airing
Proposals for 55 Bishopsgate being developed by Schroders and Stanhope
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FeaturesAccess all areas with Profab’s fire rated access panels
Profab’s innovative range of access panels provide the highest standards of accessibility to services without compromising on aesthetics
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Building StudyBuilding study: West Hub by Jestico + Whiles
A new hybrid building in Cambridge mixes academia with enterprise and hospitality to reimagine what a university should be in the 21st century, writes Ben Flatman
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FeaturesBuilt to be wild: Monarto Safari Park's new Visitor Centre
Two ancient cultures merge at the Monarto Visitor Centre, designed in a joint venture by Intro and studio-gram
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NewsOptimised Environments win landscape architect role on £55m railway museums upgrade
Practice beats five rival bidders to win £250,000 job
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OpinionThe joy of designing and building appropriately
”Sustainability” is too vague a concept when it comes to the environmental crisis that we are facing. We need to think in terms of “appropriate design” and embrace new procurement models, writes Felix Holland
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FeaturesMEDITE SMARTPLY defines the standard of innovative wood-based panels
Europe’s most recognised brand of MDF, MEDITE are seen as the benchmark for quality, consistency and performance in the MDF market
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NewsNotre Dame to get 400m riverside park under new redevelopment plans
Belgian landscape architect Bas Smets named as winner of competition three years after cathedral lost its roof in devastating blaze
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FeaturesFrom gas plant to office space: Foster + Partners’ latest reuse project
Foster + Partners designs a demountable timber structure for a disused gas plant in Madrid, Spain, creating a natural, flexible workspace
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from designing more holistically?
Architects and engineers need to work together more closely to realise the opportunities for efficiency, and beauty, says Anna Beckett
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FeaturesBIG-designed refugee museum opens in Denmark
The practice has adapted and extended one of the refugee camp’s few remaining structures - a hospital building - into a 1,600 m2 museum dedicated to displaced humans
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FeaturesAttractive, versatile and non-combustible rainscreen options by Tata Steel
Offering an alternative to a flat faced facade, the Trisobuild range increases the aesthetic options available for building designs whilst also delivering peace of mind