Buildings – Page 100
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TechnicalIn detail 56: Siobhan Davies Dance Centre, Southwark, London
Five twisting ribbons of sky-blue glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) make up the roof of a new dance studio for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company.
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TechnicalRhythm in blue
A GRP roof is making all the right moves for Sarah Wigglesworth’s dance studio, writes Pamela Buxton
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Building StudyZaha’s blinding science
The Phaeno Science Centre in Wolfsburg is the culmination of a career’s experimentation for Zaha Hadid. Was all worth it? Graham Bizley finds out
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 19: Peepul Centre, Leicester
The challenge: To create removable, tiered seating for a flexible performance space
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TechnicalBuilding bamboo’s reputation
A Feilden Clegg Bradley project in India is proving bamboo’s worth as a building material.
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Building StudyChill on the hill
Spiritual retreat meets boutique hotel in Bates Maher’s timber hermitages in County Tipperary. Graham Bizley finds sanctuary
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TechnicalIn Detail 55: Channel Five meeting room, London
Innovative surface materials have been used to remodel the main meeting room in TV channel Five’s headquarters, a converted carriageworks dating from 1833 in London’s Covent Garden.
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TechnicalClassics degree
Clever use of surfaces is key to uniting a Cambridge college’s diverse buildings.
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TechnicalThinking inside the box
Plastic honeycomb walls create a show-stopping boardroom at TV channel Five, writes Damian Arnold
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Man and monolith
He is Jacques Herzog’s favourite Swiss architect and a master of the art of construction. Jonathan Woolf explores the work of Valerio Olgiati with an exclusive preview of his latest exquisite creation
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 18: Urban gardens
Green-roofed “Ecospace” studios are a collaboration between Idris-Perrineau Town and technical designers/structural engineers MKAD.
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Building StudyFrontier Land London
High-rise developers are running amok in London. Why isn’t sheriff Ken Livingstone doing more to control them?
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In detail 54: Young Vic Theatre, London
A jumble of old and new elements are being woven together on London’s South Bank to revitalise the Young Vic Theatre.
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TechnicalPacked full of material pleasures
James R Payne reviews the first translation of a must-have Swiss manual
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Building StudyWhite rose blooms
Leeds is rising again, a shining example of design-led regeneration. Ken Powell takes a tour of the Yorkshire capital with the man spearheading its renaissance
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 17: 256-266 Glossop Road, Sheffield
How to bring fresh air into new-build apartments while meeting stringent acoustic requirements
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TechnicalRaising the roof
A ceiling that changes to suit the performance answers the need for acoustic flexibility.