Buildings – Page 103
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TechnicalSmaller, quicker, cheaper
Forget John Prescott’s £60K house, Richard Horden has plans for a £35,000 home, taking its inspiration from Japanese tea houses and first class air travel to offer hi-tech living.
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First Look: High-density landmark for Poplar
Hawkins Brown has revealed this landmark housing development in east London — one of the highest-density schemes ever approved in the capital.
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Techbrief
- Green guide The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture is a useful guide for architects wanting to harness the environmental, economic and physiological benefits of living green. Editors Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have trotted around the globe to bring together 25 contemporary residences that are good examples ...
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Building StudyThe art of counterpoint
Greenhill Jenner and Houlton Architects’ sophisticated new music and art blocks are a sensitive addition to Sydenham’s 1960s Brent Knoll School
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Building StudyIn Detail 49: House at Dalguise, Perthshire, Scotland
Architect: Arc ArchitectsClay-based materials have been used extensively in a new low-cost house in Fife with a strong sustainability agenda. The house has a simple rectangular plan built off a concrete raft foundation. Most of the accommodation is on the ground floor with a bedroom and storage attic concealed in ...
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TechnicalEasy on the ice
Despite its setting, the Halley VI Antarctic station will have to minimise water use.
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Building StudyHoliday campo
With a strong list of celebrated architects signed up, the Corte Velho holiday development in the Algarve is breaking the mould of Portugal’s conventional resorts.
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How we cracked it 10: Flat-pack staircase, Islington apartment, London
To squeeze in a new staircase in a compact space, Lisa Harmey draws on the flat-pack system to create an innovative folding stair that can be used easily on domestic projects
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Building StudyFirst Look: Modernism captures the castle
A striking residential development surrounding a turn-of-the-century castle in Swansea has been revealed by Holder Mathias Architects.
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TechnicalSkirting the runway
Amanda Birch gets under the skin of Reid’s new air traffic control tower
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Building StudySlice of urban
Assertive yet portable, Southwark’s new public face offers a taster for the Olympics
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In detail 47: Social housing in Vallecas, Madrid
Architect Feilden Clegg BradleyM&E engineer: Max FordhamEnvironmental engineer: EMMA SL
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TechnicalHousing’s heat wave
A Madrid project by Feilden Clegg Bradley holds solutions for global warming
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TechnicalI wish I'd done that... Housing project
Ben Derbyshire on Herzog & de Meuron’s apartment building in Paris
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TechnicalGetting more Zeds in
Following BedZed’s success, Bill Dunster reveals how he is refining the concept to create cheaper and greener eco-homes en masse
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Building StudySetting the boundaries
ith a string of public commissions, German practice Wandel Hoefer Lorch & Hirsch has rocketed to world prominence. Partner Nikolaus Hirsch talks to David Adjaye about how his inspiration comes from limitations.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 09: Lucky Voice karaoke bar, Soho, London
Waugh Thistleton Architects soundproofed nine private karaoke pods, while still maximising space. Jerome Buckwell explains one aspect of the acoustic solution.
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TechnicalUtopia at Center Parcs
As long as we are ruled by roads, the public realm will remain a mess