Buildings – Page 107

  • Cutaway detail section through roof.
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    In detail 41: Light industrial units, Mitcham, Surrey

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    A 4,500sq m speculative commercial development by the Chancerygate Group is the first project to be granted planning approval under the London Borough of Merton’s prescriptive renewable energy policy.

  • A visualisation of the light industrial development in Mitcham, Surrey, prior to the London Borough of Merton enforcing its renewable energy policy, which called for wind turbines and photovoltaic panels to be added to the roof
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    Shades of green

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    The government’s green targets for architecture are a grey area

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    I wish Id done that...sustainable building

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    Robin Nicholson on Sauerbruch Hutton’s GSW Building in Berlin

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    Techbrief

    2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Blind ambition Burgess Fabric Engineering has developed a system that harnesses the solar energy of photovoltaics and motor technology by Somfy for use in a new housing scheme in Carshalton, Surrey, to activate the movement of fabric blinds. All the houses have a south-facing two-storey, double-glazed, conservatory, which ...

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    New books on sustainability

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    Building with Straw: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture, edited by Gernot Minke and Friedemann Mahlke. Birkhauser, 152pp. £30.50.We’ve seen what can be achieved with straw bales in Sarah Wigglesworth’s Straw Bale House, but how do you design with it? Building with Straw has some answers in this ...

  • Peter Inskip & Peter Jenkins Architects’ scheme for Green College, Oxford, features residential blocks, an art gallery and library set around an open-air theatre.
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    First Look: Oxford colleges classic inspiration

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    Peter Inskip & Peter Jenkins Architects was inspired by Greek classical architecture when designing this Oxford University quadrangle, seen here for the first time.

  • A sample at one of the labs in Manchester’s new Michael Smith Building.
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    Experiment in design

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Daylight and socialising are the innovations in a new science lab in Manchester, writes Robert Booth

  • Model of Wellcome’s lab planned for Hinxton.
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    New direction for lab design

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    A boom in science buildings across the UK gives architects room to experiment, says Robert Booth

  • Litracon concrete
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    Material world

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Birch uncovers four cutting-edge materials set to revolutionise buildings of the future and, opposite, investigates how practices discover and apply scientific innovations

  • A new material that Foster & Partners is testing is a laminate of stone with glass to use as external cladding
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    Novelty hunting

    2005-03-18T00:00:00Z

    Caruso St John’s architects were deciding on a material for the acoustic panels on the ceiling of London Barbican’s concert hall, when they arrived at an impasse. The practice didn’t want to use a standard off-the-shelf material, but something fresh instead.

  • Rear elevation, incorporating glazing treated with a mirrored film.
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    Room for change

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    In the final part of our live-work series, we head to Bethnal Green to see how Sergison Bates has created a flexible mix of public and private spaces for an artist, a theatre group and two therapists

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    In detail 40: Roofing

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    Humber Centre for Excellence in the Built Environment, Hull

  • An early drawing of the prefabricated wedge-shaped Built Environment Centre in Hull.
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    A lean-to to learn from

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    A super-insulated roof caps off the carbon-neutral Humber Centre in Hull

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    I wish Id done that...roof

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    Stuart Piercy on FOA and Structural Design Group’s roof at Yokohama Ferry Terminal

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    Surfs up

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    McDowell & Benedetti create a floating roof for a new type of managed workspace

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    Techbrief

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Weather beater Corus Colour-steels has launched a new range of coated steel products for use in rainwater applications. Designed for flashings, parapet copings and flat roofs and gutter systems, Aquatite TPO consists of a waterproof membrane factory bonded to a galvanised steel substrate. Corus says the 1,200 micron-thick thermoplastic polyolefin ...

  • The elevation to Britton Street. The widths of windows are inherited from the earlier structure, but sill heights have been dropped allowing the proportions to be adjusted.
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    Back to the studio

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    An art studio home by Tony Fretton starts our two-part series on live-work designs

  • The world’s first frameless structural glass dome was constructed at the University of Stuttgart and uses epoxy glue to connect the double-curved glass panels.
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    Making it stick

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    An engineer hopes his process of gluing glass will enable more daring structures

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    Recreating a secret history

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    Artist Sadie Murdoch’s photographs portray two women’s role in modernism

  • Step 1 Achieving a crescent-shaped building form
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    How we cracked it 03: Freeform Modular Building, Exemplar Designs for Education

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    James Pickard of Cartwright Pickard Architects solves the technical challenge set by modular building manufacturer Yorkon to create an innovative design for school buildings that makes best use of the benefits of off-site construction