Buildings – Page 110
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TechnicalWaves and means
A dramatic roof gives the Wales Assembly presence among its neighbours, writes Pamela Buxton
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Trouble at the top
Roofs are the site of many a battle between aspiration and the cold reality of a cost plan. There is no designer whose aspirations have not at some point fallen prey to the machinations of the bean counters.
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Pyramid scheme
We unfold the mystery of Egypt’s new Grand Museum proposal by Heneghan Peng
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Building StudyFirst Look: Oar-inspiring designs for Chelsea
Sarah Wigglesworth Architects has revealed arresting new designs for a £375,000 canoeing centre in Chelsea.
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Building StudyMaking an entrance
Dixon Jones’s £17 million first phase of the National Gallery’s renovation improves the building’s public face with a new entrance and a public court, says Catherine Croft.
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TechnicalIn detail 31: National Gallery, East Wing, London
An external courtyard has been covered with an ETFE roof to provide a disabled access route from a new public entrance on Trafalgar Square to the gallery’s central circulation spaces.
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Understanding access for all
The practicalities of working with the Disability Discrimination Act
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Your questions answered
The DDA requirements seem to go beyond the stipulations of Part M and British Standard BS 8300 (2001): Design of buildings. The DDA hinges on taking “reasonable” measures. Decisions made on this basis could be hugely subjective and would no doubt open the door to litigation. How can I protect ...
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Making the grade The Building Research Establishment has added Breeam Schools to its portfolio of environmental assessments. Set to begin in January, the scheme will help schools and local education authorities to set environmental targets for new and refurbished buildings. It will also help architects improve the environmental performance of ...
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Building StudyGetting in the decorators
Caruso St John’s proposal of lace motifs on a new Nottingham project upset some readers. We ask Peter St John to explain why his practice is breaking a final taboo and embracing decoration
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Building StudySomething for everyone
Anonymous architects rub shoulders with historic heavyweights in the UK’s first permanent architecture gallery, at the V&A. But does it work?
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Building StudyQuick on the draw
The entrance to the V&A architecture gallery is guarded by a massive isometric projection of the dome of St Paul’s Cathedral (pictured). The drawing, which took five years to complete during the 1920s, illustrates the three themes explored through the gallery — the art of architecture, the function ...
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In detail 30: Carlisle Lane housing, Waterloo, London
Architect: Pringle Richards Sharratt Timber panels & cladding: Eurban and Finnforest Merk
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TechnicalFour flats in a flash
Pringle Richards Sharratt proves small projects can benefit from prefab.
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Prefab dreams
Over the past five years, we have found much of our housing work has been motivated by the promise of speed, exactitude, economy and perhaps even the hint of perfection — in short, the path of prefabrication.
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TechnicalBargain basements
Adding underground space in new homes can solve some of the UK’s housing woes
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Building StudyDigging the East End scene
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s student residences at Queen Mary, University of London, join a pantheon of successful housing experiments
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TechnicalIn detail 29: Queen Mary Student Village, University of London
The largest residential block at the Westfield Student Village has an eight-storey concrete frame built with tunnel-form shuttering. Another word for shuttering is formwork, whereby a frame is constructed to provide support as the concrete hardens.
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TechnicalVirtuous vacations
Traditional African methods are the star of Cullum & Nightingale’s eco-resort
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Building StudyCelestial vessel
Will O’Donnell & Tuomey’s remarkable Cork gallery deliver the work outside Ireland that the duo desires? Shane O’Toole reports. Photos by Morley von Sternberg