Buildings – Page 111
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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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Technical
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
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TechnicalIn detail 28: Alpine House, Kew Gardens
The new glass house at Kew Gardens will use almost entirely passive systems to provide a controlled environment for the Royal Botanic Gardens’ alpine plant collection.
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TechnicalTermite tutors
Insect ingenuity and the power of the earth have inspired low-energy ventilation
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Return of the geek
The proposed new Part L (Conser-vation of Fuel and Power) is set for implementation in January 2006.
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Techbrief
A clean read Architect Sue Roaf and environmental experts David Crichton and Fergus Nicol argue in their forthcoming book, Adapting Building and Cities for Climate Change, that many buildings being constructed now are not only unsustainable but are also having a catastrophic effect on the global climate. They add that ...
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Building StudyStraight to the top
First breaks don’t come much better than Brisac Gonzalez’s £26 million Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. But after beating David Chipperfield to the gig, the pressure was on. Would they fly or die?
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TechnicalIn detail 27: Gothenburg Museum of World Culture, Sweden
A five-storey glazed atrium rises above the ground floor staircase on the eastern side of the museum.
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TechnicalTechbrief
Sound advice The UK Timber Frame Association has produced a technical guide of timber frame systems to help designers comply with building regulations document E — resistance to the passage of sound. Soundproofing between buildings can be challenging at the best of times but especially when the building is divided ...
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Building StudyOut of the shadow
A huge risk, a major scandal, but does the architecture of Holyrood truly stand for Scotland? asks BD