Buildings – Page 118

  • Building Study

    Are they house-proud in Harlow?

    2004-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Tom Holbrook vets housing by Proctor Matthews and Richard Murphy

  • Technical

    In detail 02: Bedford School Library

    2004-04-23T00:00:00Z

    The library has a curved brick upper storey with a barrel vault roof. A long window at ground floor looks out on playing fields.

  • Technical

    Revisions tackle safety issues

    2004-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Our specialist updates you on key changes to codes and regulations

  • Technical

    Techbrief

    2004-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Recycled paper-based insulating material (cellulose) has already proven a good insulant in residen-tial loft and timber-frame con-struction. But it may soon prove to be an excellent insulation material when paired with steel cladding.The Steel Construction Institute (SCI) has just completed 18 months of research which investigated existing cellulose products and ...

  • Building Study

    Waiting game

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Ellis Woodman visits Peter Smithson's final project – a chair museum in Germany – and uncovers a challenge to today's architects.

  • Technical

    Oysters give pearly sheen to Roman shell

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Muf chose an unusual material for a park building on a Roman site in St Albans.

  • Building Study

    A building the Thames needs?

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    Jeremy Till on Foster's new housing in the first of our guest critiques

  • Technical

    In detail 01: Verulamium Hypocaust Building, St Albans

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    A mosaic floor and hypocaust from a ruined villa in the Roman city of Verulamium are enclosed and protected by a single storey building. Disturbance of the ground has been minimised by using 24 micro-piles , threaded perforated tubes 30mm in diameter, which are drilled into the ground and pumped ...

  • Technical

    Face painting

    2004-04-16T00:00:00Z

    A revamped Young Vic Theatre will be clad with 160 abstract paintings writes Pamela Buxton

  • Building Study

    In the mix

    2004-04-08T00:00:00Z

    Clerkenwell's Brewery Square by Hamilton Associates and Berkeley Homes might be the beginning of a brighter future for urban housing developments.

  • Building Study

    Open minded

    2004-04-02T00:00:00Z

    A library by Swanke Hayden Connell is the latest addition to the Open University in Milton Keynes. It's a hi-tech, energy efficient resource centre for staff and students, writes Graham Bizley.

  • Technical

    Sonic truth

    2004-03-26T00:00:00Z

    Arup Acoustics' SoundLab enables architects to hear the acoustic properties of a building before it is constructed.