Buildings – Page 43
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TechnicalNew research will help architects maximise low-carbon design
Target Zero guidance on achieving low-carbon buildings has been launched by the BCSA and Tata Steel. Here are three steel-framed projects featured in the research.
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TechnicalSteel structure at the heart of Bennetts’ Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford
Steel plays both a functional and aesthetic role in the design Bennetts Associates’ RST auditorium.
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TechnicalSteel cable technology gets Salford in the swing
The Media City footbridge designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects over the Manchester Ship Canal at Salford uses steel to create a structure that is both functional and visually appealing.
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Building StudyFirst look: Harrap and Fobert redraw the Bloomsbury Group’s retreat
Julian Harrap Architects and Jamie Fobert Architects working in partnership have secured planning permission for the redevelopment of the barns at Charleston Farmhouse, the historic country retreat of the Bloomsbury Group in East Sussex.
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Building StudyGalenkop building by Wingender Hovenier
A mixed-use scheme in Amsterdam articulates Wingender Hovenier’s ongoing research into the tectonic manifestation of brick.
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TechnicalOak Meadow Primary School by Architype
Passivhaus technology is creating an efficient, well-ventilated learning environment at Oak Meadow Primary School in Wolverhampton.
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Building StudyFirst look: Riches Hawley Mikhail rethinks rural housing types at Bank Hall
Riches Hawley Mikhail has won planning for 23 new-build family houses in the grounds of 17th century Bank Hall, Lancashire, for Urban Splash, as well as renovation of the hall to provide 13 flats.
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TechnicalHaringey Passiv Terrace retrofit by Anne Thorne Architects
Retrofit build works delivered an 80% cut in energy use to an Edwardian terraced house in London.
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Building StudyEllis Miller’s campus for Catmose College
Jonathan Ellis-Miller’s modular school pays tribute to the hi-tech era while presaging the dawn of a joyless flatpack future
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Building StudyFirst look: Sustainability underpins this ‘exceptional’ Hexham scheme
Newton Architects has secured planning permission for a new country house at The Paise near Hexham.
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Building StudyBristol feels as though it’s been asleep since 1910
Two centuries on from its heyday, Bristol presents an apathetic, scarred, yet striking face to the world
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Building StudyThe Dune House, Thorpeness by Jarmund Vigsnæs Architects
The latest holiday home for Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project sits well with the maverick whimsy of this Suffolk seaside village
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TechnicalCromwell Tower refurbishment by Witherford Watson Mann
The practice has reworked the reception area and meeting room to incorporate original furniture and new finishes
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Building StudyFirst look: Muf scheme for Whitechapel park traces both religious and secular
Muf has revealed designs for Altab Ali Park in Whitechapel, as part of the High Street 2012 public realm improvement programme along the A11 in London, from the City at Aldgate to the Olympic Park at Stratford.
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Building StudyPeter Eisenman’s Santiago de Compostela City of Culture
After years in development Eisenman’s icon finally emerges from the earth as a flawed monument to Spanish political wrangling
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Building StudyXPO and Villa Voka by Office Kersten Geers David van Severen in Kortrijk, Belgium
The first major projects completed by this Belgian practice make good on the promise of its speculative work.
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TechnicalThe Mac arts centre by Hackett Hall McKnight
A new in-situ concrete structure for the Metropolitan Arts Centre is emerging within Belfast’s dense and historic Cathedral Quarter.
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TechnicalSpun concrete columns
Technology once used for drains is now producing concrete columns with the smallest footprint ever.
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TechnicalEcobuild promises a greener future
This year’s conference is bigger than ever and with a new focus on architecture.
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Building StudyFirst look: MSMR homes drive new vision for former Southwark car park
MSMR Architects has won planning permission for a scheme of nine affordable houses on Alice Street in Southwark, south London.