Buildings – Page 60
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TechnicalGlass staircase wall
A key pioneer of the structural use of glass is structural engineer Tim Macfarlane who, in response to architect Rick Mather’s demands for a minimal structure on a conservatory in Hampstead in 1992, developed the first use of structural glass beams by laminating together three sheets of float glass.
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TechnicalAllies & Morrison’s St Paul’s Place car park, Sheffield
Amanda Birch explores the exciting treatment Allies & Morrison has given to the facade of a city centre car park in Sheffield
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Building StudyBuschow Henley’s St Benedict’s School, west London
Using a pared-down palette of materials and colours, Buschow Henley’s new building for St Benedict’s School in west London unifies a sprawling and unruly site
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TechnicalDORMA to open the way for visitors to the new Darwin Centre
DORMA door controls, automatics, and glass fittings have been installed in the new expansion to the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum.
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TechnicalBrief - Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of DORMA, were challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the DORMA penguin can be seen visiting in the picture.
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Building StudyDow Jones brings crypt to life in Spitalfields’ Hawksmoor church
Dow Jones has unveiled its competition-winning design for the crypt of the Nicholas Hawksmoor-designed Christ Church in east London’s Spitalfields
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Building StudyStudio Idealyc’s pyramid scheme
The refurbishment of London’s Spa Fields includes a distinctive community building by a recent architecture graduate, writes Graham Bizley
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Building StudyThe sublime and the aedicule
Architect David Kohn has teamed up with cult restauranteurs Pablo Flack and David Waddington to create a temporary dining space for the Royal Academy, deploying a host of artists and designers to startling effect.
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TechnicalWhy Passivhaus design is worth the money
In the final column in the series, sustainability expert Henrietta Lynch argues that evidence from Germany shows buyers are prepared to pay a premium for more environmentally friendly design
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TechnicalGetting up to speed with London 2012 Velodrome
Hopkins Architects’ Mike Taylor and Expedition Engineering’s Andrew Weir talk to Catherine Croft about the challenges of designing with bikes in mind
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Building StudyThe Year in Review: Designs to beat the architecture downturn blues
We might have had a bleak end to 2008, but it was actually a good year for splendid buildings and inspiring architectural exhibitions, says Ellis Woodman. We also asked 18 major players in the business to pick out their highlights
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TechnicalVarious Architects' temporary performance space for a world tour
How Norway’s Various Architects created a lightweight, demountable performance venue for client Arts Alliance
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The green winners and losers in 2008
Phil Clark looks back at the year’s best in sustainabiliity
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Ecobuild is back
Ecobuild will be on us before we know it. One of the biggest events for sustainable design, construction and the built environment will take place between March 3-5 2009 at London’s Earls Court.
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TechnicalIzar makes a point
A striking three-pointed star-shaped light called Izar has been launched by Modular Lighting Instruments.
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TechnicalSure on cavity walls
A new technology in cavity wall construction that removes the need for backing blocks or wooden shuttering has been launched.
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Best for Green Wood
A report from Greenpeace, Setting a New Standard: Alternatives to Unsustainable Plywood in the UK, is a guide for architects on how to source environmentally and socially responsible timber certified by the Forest Stewardship Council using a simple checklist.
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TechnicalGetting in the swim at Lucknam Park
Holder Mathias Architects has delivered a five-star swim solution for the Lucknam Park luxury hotel at Colerne near Bath.
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Building StudyMatch made in heaven
Shed KM’s Matchbox building for developer Urban Splash, next to the former Bryant & May match factory in Liverpool, is a striking Miesian office block that links old and new, reports Peter Blundell Jones. Photos by Morley von Sternberg
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Building StudyDow Jones Architects’ cultivated aesthetic
The temporary exhibition gallery at the Garden Museum on the Thames at Lambeth is a triumph of architectural imagination over budgetary constraint.