Buildings – Page 69
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TechnicalArtificial lighting brings flashes of inspiration
Will Hunter examines recent projects at Cardiff Bay, Salford Law School and London’s Natural History Museum where lighting has been used to communicate an architectural concept
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Building StudyJames Gowan on designing Leicester’s engineering department
In this exclusive extract from Ellis Woodman’s survey of the life and work of James Gowan, Gowan discusses the development of the pinacle of his partnership with James Stirling, the University of Leicester Engineering Department
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Building StudyPeter Barber reinvents hostel for the homeless
Peter Barber Architects’ redesign of a St Mungo’s hostel in central London is part of a radical reinvention of its culture to prepare residents for independent life
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Building StudyDramatic overheads at Lifschutz Davidson Sandilands’ refit of La Rinascente, Milan
The dramatic honeycomb ceiling for top Milan retailer Vittorio Radice inspires a sweet response. Photographs by Chris Gascoigne
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TechnicalPaxton Locher Architects' curved roof
How Paxton Locher Architects designed a curved roof with a high U-value and solar heat collection
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Building StudyAdjaye plays a strong suit with flagship store for Ozwald Boateng
When bespoke tailor Ozwald Boateng had the chance to move his retail outlet to Savile Row, he approached David Adjaye to devise a contemporary yet sophisticated store. Photographs by Lyndon Douglas
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TechnicalThink event explores the engineer as architect debate
Is the architectural profession under attack in our supposedly new shiny sustainable world? This debate has been highlighted in the pages of BD, and came to life at a great session at last week’s Think event, chaired by BD editor Amanda Baillieu, on whether engineers are the new architects.
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Building StudyWright & Wright's Cambridge University Corpus Christi College Campus
When Cambridge University’s Corpus Christi College ran out of undergraduate library space, it engaged Wright & Wright to remodel a former bank it owns on one of the city’s main streets as the Taylor Library, reports Ellis Woodman. Photos by Peter Cook and Dennis Gilbert
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TechnicalMaterial detail
Author Sylvia Leydecker, an interior designer and expert in nano surfaces in architecture (pictured), considers the functions and applications of nano materials in her new book.
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TechnicalHome truths
Former accountant Carol Atkinson has built the UK’s first straw-bale holiday home in East Yorkshire, and is now leading courses on how to build with it.
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How it works
Geometrics: Elements of Form, Structure, Materials and Manufacture exhibits work by structural engineer Price & Myers’ geometrics group...
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Finishing touch
Ibstock has launched its Umbra range of textured brickwork in four designs: Wave, Sphere (pictured), Pyramid and Sawtooth.
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Up on the roof
A solar water heater designed to sit within the roofscape has been launched in the UK.
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TechnicalThomas Fairchild Children’s Centre, east London
Haverstock Architects’ Claire Barton on designing a mixed-use children’s play and health centre with an insulating green roof
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TechnicalMonks adopt an earthy approach to insulation at Berkshire’s Douai Abbey
Architect David Richmond & Partners and structural engineer Price & Myers are creating a rammed earth wall using local soil for a new library and archive at Douai Abbey
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