Buildings – Page 70
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Building StudyRogers Stirk Harbour’s Maggie’s Centre at Charing Cross Hospital is a place like home
A sense of abstract domesticity pervades the first Maggie’s Centre to be built in England — at challenging site at Charing Cross Hospital
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Building StudyForeign Office Architects whirls into town with a new store for John Lewis
Foreign Office Architects is one of several practices transforming Leicester’s retail centre, writes Ellis Woodman
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TechnicalMargate’s Turner Contemporary undergoes a sea change
Turner Contemporary director Victoria Pomery relives the axing of Snøhetta and Spence’s Margate gallery, and explains the challenges of implementing Chipperfield’s replacement
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Building StudyUrban Splash's Bridewell Island: winner and runners up
The contest for Urban Splash’s Bridewell Island saw two different approaches adopted in designs for the key central Bristol site — construct a new tower or recycle most of what’s already there
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TechnicalBaleHaus, the ‘carbon bank’ home
Devised by Bristol-based architect White Design and engineer Integral, BaleHaus is a eco-home made of straw
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TechnicalMaccreanor Lavington’s pioneering mixed sustainable housing in Amsterdam
The Luycksterrein community in central Amsterdam is a rich mix of live-work and private-social space
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TechnicalThinking inside the micro box
Munich university professor Richard Horden’s Micro Compact House
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TechnicalThe Code is not enough - sustainability thinking part one
In his first essay on the environment and design architect Jon Goodbun argues for a wider definition of sustainability beyond carbon and climate change. We need to change our entire production ecology, no less
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Building StudyBroadway Malyan and Hemingway create a new blueprint for living
Architectural diversity and community living are at the heart of The Bridge, a Thames Gateway development that banishes the idea of repetitive streets of identikit boxes.
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TechnicalMake's easy-to-install glazing system for the atrium of a 1950's office renovation
How Make created an easy-to-install glazing system for the seven-storey atrium of a renovated 1950s office
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Building StudyRichard Murphy’s New Hall is big in Essex
The architect’s challenge was to offer a generous level of space indoors and out without being OTT for the suburbs
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Germany goes passive
A five-day seminar entitled Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment is being held in Berlin from July 7-11 and will explore the role of renewable energy in the urban and semi-urban environment.
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TechnicalTimeless Tube
A new stainless-steel handrail section (pictured) that allows for easy installation has been developed by Timeless Tube.
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Healing history
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings is running its six-day repair course from May 12-19.
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No floor in its plan
You should have a clear conscience when you next specify Forbo Marmoleum flooring for your latest bar project.
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TechnicalRooflight revolution
The Rooflight Company has produced Neo, a dark grey double-glazed frameless rooflight that uses a unique glass fibre and polyester resin material called Fortecom.
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Building StudyRock chic: Brisac Gonzalez’s multi-purpose venue is a hit in Aurillac, France
When Brisac Gonzalez won a competition to design an auditorium in France, the brief was all about combining simplicity with the flexibility to host anything from a French black metal band to a trade fair
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Building StudyIn detail: multi-purpose hall, Aurillac, France
Architect: Brisac Gonzalez Structural engineer: VPGreen
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Building StudyTheatrical effects
Tiny Madrid attic given breathing space by Spanish architect Garcia & Ruiz