Buildings – Page 74
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Conserving mansonry
A three-day workshop on the principles and techniques of masonry building conservation will be held on February 4-6 at Charlestown Workshops, Charlestown, Fife.
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Cost-effective steel frame insulation
Natural Building Technologies has launched two new steel frame Pavaclad and Diffutherm systems to its wood fibreboard insulation range.
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Building StudyBenson Forsyth’s Nottingham Pod demonstrates a sense of the city
Benson & Forsyth has produced a hotel and retail development in central Nottingham shaped in response to its city setting, reports Ellis Woodman
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TechnicalFolding into the landscape
Sheppard Robson’s planned car park for Penrith in Cumbria uses CNC cutting technology to create a timber facade that draws inspiration directly from its Lakeland context, reports Amanda Birch
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Building StudySarah Wigglesworth boxes clever at Cremorne Riverside Centre
The rusting Corten steel-clad boxes of Cremorne Riverside Centre near London’s Battersea Bridge reflect its location — wedged between leisure gardens and post-industrial wasteland. Tony McIntyre reports
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TechnicalThe thrill of the grille
Low cost and easy to maintain, metal mesh is the latest trend in facade design, reports Rory Olcayto
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Building StudyTerry Pawson’s Visual Arts Centre engages with Carlow
Rather than offering an icon, Carlow’s Visual Arts Centre complements the town and allows the art to dominate, writes Robert Payne
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Building StudyEmbracing London's rivers
Cremorne Riverside Centre is one of the projects featured in Waterfront London: Rediscovering the Rivers and Canals of the Capital, an exhibition which opened at New London Architecture this week. Here NLA exhibition director Peter Murray explains how the Thames and its tributaries are at last being recognised as one ...
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Another world unfolds within
Site: The Centre for Film & Visual Media Research, London WC1
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TechnicalCode makes greens cross
Sustainable Code levels 5 and 6 are not as energy efficient as they look
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Building StudyBD's buildings of 2007
Ellis Woodman looks back at the architectural highs and lows of 2007, and top architects pick their favourite buildings of the year
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TechnicalMaterial evidence
For those architects who aspired to be product designers, this is the publication for you
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Green product guide
Wolseley’s Sustainable Building Centre has produced a guide that highlights the wide range of sustainable products now on offer.
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Ecobuild is coming...
Ecobuild is nearly upon us, and one of its key attractions will be micro-renewable technologies.
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TechnicalRoll out the barrel vault
Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ latest venture in Spain, for a winery in the ancient town of Peñafiel, boasts a remarkable roof, reports Amanda Birch
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TechnicalProduct focus: Metal building skins
Will Hunter focuses on four mesh manufacturers including the company behind the facade of Sanaa's New Museum in New York
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TechnicalEarly sighting of a new hybrid
The roof of Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden’s new visitor centre is an inventive mix of cross-laminated and glue-laminated wood. Pamela Buxton reports
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Building StudyYorkshire fast forward
Bauman Lyons has delivered the showpiece of the Remaking Barnsley masterplan, with a nod to the county’s heritage and even a flavour of Tuscany
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Building StudyCurtain up, Act III
Norwich Theatre Royal had been the victim of design crimes, but a revamp by Tim Foster Architects has brought the case to a stylish conclusion