Buildings – Page 90
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Building StudyFocus House, London by Bere Architects
In tune with last month’s Stern Review, a house squeezed between Victorian terraces in north London takes its own action to combat climate change, observes Graham Bizley
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Bankside Urban Park by Witherford Watson Mann
Witherford Watson Mann’s proposal for Bankside Urban Park shows a love of a gritty, charming but vanishing London, says Kester Rattenbury
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TechnicalOff-site and housing: Architects and manufacturers team up to invent new modular systems
Architects are cross-breeding onsite and offsite construction, write Marguerite Lazell and Elaine Knutt
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Off-site and housing: SmartLIFE project aims to find the best modern construction method
Cambridgeshire research project compares three MMC's to find the best possible way to build a house, writes Marguerite Lazell
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Technical'Moving' buildings become a reality with telematics
Telematics is the art and science of transforming facades with moving images. Elaine Knutt looks into a future world in which buildings communicate and respond to their environments
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Building StudyMaggies Centre, Kirkcaldy by Zaha Hadid
A Maggie’s cancer care centre in the grounds of a Kirkcaldy hospital is Zaha Hadid’s first UK building. Ellis Woodman finds it takes excellent advantage of a quirky site to create architecture of a very high order.
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TechnicalPart L: the view from Building Control
John Neal, head of building control at Rushcliffe Borough Council, Nottinghamshire, discusses the impact of Part L 2006 on his team
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Building StudyRoyal Court, Guernsey by Nicholas Hare Architects
At Guernsey’s new Royal Court complex, the majesty of the law is given a commanding hill-top position and a contemporary welcoming feel
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Barbican refurbishment by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris
Never again will culture-going Londoners miss the beginning of a Barbican performance: AHMM leads them through the muddled maze via new ‘portals’ and pedestrian routes
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TechnicalIt’s time you knew the drill
Designers are set to face greater responsibility for assessing fire risk.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 37: Margate
The challenge: To create a 25m-high sculpture that would collapse in a controlled manner and burn safely
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Building StudyMaster gardener
Foreign Office Architects has created a matrix for a new garden on a Somerset estate. Ellis Woodman met Alejandro Zaero-Polo and client Niall Hobhouse. Portrait Morley von Sternberg
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Theatre by the truckload
Four years after winning a design competition, Wright & Wright’s new home for the Hull Truck theatre company finally starts on site
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Building StudyForever young
Haworth Tompkins’ reworking of the Young Vic retains the egalitarian attractions of the original.
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TechnicalStriking in its steel simplicity
Eric Parry’s Aldermanbury Square office uses ‘shot peened’ stainless steel to create an elegant and bold structure.
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TechnicalNo need for a weather forecast
Cellulose-based cladding for a scheme in Manchester was chosen for its longevity.