Buildings – Page 91
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TechnicalEffective printing - by Canon
We love technology – we email, surf, download, even web conference – like there’s no tomorrow but when it comes to printing, many architects are definitely stuck in yesterday.
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Building StudyBrunswick Centre refurbishment by Patrick Hodgkinson
Now that the Brunswick Centre’s winter gardens, concrete walkways and shops have been remodelled by the original architect, Patrick Hodgkinson, with Levitt Bernstein, this modernist icon is ready to face a new era.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 36: Bulford Garrison, Wiltshire
The challenge: To create a naturally lit, quiet courtroom despite frequent low-flying aircraft
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TechnicalHelp cut George’s emissions
Does writer George Monbiot need to pay £20,000 to green-up his home? Elaine Knutt asked three architects to suggest alternatives
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 35: Ramsgate Street, London
The challenge: To design a building where onsite power generation was integral to the design
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Building StudyFull metal jacket
The distinctive form of McDowell & Benedetti’s Springboard Centre in Stokesley, North Yorkshire, contains a nurturing environment for new businesses to keep them in the area.
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Building StudyThe Palestra and the pod
Palestra’s pod is the inviting gateway to Will Alsop’s architecture and ID:SR’s interiors, a happy combination of styles that blend practicality and whimsy
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Building StudyHip in Hoxton
Prèt a Manger boss Sinclair Beecham has opened a new hotel that reflects the historic past and artistic present of its location, while staying true to the Prèt ethos
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TechnicalAn eye for 100% Detail
Dozens of innovations were exhibited at 100% Detail last week. Marguerite Lazell and Elaine Knutt sift through the catalogue
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Building StudyPalace of Peace & Accord, Kazakhstan by Foster and Partners
New architecture, like much else in Kazakhstan, bears the mark of the country’s president, Nursultan Nazarbayev. Yet the latest landmark in its new capital is a Foster building through and through
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TechnicalTime Test: Lighting
Simon Wright, senior engineer at Buro Happold, revisits Wessex Water’s Bath HQ
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TechnicalOld master in a new light
Subtlety was essential if the £29m revamp of Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Art Gallery & Museum was to play well locally. Glaswegian exile Rory Olcayto sees how BDP brought a much-loved building out of the dark ages
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TechnicalI wish Id done that...Lighting
Simon Dance on SOM’s Beinecke Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Yale University
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 34: Harrow Road, north London
The challenge: To recycle an unattractive 1960s office building into affordable homes attractive to key workers
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A measured approach
It’s hard to deliver CO2 savings until we can all sing from the same data spreadsheet
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Building StudyGames lesson
A tight budget but lots of empathy with the building’s users have created a basic but imaginatively light and airy structure housing a nursery and youth centre.
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TechnicalNaples goes with the flow
Rogers’ swirling, whirling roof to the Capodichino underground station is a bold statement.