Buildings – Page 96

  • British Gypsum’s new HomeSpec 4 guide.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    This week: British Gypsum, BRE & Inca

  • Simon Whittle’s winning project is inspired by a family tree, rotating a simple repeated shape.
    Technical

    Branching out

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    For years the AA has been using the Serpentine pavilion as a teaching tool, but this summer a group of its students will build their own structure out of timber and construct it outside the school in Bedford Square. Elaine Knutt looks at the winning scheme and the runners-up

  • Feilden Clegg Bradley's courtyard housing features outdoor space at three levels.
    Building Study

    Three's company

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    Feilden Clegg Bradley has collaborated with Alison Brooks and Maccreanor Lavington for its Cambridge development, to produce a range of housing styles. The result is high-quality architecture reflecting a collective identity

  • Guy Greenfield
    Technical

    Time Test

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Architect Guy Greenfield returns to his Hammersmith Bridge Road Surgery building for a check up after six years in use

  • The faceted roof of Kingsdale’s new sports hall is made up of 12 beams, with 2.4m wide by 13.5m long KLH panels spanning between two bays. It will be topped by a 120mm insulation layer and a single-ply waterproof membrane.
    Technical

    Working with the grain

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    DRMM is pioneering a structural timber system for its latest school building

  • The Skypad will be wrapped in a sparkling Meshtec shell, specified by ORMS to signal an out-of-the-ordinary building in the middle of a concrete campus.
    Technical

    Teenage fixes

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    An ORMS building in Cardiff creates a template for teenage cancer units

  • Washroom specialist Armitage Venesta has launched Surf, a bright nautically themed range for junior schools and other areas designed for 7-11 year olds.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    This week products from Armitage Venesta, LS Group & DuPont

  • Lloyd Stratton
    Technical

    I wish I'd done that... Education building

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Lloyd Stratton on BDP's Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton

  • The front elevation to Woodward Place
    Building Study

    Woodward Place housing, New Islington by Fat

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Snigger all you want, but Fat's weird and wonderful Woodward Place in Manchester's New Islington has been delivered with exemplary care and manifest artistry.

  • Hand-drawn, coloured perspective of the Alnwick Garden treehouse
    Technical

    How we cracked it 27: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Napper Architects builds a treehouse interpretation centre set on an open-decked area leading to a treetop walkway

  • Technical

    Green notebook: Part L is just the beginning

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The Code for Sustainable Homes could mean even tougher rules

  • MagnaShield protects both people and sensitive equipment from the effects of interference from electromagnetic fields.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    This week products from Corus and Cogent Power, Velfac & Vailant

  • Edra Corbeille sofa by Francesco Binfareal
    Technical

    Milan 2006 - Mwah, mwah, ciao!

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The Milan show is partly fashion, partly furniture and a chance for designers to flaunt there wares among the glitterati. This year the venue is new and vast, so how could Gareth Williams find his way round the stands without getting lost?

  • Nigel Coates’ Fiorella Suspensione chandelier for Slamp.
    Technical

    Milan 2006 - Why are architects so proud of products?

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    From pepper mills designed by Peter Zumthor to espresso cups by Dominique Perrault, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile offers plenty of evidence of architects moonlighting as furniture and product designers.

  • Atkins’ designs for a new law and business school and design faculty at the University of Northumbria incorporate access walkways in the solar shading. Atriums topped with highly visible lightboxes also eliminate the problem of fragile roofs.
    Technical

    Safe design is good design

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Making health and safety issues integral to architecture needn't cramp your style

  • Arup Fire Engineers’ modelling of the King’s Place building, now on site in London’s King’s Cross, indicated that structural design changes could both improve safety and cut steelwork costs.
    Technical

    Fire protection gets smart

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Fire protection now looks at the whole building rather than individual parts - in contrast to fire codes

  • Dorma’s lightweight Moveo wall system.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Products from Dorma, Evolution & Pilkington

  • The Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre was designed by HOK.
    Technical

    Time Test

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Greaney, senior fire engineer at Buro Happold, reviews the fire safety systems at the National History Museum's Darwin Centre in London

  • Hodder’s student block that houses staircases 20-22.
    Building Study

    Finishing touches

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Stephen Hodder's project at St Catherine's College has spanned a decade of building and restoration work to Arne Jacobsen's 1960s campus. The final phase of his masterplan - a set of student housing blocks - is complete, and it has been been worth the wait.

  • Dance City’s cafe and entrance are on the south-east side of the building.
    Building Study

    Stepping out

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Malcolm Fraser Architects' new community centre uses design to bring healthy living to Newcastle. But you need to look beyond the muddled exterior to find the true beauty of Dance City.