Buildings – Page 97

  • Cutaway diagram of the hotel atrium.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 26: Clerkenwell, London

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    The Zetter hotel occupies a refurbished five-storey Victorian warehouse building on a tight urban site in Clerkenwell.

  • Technical

    Running on good vibrations

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Electricity harvested from train vibrations or even shoppers' footsteps promises a revolutionary clean energy source. Elaine Knutt discovers the vision being realised in the Facility's railway arch conversion.

  • Shoe-mounted devices have been developed that harvest energy from walking
    Technical

    Power from the people

    2006-04-07T00:00:00Z

    Several different power harvesting techniques are possible. They include piezoelectronic generation, where materials such as quartz experience strain as they vibrate; electromagnetic generation - moving a magnet in the vicinity of a coil; and hydraulic generation, where a hydraulic bladder is repeatedly depressed.

  • Architect Peter Salter (left) with developer — and former student — Crispin Kelly of Baylight Properties.
    Building Study

    The story of the tortoise and the hare

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    Peter Salter had all but retired from practice in the nineties, devoting his time to teaching until former student Crispin Kelly, now in the fast-paced world of developing, sought him out to create four bespoke houses in Notting Hill. His unusual plans have not disappointed.

  • Technical

    To ‘L' and back

    2006-03-31T00:00:00Z

    With the new regulations on energy use coming into force next week, Elaine Knutt gathered a panel of industry experts to answer your questions

  • Technical

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

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    Ian Darby on Gaia Architects' Glencoe visitor centre, Scotland

  • Bennetts Associates’ Wessex Water HQ, on the outskirts of Bath, completed in 2001. Only by responding to its initial disappointing environmental performance, was the design and construction team able to make the building.
    Technical

    Cutting the green wash

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    By not monitoring actual energy use of buildings, the construction industry is failing to substantiate its green claims.

  • The auditorium was designed to use as much natural light and sustainable heating and cooling as possible.
    Technical

    The rocky road to cooling

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    A church centre is using underground rocks for sustainable comfort cooling.

  • Grape vines are planted all the way up to the rear of the building which holds José Beulas’s permanent collection of contemporary art.
    Building Study

    Getting down to earth

    2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

    A new arts centre by Rafael Moneo reflects Spain's rugged landscape on the outside, while giving a home to painter José Beulas's collection of 20th century art within.

  • Technical

    Techbrief: windows

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Residential pack RIBA Publishing has launched the Domestic Project Pack, which includes all the documentation for architects and clients embarking on residential projects from minor alterations to new-build.

  • Technical

    Green notebook: Footprints are the first step

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    How energy labels are defining clients' briefs and why Sweden is leading the sustainability pack

  • The laminated beams being installed on site.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 25: Wandsworth, south-west London

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    The double-pitch semi-glazed roof design was the result of a familiar set of site limitations for a back extension.

  • The building presents a new elevation to the playground of a neighbouring primary school.
    Building Study

    All the best moves

    2006-03-17T00:00:00Z

    Sarah Wigglesworth Architects' studios for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company has a synergy with the human body that has delighted the client.

  • he curved roof of the Diamond Synchrotron, the largest scientific facility to be built in the UK in 30 years, has been covered in 35,000sq m of Kalzip aluminium sheets
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    This week: Roofing

  • Model with existing gallery on left, next door to refurbished library with clerestory glazing to the education studio and dormer window to the creative studio.
    Technical

    East London project is full of bright ideas

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    As part of its integration with the next-door gallery, the Whitechapel Library is getting a new top-floor studio and gallery.

  • The exterior uses a perforated copper screen for a dramatic impact.
    Building Study

    The devil in the detail

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Haverstock school was hailed as a new model for well-designed PFI schools. Has it fulfilled its promise?

  • The three buildings viewed across the Donaukanal with Otto Wagner's viaduct visible at low level.
    Building Study

    Vienna's white elephants

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid's project at Spittelau, Vienna, is one of her most compelling yet. Too bad it has become possibly the most expensive and ill-conceived social housing in the world.

  • Slot between one of the new buildings and the viaduct, photographed while under construction
    Building Study

    In detail: Spittelau Viaduct, Vienna, Austria

    2006-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Zaha Hadid ArchitectsThree cranked blocks of housing step over an abandoned railway viaduct to stitch a run-down stretch of waterfront on the Danube Canal back into the city fabric. The arches of the viaduct, designed by Otto Wagner contain shop and restaurant units.No additional load can be put on the ...

  • The GRP mezzanine platform will fix into the walls at the level of the bottom of the windows, so that views in or out will not be obstructed.
    Technical

    Geometry answer

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    A floating platform will turn a grand Georgian hall into a modern family space.

  • The challenge was to support the upper storey of glazing — shown here in the completed project — without designing a structural frame that would reduce the impact of the glazed entrance .
    Technical

    How we cracked it 24: Aurora Building, Bothwell Street, Glasgow

    2006-03-03T00:00:00Z

    We had designed a new glazed entrance for an office building in Glasgow.