Buildings – Page 106
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TechnicalGet the facts before the flood
Amanda Birch says ignore your project’s risk factors at your peril
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Building StudyCrystal power
Herzog & de Meuron has returned to Tate Modern to give the gallery a new shop — a little gem that gives a fresh vigour to the north entrance. Ellis Woodman reports.
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TechnicalThe Rem & Cecil show
They’re architecture’s most famous double act. Architect Rem Koolhaas and structural engineer Cecil Balmond have built showstopping buildings from Portugal to LA. Graham Bizley asked them about their 18-year marriage
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Building StudyFirst Look: College wedged back into community
RMJM has submitted this £20 million development for North Glasgow College for planning permission .
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TechnicalDynamic duos
Take a lesson from Koolhaas and Balmond — the architect/engineer alliance is the way forward
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Super structures
Which building best marries architecture and engineering? In their own words and sketches, six architects make their case
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Technical
In detail 43: Barn operating theatre, Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool
Redevelopment of the Broadgreen Hospital includes a new surgical unit with eight operating theatres designed to minimise the risk of infection, four of which will be combined in a “barn” theatre.
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TechnicalClean lines for hospital design
Bacteria-resistant finishes and surfaces are weapons in the bug battle
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TechnicalTechbrief
Screen savers One product that is aimed at containing infections in hospitals is Troax, UK’s Toldeo range of double-skin modular partitioning systems. The reduction of joints and ledges and the use of flush glazing and coved skirting, lessens the chance of dirt collecting with this system, so a clean ...
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TechnicalOn the right track
A Swiss hospital is pioneering a revolutionary A&E room that speeds treatment.
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Building StudyHumane resources
Does Witherford Watson Mann’s Amnesty HQ present the right public image for a 21st century charity?
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Building StudyPauline conversion
Thomas Archer’s St Paul’s Deptford has been saved from fire, neglect and possible destruction. The restoration is a rebirth for both the building and its architect
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TechnicalPower politics
The government’s chief scientific adviser wants Tony Blair to go further on sustainable buildings
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Technical
Green man:Carbon credits could be the currency of the future
Could the time have come for the government to adopt a coordinated policy on carbon emissions and could saving the planet even become an election issue?
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TechnicalTechbrief
Get wired Weary of wires cluttering up internal spaces and want a kit that centralises all electronic devices? AMX, a manu-facturer of residential and commer-cial automated control systems, has launched a series of wireless Modero touch panels that group all the electronics in a building into a single unit. ...
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Building StudyWork the angles
Koolhaas’s startling new concert hall has touched down in the Portuguese city of Porto. We take a journey through the Casa da Musica and discovers a triumph of structural quirks and visual treats
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Technical
In detail 42: New Hall Barn, Scarisbrick, Lancashire
Client & builder: Steve DaviesSprinkler sub-contractor: Firefighter Ltd
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TechnicalSprinklers finally soak in
No longer ugly extras, residential sprinklers are growing in popularity
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TechnicalI wish Id done that... safe building
John Fidler on Colonel Drummond Jervais’s Fort Brockhurst