Buildings – Page 107
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Building StudyDo the right thing
Cottrell & Vermeulen’s refurbishment of the Kensal House nursery retains the original vision
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 04: Charles River Bridges, Boston
Hakes Associates and Buro Happold are developing two curved pedestrian bridges, squeezing between river, road and rail. Retaining the structure’s elegance was the big challenge
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Building StudyImage maker
The British Council presents an open face to Kenya with its new building in Nairobi by Squire & Partners
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TechnicalIn detail 41: Light industrial units, Mitcham, Surrey
A 4,500sq m speculative commercial development by the Chancerygate Group is the first project to be granted planning approval under the London Borough of Merton’s prescriptive renewable energy policy.
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TechnicalI wish Id done that...sustainable building
Robin Nicholson on Sauerbruch Hutton’s GSW Building in Berlin
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Techbrief
Blind ambition Burgess Fabric Engineering has developed a system that harnesses the solar energy of photovoltaics and motor technology by Somfy for use in a new housing scheme in Carshalton, Surrey, to activate the movement of fabric blinds. All the houses have a south-facing two-storey, double-glazed, conservatory, which ...
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TechnicalNew books on sustainability
Building with Straw: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture, edited by Gernot Minke and Friedemann Mahlke. Birkhauser, 152pp. £30.50.We’ve seen what can be achieved with straw bales in Sarah Wigglesworth’s Straw Bale House, but how do you design with it? Building with Straw has some answers in this ...
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Building StudyFirst Look: Oxford colleges classic inspiration
Peter Inskip & Peter Jenkins Architects was inspired by Greek classical architecture when designing this Oxford University quadrangle, seen here for the first time.
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Building StudyExperiment in design
Daylight and socialising are the innovations in a new science lab in Manchester, writes Robert Booth
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Building StudyNew direction for lab design
A boom in science buildings across the UK gives architects room to experiment, says Robert Booth
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TechnicalMaterial world
Amanda Birch uncovers four cutting-edge materials set to revolutionise buildings of the future and, opposite, investigates how practices discover and apply scientific innovations
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TechnicalNovelty hunting
Caruso St John’s architects were deciding on a material for the acoustic panels on the ceiling of London Barbican’s concert hall, when they arrived at an impasse. The practice didn’t want to use a standard off-the-shelf material, but something fresh instead.
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Building StudyRoom for change
In the final part of our live-work series, we head to Bethnal Green to see how Sergison Bates has created a flexible mix of public and private spaces for an artist, a theatre group and two therapists
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TechnicalA lean-to to learn from
A super-insulated roof caps off the carbon-neutral Humber Centre in Hull
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TechnicalI wish Id done that...roof
Stuart Piercy on FOA and Structural Design Group’s roof at Yokohama Ferry Terminal
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Techbrief
Weather beater Corus Colour-steels has launched a new range of coated steel products for use in rainwater applications. Designed for flashings, parapet copings and flat roofs and gutter systems, Aquatite TPO consists of a waterproof membrane factory bonded to a galvanised steel substrate. Corus says the 1,200 micron-thick thermoplastic polyolefin ...