Buildings – Page 111
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Building StudyDigging the East End scene
Feilden Clegg Bradley’s student residences at Queen Mary, University of London, join a pantheon of successful housing experiments
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TechnicalIn detail 29: Queen Mary Student Village, University of London
The largest residential block at the Westfield Student Village has an eight-storey concrete frame built with tunnel-form shuttering. Another word for shuttering is formwork, whereby a frame is constructed to provide support as the concrete hardens.
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TechnicalVirtuous vacations
Traditional African methods are the star of Cullum & Nightingale’s eco-resort
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Building StudyCelestial vessel
Will O’Donnell & Tuomey’s remarkable Cork gallery deliver the work outside Ireland that the duo desires? Shane O’Toole reports. Photos by Morley von Sternberg
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TechnicalIn detail 28: Alpine House, Kew Gardens
The new glass house at Kew Gardens will use almost entirely passive systems to provide a controlled environment for the Royal Botanic Gardens’ alpine plant collection.
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TechnicalTermite tutors
Insect ingenuity and the power of the earth have inspired low-energy ventilation
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Return of the geek
The proposed new Part L (Conser-vation of Fuel and Power) is set for implementation in January 2006.
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Techbrief
A clean read Architect Sue Roaf and environmental experts David Crichton and Fergus Nicol argue in their forthcoming book, Adapting Building and Cities for Climate Change, that many buildings being constructed now are not only unsustainable but are also having a catastrophic effect on the global climate. They add that ...
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Building StudyStraight to the top
First breaks don’t come much better than Brisac Gonzalez’s £26 million Museum of World Culture in Gothenburg. But after beating David Chipperfield to the gig, the pressure was on. Would they fly or die?
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TechnicalIn detail 27: Gothenburg Museum of World Culture, Sweden
A five-storey glazed atrium rises above the ground floor staircase on the eastern side of the museum.
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TechnicalTechbrief
Sound advice The UK Timber Frame Association has produced a technical guide of timber frame systems to help designers comply with building regulations document E — resistance to the passage of sound. Soundproofing between buildings can be challenging at the best of times but especially when the building is divided ...
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Building StudyOut of the shadow
A huge risk, a major scandal, but does the architecture of Holyrood truly stand for Scotland? asks BD
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TechnicalIn detail 26: Unicorn Theatre for Children
An educational facility and plant room forms the second main volume to the Unicorn Theatre. The steel structure is located on the south side of the main auditorium above the public staircase.
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TechnicalDramatic impact
Keith Williams makes the complex ‘structural gymnastics’ behind the Unicorn Theatre look easy, writes David Littlefield
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Building StudyTaming the zoo
Unexciting, say the dons, but two calm buildings by Allies & Morrison restore sanity to Cambridge.
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Building StudyFirst Look: Caruso St Johns vision in lace
Caruso St John Architects has unveiled images of its competition-winning designs for a new art gallery and performance space in Nottingham.
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TechnicalIn detail 25: Imperial War Museum Visitors Centre, Duxford, Oxfordshire
The historic World War I and II airfield at Duxford is home to a large collection of civil and military aircraft. The visitor centre is the beginning and end of a visit to the aviation museum.
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