Buildings – Page 111

  • A prepatinated copper block looks out over Regent's Canal towards Mile End Park.
    Building Study

    Digging the East End scene

    2004-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Feilden Clegg Bradley’s student residences at Queen Mary, University of London, join a pantheon of successful housing experiments

  • The north elevation is broken up by a series of projecting triangular
    Technical

    In detail 29: Queen Mary Student Village, University of London

    2004-11-05T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • One of the completed tourist tents, just metres from the beach in Guludo, which uses predominantly local materials in its construction.
    Technical

    Virtuous vacations

    2004-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Traditional African methods are the star of Cullum & Nightingale’s eco-resort

  • O'Donnell & Tuomey's Glucksman art gallery in Cork floats among the trees like a precious wooden casket of art.
    Building Study

    Celestial vessel

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Two parabolic arches form the proposed 8m-high proposed Alpine House at Kew Gardens.
    Technical

    In detail 28: Alpine House, Kew Gardens

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • Wilkinson Eyre's architectural model of the proposed Alpine House at Kew Gardens.
    Technical

    Termite tutors

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    Insect ingenuity and the power of the earth have inspired low-energy ventilation

  • Technical

    Return of the geek

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    The proposed new Part L (Conser-vation of Fuel and Power) is set for implementation in January 2006.

  • Technical

    Techbrief

    2004-10-29T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • The atrium is dominated by a giant flight of stairs. Overhead, a volume containing exhibition space is supported by a single mushroom column.
    Building Study

    Straight to the top

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    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?

  • The atrium glazing is designed for maximum transparency with the minimum of interruption to the view up the wooded hillside behind the museum.
    Technical

    In detail 27: Gothenburg Museum of World Culture, Sweden

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    A five-storey glazed atrium rises above the ground floor staircase on the eastern side of the museum.

  • Technical

    Thoroughly modern mission

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    Modern methods are having a key role in major housing schemes

  • Technical

    Techbrief

    2004-10-22T00:00:00Z

    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 ...

  • Saturday’s celebrations to mark the official opening of the Scottish parliament.
    Building Study

    Out of the shadow

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    A huge risk, a major scandal, but does the architecture of Holyrood truly stand for Scotland? asks BD

  • Detail showing diagonal hanger connection to auditorium wall.
    Technical

    In detail 26: Unicorn Theatre for Children

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    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.

  • Model: education facility is in white render; main auditorium is clad in oxidised copper.
    Technical

    Dramatic impact

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    Keith Williams makes the complex ‘structural gymnastics’ behind the Unicorn Theatre look easy, writes David Littlefield

  • Many homes  in Grenada suffered severe structural damage after Hurricane Ivan
    Technical

    Storm force five

    2004-10-15T00:00:00Z

    The Caribbean hurricanes may blow a hole in construction methods.

  • The terracotta-clad English Faculty is one of the new Sidgwick site buildings by Allies & Morrison. Giles Gilbert Scott's University Library sits in the distance.
    Building Study

    Taming the zoo

    2004-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Unexciting, say the dons, but two calm buildings by Allies & Morrison restore sanity to Cambridge.

  • Caruso St John hopes its Nottingham Centre for Visual and Live Art will be a new landmark for the city.
    Building Study

    First Look: Caruso St Johns vision in lace

    2004-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Caruso St John Architects has unveiled images of its competition-winning designs for a new art gallery and performance space in Nottingham.

  • Display compartments are painted sky blue and fitted with concealed fluorescent tubes that glow blue beneath the units.
    Technical

    In detail 25: Imperial War Museum Visitors Centre, Duxford, Oxfordshire

    2004-10-08T00:00:00Z

    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.

  • The 90m-long steel structure has to be very strong and free of accoutrements that inquisitive elephants could pull off.
    Technical

    Trunk space

    2004-10-08T00:00:00Z

    Woburn elephant enclosure is a test of strength for architect and engineer.