Buildings – Page 51
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TechnicalConcrete panels boost thermal mass at Feilden Clegg Bradley’s Woodland Trust HQ
The design team combined the qualities of timber and concrete to maximise this Grantham building’s environmental credentials
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TechnicalWilkinson Eyre’s Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
Two sustainably cooled conservatories designed by Wilkinson Eyre and engineer Atelier Ten are part of Singapore’s extensive public gardens project at Marina Bay South
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Building StudyHighwood Court housing in Harlesden by SUSD
SUSD’s nine-house development on an enclosed site in north-east London disregards conventional spatial arrangements to create housing of joyful intricacy
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Building StudyPatel Taylor Architects’ Lowther School Children’s Centre
Patel Taylor’s Children’s Centre in Barnes, south-west London, is the first stage of a project that aims to boost the whole of the local community
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TechnicalPhotographer Rankin’s Annroy building by Trevor Horne Architects
A series of doors and windows products have been used in Trevor Horne Architects’ refurbishment of a 1960s office block in Kentish Town, which includes a photographer’s studio, private apartments and a penthouse with nearly frameless views over London
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Building StudyJonathan Woolf Architects and Bharat Patel: Painted House, London
Two semi-detached houses have been comprehensively restructured to create an engaging single dwelling for an extended family
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Building StudySanaa’s Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne
The surreal landscapes of the Rolex Learning Centre in Lausanne belie a more traditional belief in the link between open spaces and education
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TechnicalExternal Application for Tiles
ASCER, the ceramic tile manufacturers’ association of Spain, represents over 150 member companies under the collective brand Tile of Spain
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TechnicalQUICK FIX TILES FOR LONG LASTING APPLICATIONS
The history of Spanish tiles, which combines remarkable artistic endeavor with intensive technical innovation, is a great legacy to world architecture
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TechnicalCevisama showcases new developments in urban design and architecture
This year’s Cevisama saw some exciting new developments in urban and architectural tiling
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TechnicalSPAIN GOES SLIM
One of the most influential trends on display at this year’s CEVISAMA exhibition was ultra slim, elegant tiling
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TechnicalTEXTURE BEATS COLOUR AT CEVISAMA 2010
A new found confidence was in evidence through the halls at this year’s Cevisama
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Building StudyHerzog & de Meuron’s Vitra Haus, Germany
Herzog & de Meuron’s showrooms for chair manufacturer Vitra puts domestic forms to unsettling use.
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TechnicalJarmund Vignaes Architects creates In-Between House in Suffolk
A holiday house for Alain de Botton’s Living Architecture project uses a concrete core to give the impression of a floating building
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TechnicalMJP Architects’ Kendrew Quadrange at St John’s College, Oxford
MJP Architects’ building uses precast concrete to particular effect in its two spiral staircases
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Building StudyDavid Chipperfield’s Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany
Following the triumph of the Neues Museum, Chipperfield’s latest building in Essen had a tough act to follow. And while it is accomplished, has the architect played it too safe?
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TechnicalWahaca Mexican restaurant
Softroom brings vibrancy and street market chic to three Mexican restaurants
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TechnicalDry installed underfloor heating at St Mary’s Church, West Sussex
Lee Evans Partnership solved the problem of installing underfloor heating at a medieval church without using wet trades
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TechnicalRoll out the Concrete Cloth
Two former industrial design engineering classmates have developed a Concrete Cloth that redefines the material’s uses
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Building StudyWalters & Cohen's Wembley Primary School, London
Walters & Cohen overcame considerable site constraints to create Wembley Primary School with large courtyards at its heart to bring the community together