Buildings – Page 65

  • The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal
    Building Study

    Norwegian Embassy reflects Himalayan setting

    2008-09-15T09:14:00Z

    The Royal Norwegian Embassy in Kathmandu, Nepal, designed by Norwegian firm Kristin Jarmund Architects, has officially opened.

  • Fab Tree Hab is a home concept grown from native trees
    Technical

    Modern-day tree house

    2008-09-12T14:39:00Z

    Fab Tree Hab designed by MIT architects explores the possibility of growing homes from trees

  • Visualisation of the new Lansdowne Road Stadium.
    Technical

    HOK Sports elegant tackling

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    HOK Sport, with Scott Tallon Walker, is transforming Dublin’s Landsdowne Road stadium while responding to local constraints

  • Thin-film PV solar wall at Technium’s research facility in St Asaph, Wales, by Percy Thomas Partnership.
    Technical

    New ways to catch some rays

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Photovoltaics may generate clean electricity, but they’re expensive and difficult to integrate with a building’s fabric. Will the next generation of PV technologies tackle these problems?

  • SMARIN Mobile Shadows
    Technical

    The best forum for fantastic forums

    2008-09-12T00:00:00Z

    100% Design and 100% Detail will be at London’s Earls Court from September 18 till 21. BD’s sneak preview plucks 10 of the best from the products on show

  • The proposed OMA tower in New York, as viewed from the Met Life tower
    Building Study

    OMA has designs on the Big Apple

    2008-09-11T14:04:00Z

    Rem Koolhaas today unveiled plans for OMA’s first residential high-rise in New York City.

  • Technical

    Timber frame lessons from Scotland

    2008-09-11T13:48:00Z

    Housing expert and writer Mark Brinkley reckons the use of wood north of the border is a lesson on how to properly put up timber frame systems

  • Technical

    Brief - Earls Court Exhibition Centre

    2008-09-11T13:03:00Z

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.

  • Tao eco-apartments
    Building Study

    Leeds eco-apartments with Japanese twist

    2008-09-08T08:00:00Z

    Tao eco-apartments built using Insulating Concrete Formwork

  • Technical

    DORMA to showcase sophisticated interior glass solutions at 100% Design Exhibition

    2008-09-05T11:38:00Z

    The principle behind 100% Design is of course that the products and ideas on show should be innovative and inspirational for interior designers, specifiers and the contract market.

  • Richard Murphy, director of Edinburgh-based Richard Murphy Architects
    Technical

    Reach for the sky

    2008-09-05T00:00:00Z

    Richard Murphy Architects is masterplanning Edinburgh’s Haymarket and has designed a 17-storey hotel on the site which last week provoked Unesco to call for a halt to construction. Here director Richard Murphy defends the project

  • Technical

    Brief - St George's Hall

    2008-09-04T14:29:00Z

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.

  • Technical

    Brief - Everton FC

    2008-09-04T13:02:00Z

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.

  • Technical

    Brief - Evelina Children's Hospital

    2008-09-04T12:57:00Z

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.

  • Technical

    Brief - Eden Project

    2008-09-04T12:53:00Z

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.

  • Technical

    Brief - St Pancras

    2008-09-04T12:49:00Z

    To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.

  • Technical

    Dorma makes space at the Eden Project

    2008-09-04T12:12:00Z

    DORMA’s versatile HSW-EM sliding wall system was installed at the Eden Project in Cornwall to cope with overwhelming increases in human traffic.

  • Technical

    DORMA specified for major installation at Evelina Children’s Hospital

    2008-09-04T11:54:00Z

    Evelina Children’s Hospital at Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust was the first children’s hospital to be built in London in more than 100 years, opening its doors to patients in October 2005.

  • Technical

    DORMA aids DDA compliance at Everton Football Club

    2008-09-04T11:51:00Z

    All entrance and exit points, together with hospitality suites and corporate facilities at Everton FC meet the requirements of the DDA (Disability Discrimination Act).

  • Technical

    Extensive use of DORMA automatics and MANET system at new St Pancras

    2008-09-04T11:40:00Z

    Product specifications are of the most demanding standard throughout the new landmark St Pancras International Station, not least for those items that relate directly to public safety and convenience.