Buildings – Page 96
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Friends of the earth
Rammed earth is going mainstream as a result of its insulation and sustainability properties
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Faster out of the blocks
Are Ziegel blocks a quicker and more efficient alternative to cavity walls? David Littlefield finds out
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Airtightness test
Mike Jaggs, head of BRE's airtightness testing team, on smoking out leaks in homes and commercial buildings, in line with Part L 2006.
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Palace coup
Purcell Miller Tritton's refurbishment of Kew Palace is discreet and authentic, even down to the position of the new lift shaft. Now it's access for all, if a bit heavy on the ‘interpretation'
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Branching out
For years the AA has been using the Serpentine pavilion as a teaching tool, but this summer a group of its students will build their own structure out of timber and construct it outside the school in Bedford Square. Elaine Knutt looks at the winning scheme and the runners-up
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Three's company
Feilden Clegg Bradley has collaborated with Alison Brooks and Maccreanor Lavington for its Cambridge development, to produce a range of housing styles. The result is high-quality architecture reflecting a collective identity
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Working with the grain
DRMM is pioneering a structural timber system for its latest school building
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I wish I'd done that... Education building
Lloyd Stratton on BDP's Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton
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Woodward Place housing, New Islington by Fat
Snigger all you want, but Fat's weird and wonderful Woodward Place in Manchester's New Islington has been delivered with exemplary care and manifest artistry.
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How we cracked it 27: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland
Napper Architects builds a treehouse interpretation centre set on an open-decked area leading to a treetop walkway
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Green notebook: Part L is just the beginning
The Code for Sustainable Homes could mean even tougher rules
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Milan 2006 - Mwah, mwah, ciao!
The Milan show is partly fashion, partly furniture and a chance for designers to flaunt there wares among the glitterati. This year the venue is new and vast, so how could Gareth Williams find his way round the stands without getting lost?
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Milan 2006 - Why are architects so proud of products?
From pepper mills designed by Peter Zumthor to espresso cups by Dominique Perrault, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile offers plenty of evidence of architects moonlighting as furniture and product designers.
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Safe design is good design
Making health and safety issues integral to architecture needn't cramp your style
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Fire protection gets smart
Fire protection now looks at the whole building rather than individual parts - in contrast to fire codes