All Building Design articles in December 2021 – Page 3
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FeaturesCPD 15 2021: Residential overheat solutions
This Radiana sponsored CPD will look at how radiant cooling works and why it can be an efficient method for reducing overheat in a development without adding pressure to the climate. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 14 January 2022
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NewsTate & Co wins planning for Brunel Museum improvements
Purcell also working on historic Thames tunnel project
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NewsPrepare now for new rules on high-rise design, regulator warns
Detailed records of decision-making will need to be kept for decades in retrospective change to law
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OpinionDesign teams could be on hook for retrospective leaseholder claims
The Building Safety Bill will allow safety claims for buildings dating from 1992, writes Andrew Mellor
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NewsHeatherwick receives another seven-figure dividend as profit slips
Payment is revealed in practice’s latest accounts which also show profit and turnover fall
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NewsFrustrated architects pivot back to working from home
Clients still asking for face-to-face meetings, say practices
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NewsHOK’s timber kitchen and shop opens at Kew Gardens
Others who worked on project include Mizzi Studio
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OpinionMeanwhile… here’s a great way to test your risky brainwaves
Placemaking is a responsibility not a workstream, argues Martyn Evans
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NewsHaworth Tompkins’ plans for Trellick tower redevelopment abandoned
Council pulls planning application for five new blocks at listed London estate after resident revolt
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NewsBuilding control body joked about ‘burning’ issue of misleading Kingspan certificate, Grenfell inquiry hears
Comment followed new tests showing insulation had continued to burn for 20 minutes after end of test
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NewsFosters’ Roman antiquities museum set to open
Norman Foster to attend opening this weekend in Narbonne, France
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MultimediaListen: Nabers UK explained
The performance gap is a huge challenge, and now there is a system to verify office buildings in use - listen to how it works
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NewsLondon-based firm wins masterplanning competition in Prague
Practice wins deal alongside local firms
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NewsBuilding control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Local Authority Building Control also failed to correct “misleading” certificate clearing Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings
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MultimediaListen: Cundall's Simon Wyatt on climate risk and finance
Pressure is growing from investors to design buildings for extreme weather events - do you understand the risks?
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NewsCampaigners attempt to stop Make South Bank plans
Opponents, including those who argued against Garden Bridge, say 25-storey building will ruin views
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OpinionThe Coach: Let’s reflect, not ruminate, on 2021
As we look back on our year and prepare for the one ahead, Louise Rodgers explains how to shift from a closed-mind state to an open one with space for new thoughts and ideas
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NewsAlison Brooks Architects scoops RIBA house of the year
Judges heap praise on “extraordinary” extension to restored 18th-century farmhouse