All Energy, infrastructure and refurbishment articles – Page 22
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Technical
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
A £100m Antarctic infrastructure programme presents some unique design challenges – like deflecting snow and elephant seals. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears about the hardships and rewards of building at the bottom of the world
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Opinion
How traditional building crafts could help tackle the climate crisis
Eleanor Jolliffe hears about techniques and materials with low embodied carbon and long lifespans
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Technical
One Triton Square by Arup: a refurbishment with a difference
A 20-year old office block increased its net area by 57% but still saved 40,000 tonnes of carbon. How did the project team do it?
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News
Poorer households should be given free heat pumps, government told
Open letter signed by 20 bodies calls for better incentives to drive uptake of energy-saving devices
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News
Foster Wilson Size restores listed West End theatre to original art deco form
Trafalgar Theatre described by Historic England as having the ’best surviving original fabric’ of its kind
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News
Nex's library revamp at Exeter College, Oxford approved
Scheme includes renovation of George Gilbert Scott facility right next to Bodleian
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News
Studio Egret West revises £200m Faraday Works after dramatic listing
Coffey Architects also working on elements of heritage-led scheme
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News
Witherford Watson Mann completes Courtauld Gallery modernisation
Three-year transformation of world-famous institution adds exhibition space and facilities
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News
Decision on RSHP’S South Ken station plans delayed for last-minute tweaks
Developers Native Land and TfL withdraw proposals ahead of planning meeting despite recommendation to approve
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News
Adjaye: I’m obsessed with rammed earth
Architect hints the sustainable material could feature in high-rise projects
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News
Glenn Howells and Panter Hudspith’s £400m Woolwich revamp approved after fight
Twentieth Century Society forced a redesign after 1930s covered market was listed
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News
HLM set to double retrofit work as appetite for trophy buildings slows
University clients among those opting for refurbs over new builds
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News
AHMM to convert Debenhams’ former flagship Oxford Street store
Retailer closed its doors earlier this month after more than 200 years in business
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Features
CPD 03 2021: Identifying suitability of concrete blocks
This Lignacite sponsored CPD examines the performance of various types of concrete blocks in key areas such as fire, thermal and sound insulation, with suitable compliant constructions. DEADLINE TO COMPLETE: 28 May 2021
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