All Envelope articles – Page 9
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Whitmore Road by Waugh Thistleton Architects
This mixed-use, seven-storey building is located adjacent to the Whitmore Bridge, over Regent’s Canal
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Colbost house, Isle of Skye by Dualchas Architects
Black aluminium roof caps off Scottish holiday home’s simple forms
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Stadthaus M1 housing and Green City Hotel by Barkow Leibinger
Timber cladding contributes to the low energy footprint of a German hotel and housing development
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Features
CPD 18 2012: Polycarbonate window & wall systems
Polycarbonate panels offer the advantages of thermal performance, strength and aesthetic appeal, making them suitable for use in glazing, cladding and roofing. This CPD module is sponsored by Rodeca
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Magma’s London 2012 Olympic shooting venue
White buildings covered in coloured dots in south-east London are in fact cleverly designed temporary structures for the Games
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La Collette energy plant by Hopkins Architects
This highly visable energy-from-waste plant in Jersey has its structure on the outside
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BMW Group Olympic pavilion by Serie Architects
Serie has reinvented the classical architectural hierarchy on a structure inspiried by the Victorian bandstand
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Coca-Cola Beatbox Olympic pavilion by Asif Khan and Pernilla Ohrstedt
East London firm designs structure for drinks brand
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Community hub's concrete cladding echoes industrial past
Collective Architecture’s sculptural facade takes inspiration from Scotland’s steelworks
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Constructing a precast load-bearing facade
The cladding concept of Sergison Bates’ and Jean-Paul Jaccaud’s Geneva housing and creche building
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Cladding the Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, by Hat Projects
Every one of the 8,000 tiles used to clad Hat Projects’ Jerwood Gallery on Hastings beach has been glazed by hand to produce a dramatic effect.
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Goldsmiths' Centre by John Lyall Architects
The brass cladding of John Lyall Architects’ studios for the Goldsmiths Company in Clerkenwell gives a hint towards the work going on inside.
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Bermondsey Island housing by Urban Salon
By adopting two contrasting facade treatments, Urban Salon’s Bermondsey Island housing deftly negotiates the conflicting demands of noisy roads, sustainability requirements and a sensitive historic site.
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Review
Opening up the envelope for students
Watts’ new book is well suited for both students and young practicing architects.
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Technical
Birmingham Library facade by Mecanoo
A technical look at the distinctive facade Mecanoo designed for the new Birmingham Library.
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Q & A with Arup cladding expert Mikkel Kragh
Architects’ obsession with glazed facades is coming to an end and the future of buildings will look very different, says Arup’s Mikkel Kragh.
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Features
CPD 2011 Module 5: Architectural Cladding
This CPD explores the use of architectural cladding to create a practical, decorative and sustainable facade. It is sponsored by Ruukki.
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Technical
Garsington Opera pavilion by Snell Associates
Sliding fabric screens were chosen to clad this temporary venue for the Garsington Opera Company in Buckinghamshire.
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Somerville College student buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new student accommodation in Oxford makes use of prefabrication in its mainly brick and timber facade.
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Chipperfield's Kaufhaus Tyrol concrete facade
David Chipperfield Architects was brought in at short notice to work on the Kaufhaus Tyrol retail complex in the heart of Innsbruck’s historic centre. The result is a subtle design that lives harmoniously with its ornate setting.