Envelope – Page 7
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NewsGrenfell contractor ‘not passing buck’ by delegating work to architect
Rydon’s barrister said ACM manufacturer and supplier knew panels should not be used above 18m
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NewsPLP’s Stratford hotel set for go-ahead
Twenty-two-storey High Street scheme recommended for approval by planning officers
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NewsSquires replaces Chipperfield on Harrods garage project
Architect seeks consent to complete terracotta façade after 100 years
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NewsPilbrow & Partners completes hospital project
Newest UCLH facility is next to Hopkins’ cancer centre
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NewsFletcher Priest wins Hamburg housing competition
Proposals for dockyard regeneration scheme honour legendary piano maker Steinway
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NewsGlenn Howells’ Birmingham homes approved
Scheme being built in city’s historic Jewellery Quarter
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OpinionHow to do ornament that’s not a crime
Gillian Darley on the delight of a well-crafted detail
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NewsRIBA president rips into Conservative manifesto
Jones welcomes praise for UK’s design expertise – but questions safety stance
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FeaturesArchitects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
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NewsDyson dishes up dinosaur-inspired café
Crystal Palace feature has cedar shingles in nod to park’s scaly prehistoric statues
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NewsGrenfell Inquiry: new details of tragic refurb emerge
Tower’s ‘purely decorative’ architectural crown aided spread of fire, report says
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NewsGrenfell report backs ‘golden thread’ for high-rise buildings
Next phase will examine why materials in fatal blaze failed to meet Building Regulations, says inquiry head
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NewsMinister threatens to ‘shame’ building owners that fail to remove dangerous cladding
Housing secretary addresses MPs on eve of first Grenfell report
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TechnicalTechnical Study: IOC Headquarters, Lausanne, by 3XN
The International Olympic Committee has raised the bar for office buildings. Ike Ijeh finds out how architect 3XN created a world-beater
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London
Carl Turner tells Elizabeth Hopkirk how he won the biggest project of his career – and then had to design it a nerve-wracking three times
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The Gantry, Here East, London
Hawkins Brown has created a colourful new hub for artists using the open source WikiHouse construction system
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Futurehome Passivhaus, South Gardens, London
Maccreanor Lavington has pushed the boundaries of Passivhaus design by including bay windows on a scheme at Elephant Castle
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TechnicalBehind the scenes at the V&A Dundee
Realising Kengo Kuma’s extraordinarily complex design for the V&A’s outpost in Dundee would not have been possible without sophisticated modelling tools and precision construction techniques.
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TechnicalGreat Arthur House, London, by John Robertson Architects
Chamberlin, Powell & Bon’s grade II-listed Great Arthur House in the City of London urgently needed a new facade but double glazing was too heavy for its structure. Thomas Lane found out how John Robertson Architects came up with a solution that retains its distinctive appearance
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TechnicalTechnical study: Churchill College, University of Cambridge
6a Architects’ new timber-clad student court is a clever inversion of the original brutalist college, writes Hugh Strange