All Features articles – Page 140
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FeaturesCPD Module 3: Composite materials & pultruded fibreglass
This CPD aims to provide you with a deeper understanding of what composite materials are, focusing in particular on pultruded fibreglass, and the benefits of these materials to the construction industry
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FeaturesDot to dot results: July 9 2010
Last week’s winner was Celina Auterio of Zaha Hadid Architects, who identified Prague’s Rasin Building, aka Dancing Building, Fred & Ginger building by Frank Gehry
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FeaturesStill allies after more than 20 years
This photograph accompanied a profile of Allies & Morrison on the eve of their lecture in the RIBA’s Young Lions series.
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FeaturesDot to Dot: 16 July 2010
Connect the dots, name the building and send us your answer by 10am on Wednesday July 21 for a chance to win a copy of Bridge, by Peter Bishop.
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Khalid Saleh - University of Portsmouth
Khalid has developed a thesis founded in phenomenology exploring the notion of tectonic transgressions with particular focus on two apparently diverse cultural conditions. Aalborg (Denmark) to the North, and Marrakech (Morocco) in the South.
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FeaturesJonathan Schofield - Westminster University
Since the closure of the Royal docks, Silvertown in East London went from being part of the largest dock in the world to a ghost town, a place of memory.
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FeaturesJames Walker - The University of Greenwich
James’s project seeks to to ground Robin Hood Gardens into the surrounding urban neighbourhood and considerably increase the density of the site by weaving a radical rooftop ‘cloud’ into the existing building.
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FeaturesGraeme Winestone - Liverpool John Moores
Graeme’s project proposes a Cidery which explores the significance of the apple in human culture which arose from a brief for a master plan centered on a park with orchards planted on site. The project symbolizes the desire to address and rectify the falling fortunes of ‘real cider’.
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FeaturesSean McAlister - Dundee University
Student StatementProject oneThis project, a school of contemporary dance, seeks to explore how the body occupies space, how space might be defined by movement and by “event”. A parallel investigation focused on the mapping and recording of movement and began to challenge the limitations of conventional architectural representations.The space is ...
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Christina Gaiger - University of Edinburgh
Christina proposes a park and series of buildings in strategically located places along the riverbanks of Florence, interweaving historical and contemporary narratives to the context and setting.
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FeaturesJohn Brown - University of the West of England
John’s projects sees the creation of a modern priory/scriptorium with a clear differentiation between the inner working of this modern priory and the external life of the “apostolate”, giving the visitor both spiritual solace, whilst reminding him of the true spirit of the place.
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FeaturesLewis Critchley - Oxford Brookes
A project inspired by a fashion collection ’The Widows of Culloden’ by the late designer, Alexander McQueen which results in extruded skeletal forms conveying mortality and the development and erasure of this particular vibrant and unruly part of Hackney.
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FeaturesWill Guthrie - Edinburgh College of Art
A thought provoking project examining the process of design, materiality and decay by utilising engraved Gold Scrolls as a solution to the impermanent and inherently fallible nature of digital information in the transfer of critical knowledge
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FeaturesCaitriona McGhee - Sheffield School of Architecture
Caitriona McGhee’s ’Last Orders’ is a test bed for redefining the nature of alcohol consumption; it proposes an experimental building typology for the furtherance of the pub which needs to diversify if it is to survive.
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FeaturesGiles Hoeg - Liverpool School of Architecture
’Floating Frame’ intends to address a variety of ethological and social issues that are prominent with the design of care facilities.
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FeaturesStefan Vara - Kent School of Architecture
Student statementMinor Design Project: Music SchoolThe project was to design a high-quality venue for Kent University’s music department on campus grounds. The building accommodates a series of rehearsal spaces, offices, a gallery and a concert hall. The buildings main purpose is to serve students and staff but also to function ...
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FeaturesRomulus Sim – Manchester School of Architecture
Romulus’ thesis project, LIVE LAB, calls for a substantial re-think in the consumption, production and inhabitation cultures by addressing the abandoned waterways of the post-industrial port of Birkenhead.
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FeaturesThe Welsh School of Architecture
Accomplished hand drawings and models remain prominent at this year’s Welsh School of Architecture degree show.
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FeaturesLondon South Bank University
Eight storeys up in Elephant & Castle, the exhibition at London South Bank University felt a little isolated from the gregarious circuit of London summer shows.
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FeaturesThe University of East London
The University of East London presented a showcase with finesse and understated excellence. The subdued hues of concrete and plaster, at first glance bland, allowed guests to appreciate the tactile nature of the works.