All Features articles – Page 186
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FeaturesGensler wins award for Kuwait children’s store design
Talking of things snake-like, this strange-looking Sea Serpent has just helped architect Gensler win the Innovative Format of the Year award at April’s World Retail Congress.
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FeaturesDe Matsos Storey Ryan’s bespoke jewellery atelier for Notting Hill’s Ming
Architect De Matsos Storey Ryan has designed this showroom and atelier for Ming, a bespoke jeweller based in Notting Hill, west London.
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FeaturesGraphic Wall’s pop art tile designs are worth the trip
Go back to the pop art era with four new tile designs from Graphic Wall: Pixel Blossom, Lineation, Flowering One and Flowering Two.
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FeaturesShopping around for energy savings with Asda
Asda’s new supermarket in Oldham, Lancashire, uses timber and natural light to cut carbon emissions
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FeaturesSupplier interview: Armstrong sales manager Nigel Stowe on the vegetable qualities of linoleum
We were founded in 1860 by Thomas Armstrong, who had emigrated from Scotland to the US. He started a business making cork bottle stoppers.
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FeaturesCanopies by Architen Landrell
The firm specialises in tensile architecture and structural membrane design to create landmark buildings and iconic features.
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FeaturesWill Liverpool be known for its architecture or its Ugg boots?
Architectural commentator Phil Griffin looks at the positives of the city’s newest mega-retail development, Liverpool One
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FeaturesFlos Architectural/Lightworks
The Compass spot fitting uses a low voltage QR111 lamp — selected for its beam control and colour-rendering properties — and an integrated dimmer switch.
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FeaturesForeign Office Architects test its metal in Sheffield
After gift-wrapping Leicester's John Lewis, FOA gives a Sheffield shopping centre a cloak of aluminium
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Think debate: Are engineers the new architects?
Chani Leahong, senior associate at Fulcrum Consulting says architects lack technical training; while structural engineer Jane Wernick claims engineers are the unsung handmaidens to architects.
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FeaturesArad’s steel lattice roof
Ron Arad Associates designs a ribbon-like roof for a retail complex in at Liège, Belgium
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FeaturesSignage by John Anthony Signs
The Essex-based firm manufactured the shops’ standardised projecting signs, way-finding signs, and the LED-illuminated lettering announcing the name of the project.
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FeaturesRuskin air management louvres
Window ventilation systems include through-glass systems with glass louvres and aluminium-framed systems.
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FeaturesRetail therapy for the internet age
For the past decade, since PPG 6 was followed by the shake-up of internet retailing, discussion on retail design has used a certain checklist..
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FeaturesThe Bartlett’s Neil Spiller is still blazing a trail after all these years
In the first of a new series on how architecture schools are responding to new technology, the Bartlett’s Neil Spiller says the rapid evolution of computing is liberating for architects, but also poses some serious challenges
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FeaturesPolyrey’s additions to its Origine portfolio of decorative laminates
A range of 25 woodgrain finishes has been added to Origine, part of Polyrey’s portfolio of decorative laminates.
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FeaturesHow about a truly juicy memoir?
Jonathan Glancey laments the lack of revealing architectural autobiographies
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FeaturesSpanish tile manufacturer Vives celebrates 50 years with new tile ranges featuring Swarovski crystals
Spanish tile manufacturer Vives celebrated its 50th anniversary with a touch of bling — two new ranges featuring Swarovski crystals.
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FeaturesZumtobel 3 way standard track
The Tren modular track lighting system is ideal for high ceiling spaces, including museums, showrooms and galleries.