All Features articles – Page 189
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FeaturesWhat factors should we consider when taking on our first international project?
My practice is looking at doing its first international project. What extra factors do we need to consider when doing international work?
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FeaturesMonier concrete interlocking roof tiles
Based on traditional designs, the Redland profile range comprises precision-made interlocking clay and concrete tiles in a variety of colours and finishes with multiple options on shapes, colours and textures. Interlocking tiles are designed for ease of laying which saves installation time on site.
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FeaturesConcrete floors from Milbank
The company designs, manufactures and installs prestressed hollowcore and beam and block floors.
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FeaturesTom Dixon’s circular habitat
Habitat design guru Tom Dixon will soon have an unusual new des res to fill with furniture — but he’ll have to come up with some curvy designs to fit it, writes Katie Puckett.
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Developers to provide sustainability certificates
Developers selling new homes that reach completion after May 1 will have to provide prospective buyers with sustainability information.
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FeaturesCelotex insulation
Celotex manufactures high-performance PIR insulation boards in a range of thicknesses from 12mm to 200mm.
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Features‘You save more than double your expense on maintenance’ — Jonathan Fennell, UK business unit manager, Lindab
Lindab is a 50-year-old Swedish company started by a man called Lage Lind — so our name comes from his surname plus Ab, which is Swedish for “limited”.
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Scott Brownrigg plans Romford conversion
At Harold Wood near Romford, Scott Brownrigg and Countryside Properties are planning to convert a grade II listed building into 15 flats surrounded by 859 new dwellings.
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FeaturesBricks from Ibstock
Hardwicke Minster is a range of five different bricks providing different tones in the buff, yellow and cream spectrum.
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FeaturesThe big housing question
With housing delivery a key challenge for the future, should the government be more active in regulating the market? Three architects give their views - and we want to hear yours too.
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FeaturesFeilden Clegg Bradley Studios on how to think big on housing
Duggan Morris Architects is keen to get into large-scale residential commissions
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FeaturesBentley’s tome marks the shape of things to come
This massive book is a valuable aid to understanding architectural geometry, says Marc Thomas of Architects Design Partnership
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FeaturesPublic spirit can beat the slump
We need strong public foundations to withstand economic fluctuations, says Jonathan Glancey
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FeaturesRoof by Erisco Bauder
Evelyn Road’s flat roof used a tapered insulation scheme, waterproofed with the company’s bituminous membrane.
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FeaturesGreen House success leads to Barratt deal
As Gaunt Francis’s competition-winning, zero-carbon Green House nears completion at BRE in Watford, contractor Barratt has commissioned the firm to design a suite of zero-carbon homes, from starter pad to three-bedroom home.
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Features‘House-builders have to go back to first principles’
Interview: Jayne Lomas, project manager at English Partnership’s Carbon Challenge programme
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Features‘Pay it back’ kitchen
The challenge of low-energy design fired the imaginations of design graduates in this year’s Concept Products competition at the Ideal Home Show.