All Features articles – Page 23
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FeaturesHydrogen-powered generator trialled on the Preston Western Distributor Road
The first of its kind for Lancashire County Council, the trial shows how moving from diesel to green hydrogen could save up to 11 tonnes of CO2e per month
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FeaturesKirrin Cottages: Designing for the Outer Hebrides
Proctor & Matthews’ design for Kirrin Cottages, a set of two-holiday cottages located on the remote Isle of Benbecula in the Outer Hebrides, is inspired by the surrounding coastal landscape and the island’s early Blackhouse forms. The design builds on the practices’ research undertaken for the Outer Hebrides Design Guide ...
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FeaturesModular skylights help create high quality learning spaces
The £6.7 million Glenbrook Primary School specified VELUX Ridgelight and VELUX Longlight solutions from the VELUX Commercial range
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FeaturesMake your mark with Sonify by Zentia
Make your mark with Sonify by Zentia, a new innovative customisable acoustic ceiling solution
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FeaturesCPD 13 2022: Designing acoustics for learning environments
This CPD sponsored by ROCKWOOL examines the issues around acoustic performance in schools, sets out the relevant regulations and standards, and explains some of the solutions available. Deadline for completion Friday 30 December 2022.
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FeaturesWhat made this project… Britannia Leisure Centre by FaulknerBrowns Architects
FaulknerBrowns’ body of work impressed the judges at this year’s AYAs, as the practice took home the award for Retail and Leisure Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s award-winning projects and ask the firm’s partner, Steve McIntyre, to break down ...
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Features3D U-value calculations make the grade for the University of Salford
When it came to evaluating the thermal performance of the building’s new facade, Knauf Insulation stepped up to the task
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FeaturesCPD 12 2022: Movement in brickwork
This CPD sponsored by Vandersanden explores the benefits of specifying clay brick, alongside the types and causes of movement in brickwork and how to design to accommodate movement. Deadline for completion Friday 23 December 2022.
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FeaturesRobotics and AI: The future of designing for assisted living
Designing and manufacturing assisted living technologies, Pressalit were asked to contribute to the work being carried out by the Ambient Assisted Living Lab (AAL) at Heriot-Watt University
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FeaturesFoster + Partners adopt IES-VE software to close performance-based design gap
The software offers detailed modelling and analysis, allowing the practice to meet increasing requirements for low-carbon designs
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FeaturesDesigning for the desert: how British architects approached the hottest World Cup
For the 2022 World Cup, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners and BDP Pattern were given mission impossible: create open-air arenas where players and spectators are protected from temperatures of 40ºC. Tom Lowe reports on how they got on
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FeaturesClose the insulation gap in your knowledge with CPD from ROCKWOOL
The ROCKWOOL CPD programme helps architects, designers and specifiers to keep pace with regulatory change and maintain the highest professional standards
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FeaturesMini-VRV: The versatile climate control system for urban developments
VRV specialist at Daikin explains how compact mini-VRV systems can help make it simple to incorporate climate control into a building’s design
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FeaturesLaceby Manor Resort launches its new spa with the help of MiTek’s Posi-Joist
Utilising MMC, the 15-month project saw the entire floor and roof installed in a record seven days
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FeaturesResilient design with Chain10
One solution to achieve sustainability and lessen the brunt of climate change? For Taiwanese firm, Chain10, it’s all in the design
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FeaturesArchitects and designers urged to consider safety when it’s dark in public spaces
Landscaping specialist, Marshalls releases a series of design pillars that it hopes will encourage the industry to design safety into public spaces
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FeaturesExperience in itself
Patrick Lynch and Kieran Long discuss Sigurd Lewerentz, Swedish architectural culture and museums as ‘machines for depolarsation’
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FeaturesSolving our water crisis, one roof at a time
With water scarcity set to become one of the most important issues we face, Hollie Tye speaks to Metropolder’s founder, Friso Klapwijk, about the Dutch model of water management and how our roofs can offer a solution
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FeaturesA known quantity in uncharted waters: Rishi Sunak takes the helm in Downing Street
With Jeremy Hunt reportedly staying on as chancellor, the incoming PM looks to be setting a course for financial stabilisation. But is UK plc really bound for calmer waters?
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FeaturesNatural ventilation and daylight solution helps transform Victorian jail into luxury hotel
All that was left of the powerful-looking Victorian Bodmin Jail in Cornwall, was a ruin without a roof, with vegetation slowly taking over. In 2015, Mallino Development appointed the services of Twelve Architects to undertake an impressive and stunning redevelopment project that turned the jail into an aesthetically impactful hotel. ...