All Features articles – Page 53
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FeaturesWhy you should be paying attention to Bangladesh’s architecture scene
Get ready to drop your preconceptions
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FeaturesCPD 3 2018: Steel and fire protection
This CPD, sponsored by Steel for Life, provides an overview of the performance of steel in fire, including key standards and fire resistance periods
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FeaturesRedundant city centre car parks: repurpose or demolish?
The city centre multi-storey car park is rapidly becoming redundant. Can they be repurposed?
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FeaturesCPD 2 2018: Aluminium standing seam envelopes
This CPD module discusses the use of aluminium standing seam roof and wall cladding systems.
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FeaturesHow do you design an embassy in a country like Yemen?
In a land with more guns that people, can you design an embassy that says, ‘Come in for tea’?
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FeaturesUrban design must shake off the shackles of the tabula rasa
The majority of land in our towns is already built on. If we limit urban design to big empty sites we are all the losers
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FeaturesCPD 1 2018: Curtain wall systems: classification, design and testing
Getting the curtain walling design right is essential if a building is to remain watertight. This CPD module, sponsored by Kawneer, outlines the main points to consider
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FeaturesBritain should lighten up and allow some fun into its public spaces
Give architects a really big site and stand back
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FeaturesBetween our two hands: Creating space for the analogue in architectural education
How can architects draw and specify materials they have never worked with?
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FeaturesWhy Frederick Gibberd deserves a place in our narrative of modern architecture
Christine Hui Lan Manley argues for the modernist’s place in the canon
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FeaturesWA100 2018: Is President Trump good for architects?
The presidency is having a mixed impact on the global construction market
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Features2017 Review of the Year
This selection of stand-out schemes from 2017 reveals a new awareness of context that bodes well for the future
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FeaturesWA100 2018: What global architects think of Brexit
The UK’s pending divorce from Europe is already curbing growth hopes and making EU architects head for home
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FeaturesWA100 2018: How architects feel about global work prospects
China and India are leading a resurgence in optimism
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FeaturesCPD 29 2017: BIM workflow for refurbishment projects
This CPD, sponsored by Vectorworks, explains how the organisational structure works for using BIM on existing architecture
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FeaturesCPD 28 2017: Smoke ventilation and rooflights
This CPD, sponsored by Lamilux, examines the standards, certification and other factors to consider when designing or specifying smoke vents
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FeaturesKawneer helps to ‘insure’ the aesthetic in Greengate
Unitised curtain walling by Kawneer features in a Manchester regeneration area