Latest Technical Case Studies – Page 42
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Cladding: Revision of stone cladding standards explained
A revised British standard meets modern demand
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TechnicalA column-free basement for the White Cube Gallery
The challenge: To create a column-free contemporary basement gallery in the heart of London
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TechnicalHow to design a zero carbon home
Elaine Knutt looks at the stiff challenges in meeting the target of all carbon-neutral new housing by 2016
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TechnicalA screen on a windswept roof for a priest
The challenge: To enable a windswept roof terrace to be used for writing sermons and entertaining
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TechnicalRoofing: Feilden Clegg Bradley's twisted roof for the RAF Museum
A distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid roof tops Feilden Clegg Bradley’s RAF museum of cold-war militaria.
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TechnicalI wish I’d done that...Roof
Catherine du Toit on Shigeru Ban and Frei Otto’s Japan Pavilion at Expo 2000 Hanover
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TechnicalA stage in an Edwardian auditorium
The challenge: To install a stage in an Edwardian auditorium suitable for worship, conferences and concerts
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TechnicalRecycled materials reduce a building's carbon footprint
The high profile of renewable energy is making recycling look green around the gills.
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TechnicalProjects showcase concrete’s adaptability
Concrete’s unrivalled versatility is fully demonstrated in this issue of Concrete Quarterly.
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TechnicalAbito microflat is boxing clever
Building Design Partnership has created a block of high-tech microflats in Manchester using tunnel form techniques. To save time, prefabricated pods with 95% of key services slot into the centre
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TechnicalDesigns for green living
Architects are well placed to optimise the passive sustainability capacity of a building in order to reduce both its heating and cooling energy requirements
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TechnicalSurfaces: Jestico and Whiles' attention-grabbing walls for a Croatian hotel
Walls featuring drawings of nudes, and bathrooms with glass walls are two of the enticing features of Jestico & Whiles’ ‘sexy’ refurbished hotel for the Croatian Island of Hvar.
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TechnicalSurfaces: David Chipperfield's innovative internal glazing for an Amsterdam office
Silk screen prints of pencil patterns set in glass partitions give office workers both light and privacy.
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TechnicalSecuring a new PFI school by design
The challenge: To meet the client’s brief of Secure By Design status for a new build PFI school
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Pressure still rising on CO2
The Stern Review’s economic case against climate change points the way, but much remains to be done