Latest Technical Case Studies – Page 51
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In detail 52: Des Moines Public Library, Des Moines, Iowa
The entire facade of the new public library in Des Moines is wrapped in an innovative glass skin incorporating a layer of copper mesh that reduces solar gain.
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TechnicalReading in the shade
Copper mesh cladding will stop Chipperfield’s Des Moines Library overheating
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 15: 15 Sloane Square, London
We were appointed by Cadogan Estates to demolish a Victorian mansion block in Sloane Square and build a new six-storey mixed-use building behind a series of retained facades on a site where the Circle and District Underground line runs diagonally underneath only 2m below ground level.
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TechnicalStairs in their eyes
Architect 5th Studio has given a modern twist to the 16th century hanging staircase.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 14: Visa section, German Embassy, Belgrave Square, London
Bernhard Blauel of Blauel Architects explains how cables of high-tensile steel stopped applicants for German visas from throwing things at diplomats
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TechnicalWays to take the sway away
Increasingly severe storms will make damping systems vital in any new tall building
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TechnicalIn detail 51: Virgin Atlantic Clubhouse, Heathrow Airport, London
Light sculpture: Collaboration between light artist Chris Levine, architect Softroom and the Virgin Atlantic Airways design department
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TechnicalBright lights, brighter people
New research into how we work is helping create more effective office environments.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 13: Penthouse apartment, Knightsbridge, London
MMM Architects has created a bespoke glass floor with no visible means of support, which still meets fire safety standards. Matthew Ratsma explains the process
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TechnicalWe should all be on a power trip
Make energy use more apparent so we realise the cost of consumption
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TechnicalDome of rediscovery
One roof is not enough for the Millennium Dome now a new arena is being installed
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In detail 50: Spencer Street Station, Melbourne, Australia
A billowing roof of shimmering zinc-coated aluminium has been unfurled across the platforms of Spencer Street Station. The undulating profile is designed to passively extract diesel fumes without the need for a costly mechanical system.
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TechnicalI wish I’d done that...
Charlie Sutherland on Sverre Fehn’s shelter for the Venice Biennale
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 12: Baby Blue bar, Albert Dock, Liverpool
Miles Falkingham of Union North explains how bespoke curved glass-reinforced concrete wall panels became the solution for subdividing a geometrically complex listed structure
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TechnicalThe only way is up
With a shortage of central London sites, air-rights developments appear to be making a resurgence
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 11: Met Building 22 Percy Street, London
Oliver Richards of ORMS explains how his team brought air conditioning into a sixties office building by integrating the services into prefabricated bespoke cladding panels