Latest Technical Case Studies – Page 55
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Blind ambition Burgess Fabric Engineering has developed a system that harnesses the solar energy of photovoltaics and motor technology by Somfy for use in a new housing scheme in Carshalton, Surrey, to activate the movement of fabric blinds. All the houses have a south-facing two-storey, double-glazed, conservatory, which ...
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TechnicalNew books on sustainability
Building with Straw: Design and Technology of a Sustainable Architecture, edited by Gernot Minke and Friedemann Mahlke. Birkhauser, 152pp. £30.50.We’ve seen what can be achieved with straw bales in Sarah Wigglesworth’s Straw Bale House, but how do you design with it? Building with Straw has some answers in this ...
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TechnicalMaterial world
Amanda Birch uncovers four cutting-edge materials set to revolutionise buildings of the future and, opposite, investigates how practices discover and apply scientific innovations
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TechnicalNovelty hunting
Caruso St John’s architects were deciding on a material for the acoustic panels on the ceiling of London Barbican’s concert hall, when they arrived at an impasse. The practice didn’t want to use a standard off-the-shelf material, but something fresh instead.
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TechnicalA lean-to to learn from
A super-insulated roof caps off the carbon-neutral Humber Centre in Hull
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TechnicalI wish Id done that...roof
Stuart Piercy on FOA and Structural Design Group’s roof at Yokohama Ferry Terminal
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Weather beater Corus Colour-steels has launched a new range of coated steel products for use in rainwater applications. Designed for flashings, parapet copings and flat roofs and gutter systems, Aquatite TPO consists of a waterproof membrane factory bonded to a galvanised steel substrate. Corus says the 1,200 micron-thick thermoplastic polyolefin ...
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TechnicalMaking it stick
An engineer hopes his process of gluing glass will enable more daring structures
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Recreating a secret history
Artist Sadie Murdoch’s photographs portray two women’s role in modernism
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 03: Freeform Modular Building, Exemplar Designs for Education
James Pickard of Cartwright Pickard Architects solves the technical challenge set by modular building manufacturer Yorkon to create an innovative design for school buildings that makes best use of the benefits of off-site construction
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In detail 39: Hunterian Museum, Royal College of Surgeons, London
Architect: Julian Bicknell & AssociatesExhibition design: John RonayneSpecial subcontractor: Netherfield VisualAt the centre of the Royal College of Surgeons’ Hunterian Museum is the Crystal Gallery, which contains more than 3,000 specimens collected by 18th century surgeon John Hunter. The gallery occupies an 8m-high room in a part of the college ...
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TechnicalSkeletons out of the closet
Walls of glass give the Hunterian Museum room to display its eerie exhibits
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TechnicalI wish Id done that... surface
Artist Jason Bruges on Buckminster Fuller’s futuristic dome surface
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 02: Mechtenberg Pedestrian Bridge, Germany
Mechtenberg Pedestrian Bridge, Gelsenkirchen near Essen, Germany
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TechnicalSummit plans look wobbly
Less talk and more action is needed to launch sustainability policies
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In good form Architect John Letton, director of Formworks UK, has developed the Styroframe prefabricated building system. It uses lightweight permanent insulating panels which are assembled on site around a light-weight steel frame. It differs from other prefabricated systems in that the concrete is cast in-situ. Letton says this automatically ...
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TechnicalIn detail 38: San Michele Cemetery, Venice
A new retaining wall structure will allow Venice’s cemetery to be extended to an undeveloped corner of San Michele island. The second phase of the project involves the construction of a whole new island using the same technique.
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TechnicalShifting the graveyard
A project in Venice conquers the sea to expand San Michele cemetery.