Latest Technical Case Studies – Page 56

  • The early years
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    Large panel systems exposed

    2005-02-04T00:00:00Z

    Hailed as the solution to the housing crisis in the early sixties, large panel systems fell out of favour after the Ronan Point disaster in 1968. Here, architect and LPS campaigner Sam Webb explains how the blocks were constructed and why they are still a problem

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    The towering legacy of LPS

    2005-02-04T00:00:00Z

    As researchers test the remaining large panel systems buildings, Sam Webb maintains the only solution is demolition. Amanda Birch reports

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    In detail 37: Education Resource Centre, Eden Project, Cornwall

    2005-01-28T00:00:00Z

    The Education Resource Centre contains children’s classrooms, an exhibition space and a cafe to fulfil the Eden Project’s aim of educating visitors about the importance of plants within our ecosystem.

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    I wish Id done that...architectural model

    2005-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Sergison on Herzog & de Meuron’s model of apartments in Basel

  • Richard Rogers Partnership’s 50sq cm model of Leadenhall was made using laser cutting and illustrates the technique of stacking perspex to form buildings.
    Technical

    Super models

    2005-01-28T00:00:00Z

    Rapid prototyping means sophisticated models at the touch of a button

  • Step 3
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    How we cracked it 01: Lens ceiling, Federal Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Luke Lowings explains an intriguing solution to the perennial problem of attaching glass panels in this ceiling project designed for Richard Meier’s Federal Courthouse

  • Overglazed and poorly insulated 1960s buildings as shown here in the City of London in 1963, may need to be demolished in the light of recent climate change research.
    Technical

    Weather warning

    2005-01-21T00:00:00Z

    Sixties buildings must come down, argues our new columnist

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    In detail 36: BBC Broadcasting House

    2005-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Architect: MacCormac Jamieson PrichardStructural and facade engineer: WhitbybirdA double-skinned glass facade will link Broadcasting House with two new buildings, bridging varying floor levels and functions to form a unified backdrop to a new entrance piazza and Nash’s All Souls Church.The design team wanted a calm, uncluttered facade. To avoid too ...

  • Visualisation of the completed project, showing the building deep within the new U-shaped public piazza which will link Broadcasting House on the left and the new Egton House wing opposite.
    Technical

    Broadcast in stone

    2005-01-14T00:00:00Z

    A stone and glass facade brings unity to BBC’s Broadcasting House project

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    Techbrief

    2005-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Set sail Tensile expert Fabric Architecture has created a type of flexible cladding that will give PVC and PTFE a run for their money. Made from silicone glass, the cladding material has been adapted from ventilation duct lining, to create a series of sails that can be fixed to a ...

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    I wish Id done that... cladding

    2005-01-14T00:00:00Z

    Alison Brooks on Atelier One’s cladding at the Singapore Arts Centre

  • The chapel at the new Salvation Army headquarters hangs at first floor level over the entrance .
    Technical

    In detail 35: Salvation Army Chapel, London

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    The new headquarters of the Salvation Army is on one of the most significant public routes in London — between the Millennium Bridge over the Thames and St Paul’s Cathedral.

  • The Daycaster, Sutherland Hussey’s 40m-long steel structure uses colour to silently report the weather of the past 24 hours.
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    Looks like rain

    2005-01-07T00:00:00Z

    Damian Arnold reports on a weather-recording art installation in Exeter by Sutherland Hussey

  • Sky Ear's largest flight took place in September in Greenwich Park.
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    In detail 34: Sky Ear

    2004-12-10T00:00:00Z

    Sky Ear is a floating cloud that listens out for electromagnetic radiation in the air.

  • Blue LEDs are detailed into panels of a new building at 10 Exchange Square in London.
    Technical

    True colours

    2004-12-10T00:00:00Z

    LEDs were invented in 1962, but we are just starting to understand their magic

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    Technicalities: Lighten up

    2004-12-10T00:00:00Z

    “Space, light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep.” — Le Corbusier

  • A view of the courtyard to the newly completed community centre.
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    In detail 33: Queen’s Road Com

    2004-12-03T00:00:00Z

    The Queens Road Community Centre provides a Sure Start nursery, a crèche, a lifelong learning and employment training centre for adults, meeting rooms and a multi-purpose hall in a socially deprived area of east London.

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    The cost of conservation

    2004-12-03T00:00:00Z

    Part L consultation has closed, but architects still have reservations about the changes. We look at the challenges ahead

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    In detail 32: National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff

    2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

    The roof of the National Assembly for Wales is a six-bay steel structure held up on 12 circular columns.

  • The model of the completed National Assembly for Wales on Cardiff Bay
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    Waves and means

    2004-11-26T00:00:00Z

    A dramatic roof gives the Wales Assembly presence among its neighbours, writes Pamela Buxton