Latest Technical Case Studies – Page 60
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TechnicalWith paint technology, the walls can talk|
Microscopic paint analysis is a process whereby a section of paintwork is analysed under a microscope and photographed to determine the build up of layers. The resulting image is sufficiently detailed to enable the individual pigments of colour to be identified within each paint layer and there-fore allows a ...
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TechnicalIn detail 12: Kingsdale School auditorium
The centrepiece of the new ETFE-covered courtyard at Kingsdale School in south London is a 314-seat auditorium and library. A geodesic timber structure encloses a space for assemblies, screenings, lectures, performances and music events.The auditorium seating has the same bent birch-faced plywood profile as the school's standard 1960s classroom chair ...
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Goodbye Windy Miller
Why do wind turbines have to spin like windmills? A new concept to be applied between Oxford and Cambridge, suggests they don't.
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Future performanceA key event at this year's Building Performance exhibition, which explores the future of property, will be a two-day Building Performance is Business Performance conference on October 6-7. The conference will draw together speakers including Richard Saxon of BDP, Mark Way of RMJM and Roger Madelin of Argent. The ...
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TechnicalIn detail 11: The Public, West Bromwich
A self-supporting envelope encloses a single massive volume. Inside, a splayed tapering steel H-frame supports the roof, a mid-level “table” floor and all the independent forms which populate the space. “Jellybean” windows appear to have been cut out of the facade to reveal the inner space.
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TechnicalFantasy facade
There's nothing shy about Alsop's designs for The Public in West Bromwich. Gareth Gardner reports on this arts centre project
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Facade body A professional body for those interested in facade engineering has been set up by CIBSE to provide architects, engineers and manufacturers with a forum to share information. CIBSE recognises that the Society of Facade Engineering is needed to ensure that all those involved in facades work more closely ...
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TechnicalGlazed over
A new report on facades calls for architects to break the glass habit and consider more environmentally friendly ways to glaze.
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TechnicalTechnicalities: Time to see the light
The current fashion is for full-height glazing. This is an effective demon-stration of cladding technology, but does it deliver in practice? The standard for natural daylight is the average daylight factor — a room’s illumination compared with outdoors on a bright overcast day. The human eye is comfortable ...
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TechnicalIn detail 10: Youl Hwa Dang Publishing House
The four-storey concrete-framed publishing house headquarters sits on a concrete basement undercroft used as a car park.
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Better buildings bill on horizon
Report backs a single national code for sustainable buildings
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Talking trash How about a rubbish bin that never needs emptying? Swedish company Envac has designed a waste collection system that sucks waste from a bin once it is full. An underground network of pipes is installed 2m deep, and this transports waste by a pressurised vacuum from the specially ...
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TechnicalIn detail 09: Y’s, Tokyo
The centrepiece of the new flagship Y’s store in Tokyo is a series of four sculptural display units. Three of the four units conceal 980 x 980mm concrete columns.
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Potter & Soar, manufacturer of architectural wire mesh, has added a new pattern to its expanding St James mesh portfolio. The new herringbone pattern is suitable as a wall covering, room divider or as a screen. The mesh can be specified in either polished or recycled stainless steel, but non-ferrous ...
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TechnicalSensory perception
Environments that respond to their inhabitants are no longer the stuff of fiction.
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TechnicalIn detail 08: Fountain on the Nikolaikirchhof Leipzig, Germany
The Nikolaikirchhof is a public space with historical significance both in the medieval structure of Leipzig and in the events leading up to the re-unification of Germany.
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TechnicalAn open door policy
Ironmongery company Izé asked designers to create a stylish range of bespoke door handles and British architecture's finest have come knocking.
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TechnicalIn detail 07: Crop store, Renewable Energy Centre, Hertfordshire
The Renewable Energy Centre demonstrates a range of renewable energy technologies. Bales of Miscanthus, used as fuel for a biomass boiler, are stacked in the crop store. The end walls of the building are formed from galvanised steel mesh to allow air to blow through and dry out the crop. ...