All Materials articles
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NewsGovernment bows to pressure and extends deadline for post-Brexit certification rules
Industry raised concerns about capacity to test products before CE replacement introduced – and warned of 'devastating' consequences
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Building Study
Technical Study: Cutting 75% of emissions from Powell & Moya’s Wolfson College, Oxford
Embarrassed by being one of the worst carbon culprits in the region, the college set out to be net zero by 2030. Retrofitting 763 windows was just the start of it, finds Thomas Lane
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News
Penoyre & Prasad’s angular addition to Birkbeck campus completes
Cantilevered copper roof extension contains lecture theatre and classroom
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50 Wonders
50 Wonders | Graham Morrison: Fondazione Querini Stampalia bridge
The Allies Morrison co-founder shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
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News
In pics: Paddington squares up to Renzo Piano’s £825m Cube
72-storey office block dubbed Paddington Pole was sliced by 80% after outcry
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News
Government ditches EWS1 forms for buildings below 18m
Ministers and mortgage lenders back changes after research finds ‘no systemic risk of fire’ in smaller blocks
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Opinion
For many architects the cladding crisis is personal
Eleanor Jolliffe describes what it is like to design high-rises by day and navigate costly problems with your own home by night
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News
US court gives Arconic investors all-clear to take legal action over Grenfell fire
Shareholders claim firm knew its cladding was dangerous but used it on high-rise projects anyway
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News
HS2 having ‘no material impact’ on product costs and shortages, says minister
Andrew Stephenson insists scheme not causing supplies to run low on other jobs
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News
Worries over materials shortages take gloss off architects’ recovering confidence
Practices say shortages now delaying jobs as optimisim among firms in capital tops pre-pandemic level for first time
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News
Approval for If-Do’s Tottenham community centre on pint-size brewery
Designs will see three CLT storeys added to locally listed 19th-century gatehouse
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50 Wonders
50 Wonders | John Pawson: Le Thoronet Abbey, Provence
The designer of a Cistercian abbey in the Czech Republic and a number of other sacred buildings shares his choice for our 50th birthday series, #BD50Wonders
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News
Glenn Howells’ 165m Manchester tower approved after ‘tombstone’ jibe
Councillor brands £130m scheme a ’cheese-grater-esque tombstone’
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50 Wonders
50 Wonders | Keith Williams: Capitol Complex, Chandigarh, India
The architect recalls a memorable visit to Le Corbusier’s municipal complex in the Indian Punjab
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Technical
Antarctica: Designing for the planet’s most hostile continent
A £100m Antarctic infrastructure programme presents some unique design challenges – like deflecting snow and elephant seals. Elizabeth Hopkirk hears about the hardships and rewards of building at the bottom of the world
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Opinion
How traditional building crafts could help tackle the climate crisis
Eleanor Jolliffe hears about techniques and materials with low embodied carbon and long lifespans
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Technical
One Triton Square by Arup: a refurbishment with a difference
A 20-year old office block increased its net area by 57% but still saved 40,000 tonnes of carbon. How did the project team do it?
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50 Wonders
50 Wonders | Tara Gbolade: Benga Riverside, Mozambique
The director of Gbolade Design Studio picks a community project by Kéré Architecture that took the long view
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News
Industry draws up list of products set to fall foul of certification changes
Radiators, adhesives and high spec glass among items that could be withdrawn from the market due to lack of testing
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Building Study
Museum of the Home, Hoxton by Wright & Wright Architects
After the planning hoo-ha that saw Chipperfield’s original proposals dropped, Wright Wright has delivered a major expansion that visitors may not even notice, writes Richard Gatti
