All Materials articles – Page 9
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NewsOrms proposes ‘live’ material passports to reduce construction waste
Reusability of materials within existing buildings could be determined by scanning QR codes
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OpinionLet’s get this right – the future of our profession is at stake
Sweeping changes are on the way but there are some fundamental questions about how, and indeed whether, the new competence regime will work, writes Eleanor Jolliffe
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TechnicalTechnical: Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, restored by David Chipperfield Architects
‘Surgical’ €100m, decade-long project had to tackle flaws in Mies’ original design
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NewsGreen light for Jonathan Tuckey Design’s extension to Victorian villa
Minimalist hempcrete addition located within Cambridge conservation area
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NewsOffice S&M wins planning for aluminium weatherboard homes
Infill terrace will overlook Thames in Dickens village
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NewsPrepare for materials shortages to worsen, CLC warns
Number of products in high demand now includes host of materials including cement and steel
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NewsWebsites still selling combustible insulation used on Grenfell with inaccurate data
Two firms have corrected the mistake after being alerted
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OpinionCould our year of crafting revive the craft of building?
The whole country has gone mad for making and even housebuilders are talking about beauty. This is our moment – seize it, says Eleanor Jolliffe
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FeaturesIn pictures: Thirty years of Lacaton & Vassal
Gallery: Half a dozen of the Pritzker Prize-winners’ best projects
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Building StudyBuilding Study: 22 Handyside Street, King’s Cross, by Coffey Architects
The YAYA winner’s shimmering King’s Cross office more than justifies the developer’s decision to put its faith in emerging talent, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Barts Square, London, by Sheppard Robson
The architect worked with other practices to bring a richness to this new development which is surrounded by some of London’s oldest fabric
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NewsStudio Woodroffe Papa completes ‘stealth’ development in Bloomsbury mews
In pics: Old Dairy home and offices slotted between listed terrace and former graveyard
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FeaturesExplainer: Five things you need to know about the Future Homes Standard
The government has published the draft version of Part L which comes into force next year. We outline what it means for the industry
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TechnicalTechnical Study: Old Admiralty Building, London by BDP
After a £60m refurb, the top-secret former haunt of Churchill and Ian Fleming is back in Her Majesty’s Service, writes Elizabeth Hopkirk
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FeaturesOffsite manufacturing will encourage more women into the industry
A fixed workplace close to home, flexible shift patterns and job security would all attract women to jobs in construction, Rosa Turner Wood writes
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InspirationsSam Jacob’s inspiration: Avebury stone circle
Source: Jim Stephenson Sam Jacob Studio’s MK Menhir on Midsummer Boulevard in Milton Keynes
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NewsFirst homes go in for planning using RCKa’s pioneering MMC system
Architect says its modular system will slash time and cost of design process
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OpinionLearning from lockdown: Now is the time to talk to volume housebuilders
Martyn Evans doesn’t buy the idea that nothing will ever change in the designer-less world of housing
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FeaturesHeatherwick salutes an inspirational craftsman and collaborator
Thomas Heatherwick pays tribute to his friend the fabricator Bill Tustin who was instrumental in some of his studio’s key projects
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InspirationsEdmund Fowles’ inspiration: Roosenberg Abbey, Flanders
The Feilden Fowles director on a remote Belgian monastery designed by a monk who devised his own version of the golden ratio