Materials – Page 5
-
TechnicalProduct spotlight: Architectural Mesh
Two examples of metallic mesh used in a Munich church and Chipperfield’s Hamburg cocktail bar
-
Inspirations
Michael Squire’s inspiration: Grundtvig’s Church, Copenhagen
Michael Squire admires Grundtvig’s Church in Copenhagen for its poetic use of brick and the way the architect interpreted local traditions in a contemporary way
-
Technical
Stacking Green, Vietnam by Vo Trong Nghia Architects
Two walls of this house on one of Ho Chi Minh City’s busiest streets are composed entirely of cantilevered concrete planters
-
Technical
National BMX Centre, Manchester by Ellis Williams Architects
Ellis Williams Architects has used concrete to create two very different effects at the UK’s first indoor BMX arena in Manchester
-
News
Hemp construction put to the test
A single-storey building made from hemp-lime has been built at Bath University to test its potential as a building material.
-
Technical
Glass staircases in Apple’s Covent Garden store
The two glass stairs in Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Covent Garden store for Apple are as amazing as the i-gadgets on sale
-
Technical
Chabot College Community & Student Services Centre by TBP Architecture
A new California college building incorporates electronically tintable glass to shield its atrium from the heat.
-
Technical
Nunawading station, Melbourne
Grimshaw used prefabricated steel units to provide high-speed construction without disrupting services from a suburban Melbourne station
-
Technical
Meads Reach footbridge, Bristol
Niall McLaughlin Architects worked with Price Myers and Martin Richman to create an integrated design that lights up the landscape
-
Technical
Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion
Designed for the London Festival of Architecture, Price Myers’ Hy-Pavilion is a clever folding timber structure that can be easily transported and erected.
-
Technical
Twilly Springs house by Diamond Architects
A new-build green oak frame joins an original 17th century elm timber rafters to create a contemporary house with historic roots
-
Technical
Cladding Renzo Piano’s Shard
The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible
-
Technical
Constantijn Huygensstraat by Tony Fretton Architects
The robust brick facade of Tony Fretton’s Amsterdam block is designed to last the building’s planned 200-year lifespan
-
Technical
Allies & Morrison’s St Andrew’s masterplan
Bricks take centre stage at the £130 million St Andrew’s scheme in east London
-
Technical
Roll out the Concrete Cloth
Two former industrial design engineering classmates have developed a Concrete Cloth that redefines the material’s uses
-
Technical
Gateway to education
Irish practice Grafton Architects has created an impressive new faculty building that also acts as a front door to Milan’s Bocconi University
-
Technical
Concrete proves crucial to Mather’s Ashmolean redevelopment
Rick Mather Architects has doubled the display area at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum of Art Archaeology with a 10,000sq m extension tucked behind the existing 1845 building
-
Technical
Recycled paper makes riches from rags
A structure made from old copies of the Guardian is the latest achievement of engineer James Thomson’s Paper Project
-
Technical
Benson & Forsyth’s Nottingham Pod finds its place in past and present
Aluminium proved the versatile solution when it came to integrating this a mixed-use hotel and retail scheme with the city’s medieval layout
-
Technical
Hudson Architects' Salvation Army HQ at Chelmsford, Essex
Amanda Birch discovers the secrets of cross-laminated panels in timber construction at the Salvation Army’s new building at Chelmsford
