More Technical – Page 34
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TechnicalLearning from the readers’ views
A Cambridge University project is exploring the impact of the quality of daylight in libraries. Mary Anne Steane and Koen Steemers explain
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TechnicalSearching for a design star
The judges for this year’s award are a starry bunch, but they will have their work cut out
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TechnicalSt Pancras Station roof is sky blue heaven
Pascall & Watson Architects took the lead in restoring the spectacular roof at St Pancras International, the new Eurostar terminus for London, writes Will Jones
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TechnicalThe ups and downs of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum roof
As Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow prepares to go on site, Rory Olcayto hears how the roof design evolved over three years
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TechnicalHow we cracked the art of colour chemistry
Hawkins Brown creates a contemporary facade that sits comfortably in the historic surroundings of Oxford
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TechnicalScaling new heights in zero-carbon housing
How practical is lightweight construction as a way of complying with the Code for Sustainable Homes?
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TechnicalDelivering a garden space
The challenge for Ash Sakula Architects was to create a garden and media gallery in a tiny space at the back of a central London terrace. What the firm delivered was out of this world
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TechnicalWhat we can learn from ‘the good life’
Being sustainable and being happy work surprisingly well in tandem
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TechnicalLifting the lid on slate roofing
Slate consultant for Newlyn Art Gallery, Viv Stratton, talks about the traditional technique of scantle slate roofing
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TechnicalAdding biofuel to the fire
The government says biomass could provide a sustainable means of heating UK homes, but is this remotely practical?
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TechnicalCall for entries for Cool Wall contest in September
The BD/100% Detail Cool Wall contest will be taking place during the show in September. Enter your residential project for the chance to win top billing.
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TechnicalTonkin Liu’s Singing Ringing Tree puts panpipes into park panorama
Singing Ringing Tree, the RIBA award-winning public art scheme in the Pennines by architect Tonkin Liu, posed a number of tricky challenges, not least of which was getting the sculpture to live up to its name and make a sound. With a little help from engineer Jane Wernick Associates, it ...
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TechnicalA glimpse of paradise
BDP is determined to preserve city views at Liverpool’s Paradise Street cinema complex by using a new type of steel column
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TechnicalThe facade is now an art form
Architects don’t need a rock concert to remind them of climate change. It’s omnipresent in their work.
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TechnicalCharred timber at DSDHA’s Parkside kiosk near London’s City Hall links the area’s past and present
The charred wood cladding of DSDHA’s kiosk by the Thames in London stands out from the corporate developments around it and acts as a pointer to the area’s past. Will Jones finds out how it came about. Photos by Morley von Sternberg