More Technical – Page 51

  • Levolux’s Lunar wall covering.
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    Techbrief

    2005-07-15T00:00:00Z

    Putting on a show The Building Centre in London has opened a dedicated exhibition space for sustainable building materials. The Eco-Zone will showcase environmentally friendly manufacturers and products, all carefully assessed for energy efficient design, resource efficiency, waste minimisation, recyclability, durability and low maintenance. The Building Centre is inviting a ...

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    St Paul’s scrubs up a treat

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Graham Bizley describes the painstaking process of cleaning and restoring the cathedral’s interior

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    Modern stars of the silver screen

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Umu’s clever combination of innovative surface materials makes it a place to linger, says Amanda Birch

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    I wish Id done that... Surface

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Sophie Hicks on Peter Zumthor’s Kunsthaus Bregenz

  • Etched-glass tree planters will mark the path around the perimeter of the lawns at the V&A courtyard.
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    In detail 47: Victoria & Albert Museum courtyard, London

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    The new garden at the centre of the V&A combines the traditional simplicity of a garden courtyard with the drama and flexibility of a stage set. A paved ellipse creates a calm centre to the garden surrounded by lawns, lemon trees in glass planters and two larger Liquidambar trees.

  • When complete, the 40m x 20m sunken ellipse will create a reflective pool of water.
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    Ellipse of the art

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Kim Wilke Associates’s stone spiral will be the centerpiece of the V&A’s new courtyard, says Amanda Birch

  • Yves Brunier’s Museum Park
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    I wish I’d done that... Landscape project

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Bridget Baines on Yves Brunier’s Museum Park

  • Visitors to Hammersmith’s Lyric Square are oblivious to difficulties Gross Max had to overcome beneath the site.
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    Relaxing lyrical

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Gross Max had to work around a maze of underground services to create Lyric Square, writes Pamela Buxton

  • Step 1
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    How we cracked it 07: Space screens for exhibitions

    2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

    An innovative space screen joint developed by Fraser Brown MacKenna Architects as a re-usable exhibition system has wide applications in any open-plan interior. Angus Brown explains how this was achieved

  • The low carbon road map developed by Bill Dunster Architects and others
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    How does your project rate?

    2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

    Software compares designs with the minimum Part L regulations

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    Techbrief

    2005-06-17T00:00:00Z

    A climate of change The second edition of Architecture in a Climate of Change (Architectural Press) reflects recent advances made in the field of sustainability. Author Peter Smith provides the most up-to-date principles of sustainability. He includes new material on wind generation, domestic water conservation and solar thermal electricity. ...

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    In detail 46: Wembley Stadium arch, London

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    The Wembley arch spans 315m across the new stadium and is visible across London. It was built in segments flat on the ground and hoisted up into position, where it is now held on cables ready for the roof structure to be hung from it.

  • Norman Foster’s sketch showing the design evolution from four masts to the arch.
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    In a league of its own

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Wembley’s arch is the heart of the new stadium, says Pamela Buxton

  • The “gerberette” in the centre of a suspended beam —“the component that gives the Pompidou its scale and personality”.
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    I wish Id done that... Structure

    2005-06-10T00:00:00Z

    Cari-Jane Hakes on Peter Rice’s structure of the Pompidou Centre

  • Step 1 The challenge
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    How we cracked it 06: Barking library by AHMM

    2005-06-03T00:00:00Z

    Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has created a mosaic facade for Barking Library that maximises natural light and ventilation while meeting the requirements of part L and part F.

  • CarbonSense’s little black boxes lift the lid on the hugely damaging effects of carbon emissions. The contents of the box have been kept secret so they have full shock value for future recipients.
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    A shock in a little black box

    2005-06-03T00:00:00Z

    The war on carbon is recruiting business bosses

  • The shopping centre’s facade is a wall of acid-etched glass discs held in a steel framework off the original concrete facade.
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    In detail 45 : Galleria West Fashion Mall, Seoul, South Korea

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    The Galleria was a dull shopping centre in Seoul with blind concrete walls. UNStudio and Arup Lighting have transformed it into a glowing light box with messages and patterns of colour moving around.

  • Part of Galleria West’s facade, which is lit by 4,340 glass discs.
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    Some light shopping

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Light box meets video installation in the facade of a Seoul shopping centre.

  • Hoare Lea Lighting designed the interior lighting for Warwick University’s new Math & Statistics building.
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    Do we let the daylight in or go to the dark side?

    2005-05-27T00:00:00Z

    Designers should follow their senses and reduce artificial light in office buildings

  • Gordon Cowley at DRMM’s Kingsdale School, which makes use of his Cowley Connector in the auditorium and lamella roofs.
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    Meet the masterminds

    2005-05-20T00:00:00Z

    They are the who’s who of technical innovation — the 10 leading minds whose breakthroughs have transformed British architecture. Amanda Birch and Vikki Miller lured them out of their workshops and into the spotlight for BD’s six-page Innovators special