More Technical – Page 21
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TechnicalTile of Spain - 2OO9 PRESS BOOK
Spain can trace its ceramic tile making skills back to the 11th century
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TechnicalTiles of the times
Spain has been known for its expertise in tile production since Moorish times
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TechnicalSustainable beauty
Tile of Spain member Roca introduces its greenest collection of ceramic tiles
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TechnicalQuick fitters for cool floors
With a heat wave predicted for the coming months, tiles offer a welcome flooring solution that will not only keep your home cool as the temperatures rise, but will also provide a stunning Mediterranean look and feel
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TechnicalGateway 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
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TechnicalDow Jones recalls the lessons of Powell & Moya’s Cripps Building at St John’s College
Alun Jones and Biba Dow were first inspired by Powell & Moya’s Cripps Building when they were students in Cambridge.
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TechnicalBreaking away from the slideshow presentation
How software can solve problems with images in screen-based presentations
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TechnicalSteel shelter folds into the Northumberland landscape
Sixteen Makers’ shelter for Kielder Park was manufactured in a German factory run by one of the architects
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TechnicalAAIS pumps up the drama
An inflatable extension to a German theatre, designed by a team from the AA’s new Interprofessional Studio, had to overcome the attentions of a concerned local authority
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TechnicalZaha Hadid’s new museum brings Glasgow into the fold
Zaha Hadid Architects’ Glasgow Museum of Transport Riverside project creates a vast internal space thanks to the rigidity of its distinctive pleated steel roof
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TechnicalHeatherwick’s Paperhouse kiosks open for business in Kensington
Heatherwick Studios’ bronze and steel kiosks for the Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea are sturdy, flexible and sculptural
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TechnicalHadid’s Chanel pavilion proving to be a classic in plastic
Inspired by the iconic Chanel 2.55 handbag, Zaha Hadid’s Mobile Art structure reshapes the way polymers can be used by architects
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TechnicalTonkin Liu creates a little piece of heaven in Marylebone
White interior surfaces of perforated aluminium, bleached oak panels and light linoleum flooring give this penthouse apartment an ethereal beauty
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TechnicalPrefabricated flooring takes off
With its adoption in two Heathrow terminal buildings, the Technik flooring system is getting a chance to prove itself
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TechnicalConcrete 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
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TechnicalNottingham students put this South African community on a learning curve
Nottingham University students designed a timber-framed building for a South African nursery school and then built it in seven weeks
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TechnicalRenzo Piano brings bright cladding to the big city
Colourful extruded ceramic and glazed facades at Central St Giles are guaranteed to illuminate this new development near Centre Point
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TechnicalPreston’s golden porcupine
Moxon Architects uses aluminium fins to create the spiky cladding for Oliver’s Place office building in Preston
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TechnicalO'Donnell & Tuomey's Sean O'Casey Community Centre
Quirky detailing and a clever use of poured concrete give this new community centre a dramatic impact