Technical Feature – Page 36
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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
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TechnicalHow architects Squire & Partners, Greenhill Jenner and Caruso St John create impact with unusual facades
A striking facade is one of the most immediate ways to give a building impact, but creating something new and unusual can be hard work, discovers Pamela Buxton. Three architects reveal how they did it
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TechnicalMore than skin deep
As climate change drives facade specification to ever-greater complexity, three specialists see what changes these high-performance solutions will bring
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TechnicalRafael Viñoly and cladding manufacturer KME give Colchester’s new arts centre a golden glow
Rafael Viñoly and German facade manufacturer KME are giving Colchester’s visual arts centre a golden glow, and it looks like the ancient city is taking a shine to its new neighbour. Photos by Morley von Sternberg
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TechnicalCome back to the fold
Corrugated sheeting has a reputation as utilitarian, but originally it was an experimental material for building wide-span, self-supporting roofs, write Adam Mornement and Pedro Guedes
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TechnicalWhere are the environment’s new heroes?
We must inspire 6th formers if we are to get the skilled people we need
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TechnicalUltimate architecture: Cern's partical detector
To celebrate today's success of the 'Big Bang' experiment at Cern, read again Charles Jencks' look at the the world’s most powerful particle detector.
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TechnicalArad shows his mettle
Using bronze and mirror-polished steel, Ron Arad’s reworking of Rimini’s Duomo Hotel is a dazzling experience that few guests will forget.
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TechnicalYouth club finds itself in a fix
The challenge To cantilever a sleek, thin canopy off an existing building
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Batting ideas around
The Bat Conservation Trust, artist Jeremy Dellar and the RIBA have joined forces in a design competition so bats can live in comfort
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TechnicalShampoo and set
Inspired by the tedious business of drying her hair, AA student Margaret Dewhurst’s winning pavilion for the school’s summer show is now being built
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TechnicalGridshell glazes over the past
Peter Hulbert Architects’ billowing timber roof structure at Chiddingstone Orangery may recall the Weald & Downland Museum, but it takes the gridshell one step further by creating a system that structurally supports the frameless glazing.
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TechnicalSoftware opens up residents’ role in design
What could be more sustainable than a sustainable community co-designed by the owner-occupiers and tenants who will live there? That’s the premise behind a multi-disciplinary project launching next month that aims to bring self-procured housing to a wider section of the population.
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The numbers game
£300,000 could be the difference in value of a pension pot built up by the owner of a PassivHaus and the buyer of a conventional new-build.
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TechnicalWisteria Lane, Bury St Edmunds
What’s green, hairy and incorporates its own air filtration system?