All Technical articles – Page 23
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FeaturesFoam sweet foam
Complaints about the neighbours’ footsteps are a familiar refrain for architects and developers, and so Tapiflex Housing should be of interest.
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FeaturesStewart Milne timber frame
Stewart Milne Timber Systems design, manufacture, deliver and erect timber frame superstructure elements, primarily to residential markets.
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Germany goes passive
A five-day seminar entitled Renewable Energy in the Urban Environment is being held in Berlin from July 7-11 and will explore the role of renewable energy in the urban and semi-urban environment.
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FeaturesGutters by Lindab
Swedish-based Lindab supplied products from its light-gauge steel Rainline range, promoted as lighter than cast iron, easier to handle than aluminium, and with better temperature resistance than plastic.
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Technical
Healing history
The Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings is running its six-day repair course from May 12-19.
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FeaturesSanitaryware by Ideal Standard
White and Silver by David Chipperfield are inspired by the relationship of geometric forms. The 12-piece White range of basins, baths and WCs has a sculptural simplicity; Silver, a collection of chromium-plated mixer taps for baths and basins, complements the White range with single-lever or dual-control mixer taps.www.ideal-standard.co.uk
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FeaturesWindows from Swedish Timber Products
STP’s aluminium-clad, triple-glazed windows at Boxley Street and Evelyn Road are finished in a natural lacquer internally.
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TechnicalRooflight revolution
The Rooflight Company has produced Neo, a dark grey double-glazed frameless rooflight that uses a unique glass fibre and polyester resin material called Fortecom.
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FeaturesTime to switch
No need for wires with the Echo range of self-powered switches from MK Electric.
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TechnicalTimeless Tube
A new stainless-steel handrail section (pictured) that allows for easy installation has been developed by Timeless Tube.
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TechnicalFoster & Partners solves a roofing condundrum at Washington DC’s Smithsonian
A roof joining together three domes is reminiscent of Foster’s earlier triumph at the British Museum
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MultimediaAnimations: Two complex roof structures
These two animations of projects by Foster and Hadid show how parametric design tools can create extraordinary roof geometries.
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TechnicalTroubleshooting at the Museum of Liverpool with AEW
How AEW ran with the £68 million project initiated by Danish practice 3XN
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TechnicalAvery Associates Architects rides the winds of change at the London Transport Museum
Amanda Birch assesses heating and cooling systems in the six-year, £22m reworking of the listed Victorian structure
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TechnicalKeeping cool with Waugh Thistleton
Passive heat and ventilation at the Water House restaurant on Regent’s Canal
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TechnicalWhere Bill goes, the rest are sure to follow
Phil Clark looks at the key eco-tenets of BedZed progenitor and sustainable housing pioneer Bill Dunster
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