All Technical articles – Page 34
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TechnicalGreen and glossy
Author Phyllis Richardson obviously thinks green is sexy and has cannily realised the marketing value of producing a glossy title dealing with sustainable buildings.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 38: Headlands House, Berkhamsted, Hertfordshire
A watertight roof with a twist
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FeaturesSupplier interview
‘We’re popular with schools that have an environmental conscience’ - Lindsey Parnell, Interfaceflor European president
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TechnicalAn inspiring memorial
Adjaye Associates’ training centre dedicated to would-be architect Stephen Lawrence will be an unusual tribute.
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TechnicalI wish I’d done that...Concrete structure
Chris Williamson on Renzo Piano’s housing scheme in Corciano, Perugia In 1981 Andrew Weston and I entered the Crystal Palace housing competition, sponsored by Abbey National, to design about 100 family dwellings close to the rail station.
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FeaturesBlocking technique
A curving library tower in the ETFE-covered courtyard of the new middle school at St Lawrence College in Kent was built in lightweight aircrete blocks from Tarmac Topblock.
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TechnicalArt of the out-of-towner
Material dredged from the Solent has already made it onto the concrete walls of Rick Mather’s Towner Art Gallery in Eastbourne. The challenge was to maintain the consistency.
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TechnicalRefurbishment: Glenn Howells converts a Victorian warehouse into an art gallery
Glenn Howells Architects’ conversion of a 19th century listed warehouse in Portsmouth into a modern and flexible art gallery nurtures both old and new.
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TechnicalFixing a concrete floor in Orford, Suffolk
The challenge To remedy a crucial concrete pour that had gone wrong
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Cladding: Revision of stone cladding standards explained
A revised British standard meets modern demand
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TechnicalCladding: Faulkner Brown's glazed entrance for Sunderland University
FaulknerBrowns’ dynamic reglazing project has given Sunderland’s 1960s campus a new lease of life.
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TechnicalHow to design a zero carbon home
Elaine Knutt looks at the stiff challenges in meeting the target of all carbon-neutral new housing by 2016
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TechnicalA column-free basement for the White Cube Gallery
The challenge: To create a column-free contemporary basement gallery in the heart of London
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TechnicalI wish I’d done that...Roof
Catherine du Toit on Shigeru Ban and Frei Otto’s Japan Pavilion at Expo 2000 Hanover
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TechnicalRoofing: Feilden Clegg Bradley's twisted roof for the RAF Museum
A distinctive hyperbolic paraboloid roof tops Feilden Clegg Bradley’s RAF museum of cold-war militaria.
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TechnicalRecycled materials reduce a building's carbon footprint
The high profile of renewable energy is making recycling look green around the gills.