All Technical articles – Page 8
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TechnicalGoldsmiths' Centre by John Lyall Architects
The brass cladding of John Lyall Architects’ studios for the Goldsmiths Company in Clerkenwell gives a hint towards the work going on inside.
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TechnicalBermondsey Island housing by Urban Salon
By adopting two contrasting facade treatments, Urban Salon’s Bermondsey Island housing deftly negotiates the conflicting demands of noisy roads, sustainability requirements and a sensitive historic site.
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TechnicalRoyal Road housing by Panter Hudspith
This sizeable London housing scheme in Southwark presents a varied street elevation while incorporating gardens and mature trees.
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TechnicalSulgrave Gardens by Cartwright Pickard
This £5.5m scheme will be the first mixed-tenure PassivHaus development in London and the architect’s first attempt at this type of sustainable design
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AnalysisThe Netherlands’ Almere leads the way on self-build communities
As the UK government promotes self-build as localism’s answer to the housing crisis, this Dutch town is conducting the biggest low-cost self-build experiment in Europe.
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FeaturesCPD 2011 Module 6: Healthcare environments
Meeting hygiene requirements is an important element of designing hospital projects. This CPD module, sponsored by Armstrong, explains how ceilings provide a key contribution to clinical environments
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TechnicalGamlingay Eco Hub community centre by Civic Architects
Civic Architects’ remodelling of a Cambridgeshire village community centre uses sustainable materials and three different passive heat and power technologies.
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TechnicalSteel cable technology gets Salford in the swing
The Media City footbridge designed by Wilkinson Eyre Architects over the Manchester Ship Canal at Salford uses steel to create a structure that is both functional and visually appealing.
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TechnicalCentral Saint Martins by Stanton Williams
Stanton Williams’ transformation of a Victorian granary into a campus for Central Saint Martins College of Art & design has made inventive reuse of original features.
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TechnicalMayfair art gallery by Haworth Tompkins
Restoring a Victorian staircase is one of the highlights of a New Bond Street renovation.
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TechnicalSomerville College student buildings by Niall McLaughlin Architects
Niall McLaughlin’s new student accommodation in Oxford makes use of prefabrication in its mainly brick and timber facade.
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TechnicalRoyal Opera House production workshop
Thanks to Nicholas Hare Architects, Covent Garden now has a facility fit for producing world-class sets.
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TechnicalKing’s Cross station, western concourse
John McAslan & Partners’ refurbishment of King’s Cross station reveals its full Victorian glory once more
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TechnicalManolo Blahnik, Moscow by Data Nature Associates
Data Nature Associates has created its 17th store for Manolo Blahnik in central Moscow.
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TechnicalA technical look at the articulated facade of Sergison Bates' Blankenberge library
Sergison Bates has refurbished a derelict 19th century school building into a new public library in Blankenberge, Belgium
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FeaturesNew Part L: How much glass?
With the latest revisions to the building regulations going ’live’ on October 1 Mark Taylor, technical director at Allies and Morrison and Ant Wilson, director of building engineering at AECOM, uncover the mystery of how much transparency is allowable on non-dwelling facades.
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TechnicalInfinity footbridge, Stockton-on-Tees, by Expedition Engineering and Spence Associates
Speirs & Major’s interactive kinetic lighting makes Stockton-on-Tees’ dramatic new landmark come to life.
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TechnicalNorth Carolina Museum of Art by Thomas Phifer & Partners
Arup’s innovative solution allows the North Carolina museum’s permanent collection to be viewed by natural daylight.
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NewsHemp construction put to the test
A single-storey building made from hemp-lime has been built at Bath University to test its potential as a building material.
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TechnicalLas Arenas Bullring, Barcelona
A “floating” domed roof takes centre stage as Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners’ redevelopment of Barcelona’s 1890s bullring nears completion.