All Technical articles – Page 35
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The secret behind Newhall’s closed doors
Proctor & Matthews has applied modular construction methods to low-rise family homes in Harlow, not only designing them but acting as developer as well
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Elephant & Castle turbines are blowing in the wind
Could wind really power our urban environments? With today’s emphasis on sustainability, Southwark Council is blazing a trail, testing turbines on an Elephant & Castle tower block.
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Working to tight targets
Air leakage tests are now compulsory for many new non-residential buildings, but a huge number are failing. Amanda Birch looked at how four buildings fared
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Living up to carbon claims
Verifying a building’s performance under Part L brings new challenges
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Channel 4’s tricky number
When Channel 4 picked a characteristically bold gesture to celebrate 25 years of broadcasting, it didn’t foresee how complex it would be, discovers Amanda Birch
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A window onto a warming world
Architect Justin Bere is so determined to be part of the solution to climate change that he’s set up his own glazing business
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The rules that stop us going for the burn
The London Plan’s drive for on-site renewables is laudable, but limiting
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Emperor’s new court: transforming the British Museum to house the terracotta army
An innovative space has been devised to display the Chinese Terracotta Army at the British Museum’s new blockbuster exhibition
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Learning from the readers’ views
A Cambridge University project is exploring the impact of the quality of daylight in libraries. Mary Anne Steane and Koen Steemers explain
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Burble ballooning spectacular marks London Fashion week
Haque Design & Research’s colourful interactive lighting project made its UK debut at this month’s London Fashion Week
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Searching for a design star
The judges for this year’s award are a starry bunch, but they will have their work cut out
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The ups and downs of Zaha Hadid’s Glasgow Riverside Museum roof
As Zaha Hadid Architects’ Riverside Museum in Glasgow prepares to go on site, Rory Olcayto hears how the roof design evolved over three years
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St Pancras Station roof is sky blue heaven
Pascall & Watson Architects took the lead in restoring the spectacular roof at St Pancras International, the new Eurostar terminus for London, writes Will Jones
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