All Technical articles – Page 47

  • Ben Stagg, DLA Architecture
    Technical

    Winning green hearts

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    Is regulation or PR the way to win the sustainability debate? Elaine Knutt was at an Energy Saving Trust round table of architects looking for the answer

  • The team erects the central arch at last year’s Goodwood Festival of Speed.
    Technical

    How we cracked it 28: Unipart Stand at Goodwood Festival of Speed

    2006-05-19T00:00:00Z

    The challenge: To design a truss for a 25m-diameter inflatable dome so the whole structure could fit in a transit van and be erected without specialist equipment

  • British Gypsum’s new HomeSpec 4 guide.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    This week: British Gypsum, BRE & Inca

  • The finished Rivergreen Business Centre.
    Technical

    Friends of the earth

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Rammed earth is going mainstream as a result of its insulation and sustainability properties

  • Architype’s Sheerness Sure Start Centre is the first Plan-Ziegel building to be completed in the UK.
    Technical

    Faster out of the blocks

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Are Ziegel blocks a quicker and more efficient alternative to cavity walls? David Littlefield finds out

  • Mike Jaggs
    Technical

    Airtightness test

    2006-05-12T00:00:00Z

    Mike Jaggs, head of BRE's airtightness testing team, on smoking out leaks in homes and commercial buildings, in line with Part L 2006.

  • Simon Whittle’s winning project is inspired by a family tree, rotating a simple repeated shape.
    Technical

    Branching out

    2006-05-05T00:00:00Z

    For years the AA has been using the Serpentine pavilion as a teaching tool, but this summer a group of its students will build their own structure out of timber and construct it outside the school in Bedford Square. Elaine Knutt looks at the winning scheme and the runners-up

  • Guy Greenfield
    Technical

    Time Test

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Architect Guy Greenfield returns to his Hammersmith Bridge Road Surgery building for a check up after six years in use

  • Washroom specialist Armitage Venesta has launched Surf, a bright nautically themed range for junior schools and other areas designed for 7-11 year olds.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    This week products from Armitage Venesta, LS Group & DuPont

  • The faceted roof of Kingsdale’s new sports hall is made up of 12 beams, with 2.4m wide by 13.5m long KLH panels spanning between two bays. It will be topped by a 120mm insulation layer and a single-ply waterproof membrane.
    Technical

    Working with the grain

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    DRMM is pioneering a structural timber system for its latest school building

  • The Skypad will be wrapped in a sparkling Meshtec shell, specified by ORMS to signal an out-of-the-ordinary building in the middle of a concrete campus.
    Technical

    Teenage fixes

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    An ORMS building in Cardiff creates a template for teenage cancer units

  • Lloyd Stratton
    Technical

    I wish I'd done that... Education building

    2006-04-28T00:00:00Z

    Lloyd Stratton on BDP's Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton

  • MagnaShield protects both people and sensitive equipment from the effects of interference from electromagnetic fields.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    This week products from Corus and Cogent Power, Velfac & Vailant

  • Technical

    Green notebook: Part L is just the beginning

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The Code for Sustainable Homes could mean even tougher rules

  • Hand-drawn, coloured perspective of the Alnwick Garden treehouse
    Technical

    How we cracked it 27: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    Napper Architects builds a treehouse interpretation centre set on an open-decked area leading to a treetop walkway

  • Edra Corbeille sofa by Francesco Binfareal
    Technical

    Milan 2006 - Mwah, mwah, ciao!

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    The Milan show is partly fashion, partly furniture and a chance for designers to flaunt there wares among the glitterati. This year the venue is new and vast, so how could Gareth Williams find his way round the stands without getting lost?

  • Nigel Coates’ Fiorella Suspensione chandelier for Slamp.
    Technical

    Milan 2006 - Why are architects so proud of products?

    2006-04-21T00:00:00Z

    From pepper mills designed by Peter Zumthor to espresso cups by Dominique Perrault, the Salone Internazionale del Mobile offers plenty of evidence of architects moonlighting as furniture and product designers.

  • The Natural History Museum’s Darwin Centre was designed by HOK.
    Technical

    Time Test

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Amanda Greaney, senior fire engineer at Buro Happold, reviews the fire safety systems at the National History Museum's Darwin Centre in London

  • Dorma’s lightweight Moveo wall system.
    Technical

    Techbrief

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Products from Dorma, Evolution & Pilkington

  • Arup Fire Engineers’ modelling of the King’s Place building, now on site in London’s King’s Cross, indicated that structural design changes could both improve safety and cut steelwork costs.
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    Fire protection gets smart

    2006-04-13T00:00:00Z

    Fire protection now looks at the whole building rather than individual parts - in contrast to fire codes