All Technical articles – Page 48
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TechnicalSafe design is good design
Making health and safety issues integral to architecture needn't cramp your style
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TechnicalPower from the people
Several different power harvesting techniques are possible. They include piezoelectronic generation, where materials such as quartz experience strain as they vibrate; electromagnetic generation - moving a magnet in the vicinity of a coil; and hydraulic generation, where a hydraulic bladder is repeatedly depressed.
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Running on good vibrations
Electricity harvested from train vibrations or even shoppers' footsteps promises a revolutionary clean energy source. Elaine Knutt discovers the vision being realised in the Facility's railway arch conversion.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 26: Clerkenwell, London
The Zetter hotel occupies a refurbished five-storey Victorian warehouse building on a tight urban site in Clerkenwell.
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TechnicalTo ‘L' and back
With the new regulations on energy use coming into force next week, Elaine Knutt gathered a panel of industry experts to answer your questions
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TechnicalCutting the green wash
By not monitoring actual energy use of buildings, the construction industry is failing to substantiate its green claims.
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TechnicalThe rocky road to cooling
A church centre is using underground rocks for sustainable comfort cooling.
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I wish I'd done that... Sustainable building
Ian Darby on Gaia Architects' Glencoe visitor centre, Scotland
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Techbrief: windows
Residential pack RIBA Publishing has launched the Domestic Project Pack, which includes all the documentation for architects and clients embarking on residential projects from minor alterations to new-build.
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Green notebook: Footprints are the first step
How energy labels are defining clients' briefs and why Sweden is leading the sustainability pack
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 25: Wandsworth, south-west London
The double-pitch semi-glazed roof design was the result of a familiar set of site limitations for a back extension.
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TechnicalEast London project is full of bright ideas
As part of its integration with the next-door gallery, the Whitechapel Library is getting a new top-floor studio and gallery.
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TechnicalGeometry answer
A floating platform will turn a grand Georgian hall into a modern family space.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 24: Aurora Building, Bothwell Street, Glasgow
We had designed a new glazed entrance for an office building in Glasgow.
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TechnicalTime Test: Loxley House, Nottingham
John McRae, a director of ORMS Architecture Design, revists the interior surfaces in the atrium of Loxley House in Nottingham, the UK headquarters of Capital One
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TechnicalTulip goes straight to the heart
Wood panels and creative lighting put warmth and energy at the ‘heart' of office life.
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TechnicalI wish I'd done that...
Surface: Helen Berresford on Peter Zumthor's gneiss stone Thermal Baths in Vals, Switzerland
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