All Technical articles – Page 60
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TechnicalIn detail 13: Moggerhanger House Restoration
Restoration work at John Soane’s Moggerhanger House has revealed a two-storey “tribune” which acts as a lobby between the main stair and the rooms on the east side of the house. An opening in the first floor and a roof lantern are being reinstated and this will bring light ...
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Future performanceA key event at this year's Building Performance exhibition, which explores the future of property, will be a two-day Building Performance is Business Performance conference on October 6-7. The conference will draw together speakers including Richard Saxon of BDP, Mark Way of RMJM and Roger Madelin of Argent. The ...
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Goodbye Windy Miller
Why do wind turbines have to spin like windmills? A new concept to be applied between Oxford and Cambridge, suggests they don't.
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TechnicalIn detail 12: Kingsdale School auditorium
The centrepiece of the new ETFE-covered courtyard at Kingsdale School in south London is a 314-seat auditorium and library. A geodesic timber structure encloses a space for assemblies, screenings, lectures, performances and music events.The auditorium seating has the same bent birch-faced plywood profile as the school's standard 1960s classroom chair ...
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Facade body A professional body for those interested in facade engineering has been set up by CIBSE to provide architects, engineers and manufacturers with a forum to share information. CIBSE recognises that the Society of Facade Engineering is needed to ensure that all those involved in facades work more closely ...
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TechnicalTechnicalities: Time to see the light
The current fashion is for full-height glazing. This is an effective demon-stration of cladding technology, but does it deliver in practice? The standard for natural daylight is the average daylight factor — a room’s illumination compared with outdoors on a bright overcast day. The human eye is comfortable ...
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TechnicalGlazed over
A new report on facades calls for architects to break the glass habit and consider more environmentally friendly ways to glaze.
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TechnicalFantasy facade
There's nothing shy about Alsop's designs for The Public in West Bromwich. Gareth Gardner reports on this arts centre project
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TechnicalIn detail 11: The Public, West Bromwich
A self-supporting envelope encloses a single massive volume. Inside, a splayed tapering steel H-frame supports the roof, a mid-level “table” floor and all the independent forms which populate the space. “Jellybean” windows appear to have been cut out of the facade to reveal the inner space.
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Talking trash How about a rubbish bin that never needs emptying? Swedish company Envac has designed a waste collection system that sucks waste from a bin once it is full. An underground network of pipes is installed 2m deep, and this transports waste by a pressurised vacuum from the specially ...
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Better buildings bill on horizon
Report backs a single national code for sustainable buildings
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TechnicalIn detail 10: Youl Hwa Dang Publishing House
The four-storey concrete-framed publishing house headquarters sits on a concrete basement undercroft used as a car park.
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Potter & Soar, manufacturer of architectural wire mesh, has added a new pattern to its expanding St James mesh portfolio. The new herringbone pattern is suitable as a wall covering, room divider or as a screen. The mesh can be specified in either polished or recycled stainless steel, but non-ferrous ...
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TechnicalSensory perception
Environments that respond to their inhabitants are no longer the stuff of fiction.
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TechnicalIn detail 09: Y’s, Tokyo
The centrepiece of the new flagship Y’s store in Tokyo is a series of four sculptural display units. Three of the four units conceal 980 x 980mm concrete columns.
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TechnicalAn open door policy
Ironmongery company Izé asked designers to create a stylish range of bespoke door handles and British architecture's finest have come knocking.
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TechnicalIn detail 08: Fountain on the Nikolaikirchhof Leipzig, Germany
The Nikolaikirchhof is a public space with historical significance both in the medieval structure of Leipzig and in the events leading up to the re-unification of Germany.
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Renewable show The Building Research Establishment and the Energy Saving Trust are organising resource04, a four-day exhibition and conference on low-carbon and renewable energy technologies for buildings at the BRE headquarters near Watford on June 7-10. Call 01923 664531 or visit www.resource04.comPipes of peace In response to the ...