All articles by Victoria Madine

Features

Culture of transparency: Nomad’s glass walls for architects’ bank Arquia in Bilbao

2008-11-28T00:00:00Z

Arquia, a Spanish bank specialising in services for architects, upped the design stakes for its new Bilbao branch with walls created from giant pharmaceutical glass test tubes by architect Nomad

Technical

The sound of silencing

2007-11-23T00:00:00Z

For buildings such as schools where noise is an issue, acoustic panels are a godsend, writes Victoria Madine

Technical

A shock in a little black box

2005-06-03T00:00:00Z

The war on carbon is recruiting business bosses

Technical

Shades of green

2005-03-24T00:00:00Z

The government’s green targets for architecture are a grey area

Technical

True colours

2004-12-10T00:00:00Z

LEDs were invented in 1962, but we are just starting to understand their magic

Technical

Flipping the lights fantastic

2004-09-17T00:00:00Z

In the past, accurate 3D-modelling of lighting within a scheme wasn’t possible, but, thanks to new technology the future of lighting design is looking bright.

Technical

Sensory perception

2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

Environments that respond to their inhabitants are no longer the stuff of fiction.