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Information - BDCPD 09 2024: The role of rooflights within the Future Homes Standard and beyond
Sponsored by Glazing Vision, this module will discuss rooflights as a key component of the building envelope, and the vital role they play in balancing energy efficiency requirements with providing thermal comfort, natural light and a connection to nature for building occupants
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FeaturesWhat made this project… King’s Cross W3 by Haptic Architects
The judges for this year’s AYAs were impressed with Haptic Architects’ body of work, as the practice was named a finalist for Public Building Architect of the Year. In this series, we take a look at one of the team’s entry projects and ask the firm’s senior associate, Lucia Berasaluce, ...
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Information - BDCPD 08 2024: Polycarbonate facades for sustainability
Sponsored by Brett Martin, this module will discuss the role of daylight in building design, alongside the specification considerations for polycarbonate facades and their applications in the built environment
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NewsKPF gets green light for King’s Cross life sciences scheme
Nine-storey building to be supported on Arup-designed arch above five underground rail tunnels
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FeaturesChampioning sustainability: How Paris 2024 is reshaping the future of the Olympics
The Paris Olympics is embracing an approach pioneered by London in 2012 and taken to the next level, utilising existing venues and temporary structures as much as possible, Ben Flatman writes
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FeaturesOlly Watts of ES Global on the Paris Olympics: ‘Even if I say so myself, it’s magnificently iconic’
The Paris Olympics emphasises sustainability by utilising 95% existing and temporary venues, continuing the legacy of innovative designs pioneered by London 2012. Ben Flatman meets the CEO of a firm that supplies temporary structures including much of the Olympic climbing centre
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NewsSquire & Partners completes Shoreditch hotel inspired by early analog computers
Practice has spent 16 years working on design for cylindrical 26-storey tower close to Silicon Roundabout
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NewsRSHP’s controversial South Kensington tube station plans to be ‘value engineered’
Transport for London and Native Land looking for ways to reduce costs on highly controversial scheme approved at appeal last year
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Information - BDCPD 07 2024: Reducing waste in development fit-outs through fan coil solution design
Sponsored by Ability by Dimplex, this module will outline the considerations to be made when specifying fan-coil unit technology in development fit-outs, exploring what the technology encompasses, the various systems available and how careful consideration can reduce waste
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NewsRIBA names 26 winners of 2024 National Awards
Grimshaw’s Elizabeth Line and Wilkinson Eyre’s Battersea Power Station among longlist for this year’s Stirling Prize
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FeaturesElevating access: Stannah integrates a 21st-century lift into a 19th-century icon
A narrow ventilation shaft, a 334-step climb and a historic tilt – Building Design speaks to Stannah Lifts about the accessibility challenges overcome in the Elizabeth Tower’s ambitious restoration
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NewsOle Scheeren unveils designs for twin-tower Shenzhen office scheme
Architect’s latest huge scheme in the city to rise to 200m in height
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Building StudyA decade in the making: Norton Folgate’s controversial redevelopment unveiled
Blossom Street was the focus of a vitriolic planning battle. But an architectural team led by AHMM has confounded the fears of Spitalfields residents by sensitively restoring many of the old buildings
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NewsGrenfell memorial design competition launched with brief calling for “bold” ideas
Design should incorporate water, light and a space to shelter from the weather, according to brief
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from losing our skills?
Has the centrality of two-dimensional representation in the built envirionment professions had its day, asks Anna Beckett
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FeaturesDoes Roger De Haan’s Folkestone housing scheme deserve so much criticism?
Former Saga owner’s luxury Shoreline Crescent scheme has been completed following a string of headlines about its lack of affordable housing. Tom Lowe tours the building and is impressed by what he finds
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NewsMedieval meets modern sustainability at ARC Painswick
Parti’s latest project transforms a rundown B&B into a sunlit retreat in the English countryside
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NewsStanton Williams submits plans for student resi scheme at Magdalen College, Oxford
Proposals would replace 1960s building with six new blocks on historic riverside site
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NewsRIBA’s plans to refurbish its 66 Portland Place headquarters get public airing
Planning application for £85m ‘House of Architecture’ project to be submitted later this year
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OpinionAbove and beyond: The sea change in construction runs deeper than regulation
As we await the report from phase two of the Grenfell Tower Inquiry, Ryan Ferguson reflects on how much the industry has learned since the tragedy