All Buildings, design and specification articles – Page 85
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NewsArchitect who threatened to sue client fined £1,000
Mayfair practitioner admits unprofessional conduct ahead of Arb hearing
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FeaturesCPD 18 2019: Guide to daylighting and EN 17037
This CPD, sponsored by VELUX Commercial, looks at which aspects of design EN 17037 can cater for
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Building StudyBuilding Study: The Twist, Norway, by BIG
Bjarke Ingels’ new art gallery over a river might have the whiff of gimmickry but Ike Ijeh finds himself beguiled
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FeaturesCPD 16 2019: Understanding non-fragile glass in rooflights
This CPD, sponsored by Glazing Vision, examines what constitutes fragility and non-fragility, how glass is tested for fragility, and more
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FeaturesCPD 14 2019: Fenestration on buildings
This CPD, sponsored by Eurocell, will discuss areas that are important to consider in fenestration specification
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FeaturesCPD 13 2019: Requirements for door hardware on fire doors
This CPD, sponsored by dormakaba, looks at the requirements of hardware for fire doors alongside CE markings and regulations
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NewsKarakusevic Carson flats at centre of legal row between contractor and council
Willmott Dixon’s housing arm refutes ‘many’ of Hackney’s claims over defective building work
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FeaturesCPD 12 2019: Facade design – safety, aesthetics and practicalities
This CPD, sponsored by Siderise, outlines developments in cladding used in high-rise residential tower blocks and examines the testing involved prior to installation
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Tintagel Bridge, Cornwall, by William Matthews Associates
The two halves of the severed castle have been reconnected by thrusting cantilevers that don’t quite meet. Ike Ijeh asks if Merlin was involved
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OpinionDear Boris Johnson, please act now to defend your own space standards
Julia Park urges the prime minister not to throw away one of his biggest achievements as mayor of London
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FeaturesArchitects and urban designers must help plug water shortages before it’s too late
Even the UK is heading for a terrifyingly dry future and we need to change the way we design now, says Asif Din of Perkins Will
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NewsBig names vie for inaugural Neave Brown Award
Mikhail Riches’ Goldsmith Street also a Stirling Prize hopeful
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Building StudyBuilding Study: James Simon Galerie, Berlin, by David Chipperfield
The architect’s new gallery is a magnificent gateway to Berlin’s Museum Island, writes Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Churchill College housing, Cambridge, by Cottrell & Vermeulen
The postgraduate block is a deft study in how to do contextual architecture when the context happens to be your own work, writes Ike Ijeh
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Building StudyIke Ijeh’s verdict: Junya Ishigami’s Serpentine Pavilion
This year’s pavilion has its flaws and yet contains enough joy to convince BD’s critic that the series should continue into its third decade
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OpinionLessons from a loose researcher
Never trust other people’s statistics, says Julia Park. There’s always a risk someone put a decimal point in the wrong place
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Drayton Green Church, by Piercy & Company
This west London church replaces medieval mystery with digital geometry in a thrilling reinterpretation of the gothic tradition
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FeaturesCPD 7 2019: Specifying suspended ceilings for health and wellbeing
This CPD, sponsored by Armstrong, focuses on how a working environment can promote health and wellbeing through suspended ceiling solutions
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Bracken House, London, by John Robertson Architects
In its time it has embodied more than one archetype of the City office block, from 1950s solid sandstone to 1980s high-tech glass and steel