All Features articles – Page 161
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FeaturesCosetino’s Silestone platinum
With its UK launch last month, this collection brings together the latest technology, materials and design influences.
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FeaturesDominic Crinson’s Ensemble patterned wallpaper collection
This durable wallpaper contains no substances damaging to the health or the environment.
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FeaturesDreadnought’s clay roof tiles
Dreadnought roof tiles are naturally coloured through careful control of the kiln atmosphere and are available in a range of colours, from Staffordshire blue, traditional brindles to plum red and a new range of mixed colour blends.
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FeaturesSandtoft’s Rivius clay roof tiles
With its riven surface and dressed edges, Rivius offers an authentic, natural slate appearance.
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FeaturesEurofox Engineering’s rainscreen cladding
This range of versatile cladding solutions can be installed both vertically and horizontally with concealed- or visible-fix fittings.
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FeaturesCan I stop my client making radical changes to my design?
What rights do planners have to water down the design quality of my approved scheme and allow the client to make changes?
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FeaturesShould I care for the high street?
A supermarket architect wonders about what their project will do to the local high street
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FeaturesHanson Building Products’s Oast House red multibrick
The new Oast House red multibrick is a vibrant, red body brick with brown flashing and a small percentage of black sand accents to bring variation to its face.
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FeaturesJunckers’ Broadway and Boulevard wider oak wide board
Offering its widest dimensions yet, Junckers’ Wider Oak Wide Board, comes in two standard sizes: Broadway and Boulevard.
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FeaturesThe building blocks for digital cities
Terry Farrell previews an exhibition at the Building Centre on role of digital technology in city planning, co-curated by his practice
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FeaturesWienerberger’s Northgate and Eastgate blend Terca facing bricks
The “reclaimed” appearance bricks provide a frost-resistant alternative to genuine reclaimed bricks.
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FeaturesBisazza’s Metron glass wall and floor tiles
Metron glass tiles are the first patterned tiles to feature chip mosaic and inlaid motif. They are designed with the aid of computers allowing for versatility and manufactured using laser-cutting, resulting in a smooth level and seamless surface. Bisazza is working with 15 top designers and artists on several ranges ...
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FeaturesTimorous Beasties’ Bird Branch
Established in 1990, Timorous Beasties became known for its elaborate hand-printed wallpapers, but today it works across a range of media including fabrics, window shades and digital and vinyl wallpapers.
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FeaturesBacks to the Wall
An MP, a punk famous for a song about crisps, his dog, and a comic immortal — what were they doing outside the Woolwich Tram Shed in 1980?
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FeaturesMarley Roofing’s Ashdowne clay roof tiles
Marley Eternit’s traditional hand-crafted clay plain tiles can be used to tile both walls and roofs.
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FeaturesCole & Son’s Dionysus & Ariadne and Baiae
Cole & Son is one of only a handful of wallpaper companies offering hand screen-printing, hand block-printing and hand flock-printing, as well as numerous machine-printed stock collections.
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FeaturesStephen Davy Peter Smith Architects completes Ealing development
Morris House and Issigonis House in Ealing, west London, will provide over 200 new homes
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FeaturesCan the Home & Communities Agency revive the housing sector?
BD asks three housing sector experts
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FeaturesH&R Johnson’ Absolute collection
Part of the new Absolute collection, the Eridanus structured internal wall tile (below) comes in black or white and two sizes, 100 x 100mm and 50 x 50mm.
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FeaturesBD looks at RIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best books about housing
From single- and multi-family houses to minimalist interiors and model homes, here is the RIBA Bookshops’ pick of the best housing books