All Features articles – Page 38
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FeaturesHow to design well for people with dementia
Architects need to include safe outdoor spaces when they design senior living schemes, writes Robin Callister
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FeaturesWhat architects should know about planners
Victoria Hills hits back at Amin Taha’s remarks on the poor architectural knowledge of planners
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FeaturesCPD 24 2019: Radiant ceiling cooling
This CPD, sponsored by Radiana, how radiant cooling works and why it can be an efficient method for reducing heat
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FeaturesWhat every architect should know about loneliness
Social isolation is as deadly as smoking. How can design bring people together in meaningful ways?
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FeaturesGood placemaking is more about economics than design
Graham Haworth argues that social value is one of the ways to create real communities
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FeaturesCPD 23 2019: Benefits of underfloor heating
This CPD, sponsored by WMS, will look at factors that can impact the use of underfloor heating systems and more
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FeaturesA beginner’s guide to the Social Value Act
It’s the act you’ve been waiting for if you want to do good, says Guy Battle
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FeaturesCPD 22 2019: Saving water and energy
This CPD, sponsored by Franke Sissons, will consider how to conserve water and the ways specifiers can help to reduce water consumption
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FeaturesTed Cullinan: Architect, builder, educator, storyteller
Peter Clegg pays tribute to the visionary architect who eschewed labels and did things his own way
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FeaturesCan architects help children want to go to school in the morning?
The first step is to listen to them, says Murray Hudson, co-editor of a new book on school design
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FeaturesArchitects should embrace a modular future
The profession ought to be cheering the government’s support for modern methods of construction, not knocking it, argues HTA’s Simon Bayliss
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FeaturesHow to use video to communicate more effectively with clients
Peter Dye advises architects on how to make films with impact. It’s simpler than you think
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FeaturesIn a flap about fake Morley’s chicken shops
Three architects are exhibiting their photographs of a south London phenomenon. Jens Kongstad, Nick Blomstrand and William Molho explain why
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FeaturesCPD 21 2019: Guidance on thermal comfort in the learning environment
This CPD, sponsored by Kingspan Insulation, looks at how to meet Building Regulations Part L and thermal comfort recommendations
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FeaturesDon’t call me a ‘conservation architect’!
Vitruvius’ principles are no less relevant when working with old buildings. Richard Griffiths calls for an end to a false distinction
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FeaturesCPD 20 2019: Facades
This CPD, sponsored by Isover, will address issues facing developers and clients looking to find specific facade solutions to their building needs
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FeaturesMaking sense of façade retention: How we rebuilt Spitalfields’ Fruit & Wool Exchange
As a new book is published attacking the 'creeping plague of facadism’, architect Rab Bennetts responds by recounting the story behind one scheme
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FeaturesTime is running out to save this Aalto-influenced masterpiece
It will be a tragedy if Bob Giles’ West London College is demolished next year, writes Tom Cordell
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FeaturesNew “Step solution” using skylights to help the design challenges of atriums
A new VELUX Modular Skylight system provides maximum daylight and optimum indoor climate
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FeaturesCPD 19 2019: Corrosion protection
This CPD, sponsored by Steel for Life, looks at how the lifespan of structures can be maximised by protecting them against the elements