Technical Feature – Page 25
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TechnicalAllies & Morrison’s St Paul’s Place car park, Sheffield
Amanda Birch explores the exciting treatment Allies & Morrison has given to the facade of a city centre car park in Sheffield
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TechnicalDORMA to open the way for visitors to the new Darwin Centre
DORMA door controls, automatics, and glass fittings have been installed in the new expansion to the Darwin Centre at the Natural History Museum.
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TechnicalBrief - Darwin Centre, Natural History Museum
To celebrate the 100th anniversary of DORMA, were challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the DORMA penguin can be seen visiting in the picture.
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TechnicalWhy Passivhaus design is worth the money
In the final column in the series, sustainability expert Henrietta Lynch argues that evidence from Germany shows buyers are prepared to pay a premium for more environmentally friendly design
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TechnicalGetting up to speed with London 2012 Velodrome
Hopkins Architects’ Mike Taylor and Expedition Engineering’s Andrew Weir talk to Catherine Croft about the challenges of designing with bikes in mind
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TechnicalVarious Architects' temporary performance space for a world tour
How Norway’s Various Architects created a lightweight, demountable performance venue for client Arts Alliance
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The green winners and losers in 2008
Phil Clark looks back at the year’s best in sustainabiliity
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Ecobuild is back
Ecobuild will be on us before we know it. One of the biggest events for sustainable design, construction and the built environment will take place between March 3-5 2009 at London’s Earls Court.
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TechnicalIzar makes a point
A striking three-pointed star-shaped light called Izar has been launched by Modular Lighting Instruments.
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TechnicalSure on cavity walls
A new technology in cavity wall construction that removes the need for backing blocks or wooden shuttering has been launched.
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Best for Green Wood
A report from Greenpeace, Setting a New Standard: Alternatives to Unsustainable Plywood in the UK, is a guide for architects on how to source environmentally and socially responsible timber certified by the Forest Stewardship Council using a simple checklist.
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TechnicalGetting in the swim at Lucknam Park
Holder Mathias Architects has delivered a five-star swim solution for the Lucknam Park luxury hotel at Colerne near Bath.
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TechnicalDesign for Spanish Pavilion at Expo Zaragoza wins VIIth Tile of Spain Award in Architecture
The Tile of Spain Awards are designed to celebrate global work in the field of architecture and interior design, which utilise ceramic tiles made in Spain.
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TechnicalTile types and tile specification
As suppliers to a huge and varied demand from both home and abroad, Spanish tile manufacturers are the most reliable source for all types and formats of ceramic tiles.
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TechnicalPersonalised tile decoration
Spanish tile manufacturer Ceracasa has developed brand new ink-jet technology for its Emotile range, which allows porcelain tiles to be personalised by means of digital decoration and specially adapted glazes.
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TechnicalDry tile installation by Tau
One of the most innovative systems launched this year, is DrySystem® from Spanish tile manufacturer Tau.
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TechnicalAnti-slip floor tiles
Slips and trips consistently account for around one in three non-fatal minor injuries, and for over one in five over three-day injuries in workplace areas throughout Great Britain – a total of 35,000 injuries per annum.
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TechnicalRaised Access Flooring
More and more manufacturers are introducing raised access flooring systems, including products from Spanish tile manufacturers Porcelanosa, Apavisa and Keraben. Raised access flooring is a system that combines all the beauty and benefits of a tiled floor with the high-performance characteristics of a raised one. The system allows easy, flexible ...
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TechnicalTiled flooring
Tiles offer a technically superior and more competitive flooring solution than most covering materials on the market.
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TechnicalCutting Edge Cladding
Ventilated ceramic tile façades have become an easy and attractive building solution to achieve higher energy efficiency. This cladding system, in which air circulation has an important role, shows ceramic tiles’ unmatched versatility and capability to perform under the hardest conditions. Several Tile of Spain members offer complete solutions for ...