Technical Feature – Page 38
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TechnicalAstronomy enters the bronze age
Allies & Morrison chose an unusual metal to clad its new planetarium at the Royal Observatory in Greenwich.
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TechnicalGlaze of light
In development for years, Serraglaze lamination may be coming into its own as a way of boosting natural daylight and cutting energy use. Roderick Bunn looks at how Hurd Rolland used it at a university science faculty
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TechnicalEverybody gets together — if there’s a space
Public space must be one of our values if we want a healthy society
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TechnicalMaking the skylight fantastic
How we cracked it: Softroom creates an intimate airport lounge focused on the sky
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TechnicalLooking for the green light
Lighting is a greedy user of energy, and public projects can be particularly heavy consumers. But many lighting designers are in fact trailblazing the use of low-energy technology
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TechnicalCatalogue of horrors
In 1987, the BRE published its report on system-built blocks. Sam Webb, fierce critic of the large panel systems that led to the collapse of Ronan Point, analyses the findings
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TechnicalSustainable Games are the new Klondike
The rush for a green Olympics is important, but requires teamwork
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TechnicalHow to follow the movement
The challenge To detail a seven-storey timber frame apartment block to allow for movement
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TechnicalIn Detail: St John's Therapy Centre, London
Architect: Buschow HenleyStructural engineer: Price & MyersSt John’s is a community healthcare building constructed uxnder the Lift scheme. It is clad in timber-veneered panels that give the building a civic scale and a strong material presence. The windows have been detailed to respond to varying light, privacy and acoustic requirements ...
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TechnicalCool Wall: Rank the retail projects - images
Sybarite's new Milan boutique for fashion label Marni is among the latest additions to the Cool Wall. Vote on all competing retail projects - including Universal Design Studio's Liberty revamp and MMM's showroom for Swarovski - to affect their ranking and for the chance to win an iTunes token
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TechnicalGrow your own insulation
In the search for zero-carbon construction, architects are rediscovering the virtues of natural fibre insulation. An emerging favourite is hemp, a material not only able to match synthetic fibres, but also believed to absorb CO2 during its life.
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TechnicalFresh from the depths
The might of Victorian engineering has been harnessed for 21st century sustainability
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TechnicalThe revolutionary skyscraper fire alarm
A revolutionary warning system for tall buildings which could help avert another 9/11-type disaster has been hailed by leading architects.The FireGrid system, developed over the past decade by Edinburgh University professor Jose Torero and funded by the BRE and Arup, comprises a system of sensors attached to a remote computer ...
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TechnicalTechnology on the move
Gollifer Langston’s eye-catching mobile classroom for Camden education authority uses a mix of technologies more usually employed in space or at sea.
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TechnicalBend me, shape me: furniture takes a playful turn
With cupboards and chairs that would not look out of place in the Flintstones, a bandaged coat stand and seats in the shape of an elephant and a clover leaf, this year’s event took fun seriously.
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TechnicalI've started so I'll finish
John Winter takes the hot seat in the Celcon Architectural Mastermind