Technical Feature – Page 45
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TechnicalI wish Id done that... surface
David Perera on the reception of the UNA Hotel Vittorio in Florence, by Fabio Novembre
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The magic numbers
It’s not just the golden section — architects often use complex mathematical sequences as inspiration for their designs. David Littlefield reports on the latest schemes to find their forms from numbers
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‘L’ stands for leakage
Airtightness could be a much more effective solution to energy efficiency and reducing CO2 than insulation, according to overdue research on meeting Part L.
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Up, up and away
The Serpentine Pavilion, always a chance to show off, is this year an ethereal balloon — light enough to float yet structurally robust. Will Jones explains how Rem Koolhaas and Cecil Balmond did it
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Taking the strain
Load-bearing facades have never quite gone away, but they may now be giving curtain walls a run for their money. Jes Fernie looks at buildings that bear their structure on their sleeves
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TechnicalGimme shelters
A West Midlands scheme shows how building youth shelters can benefit both young people and architects.
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TechnicalDesign an international oasis for a desert
Of all the potentially disastrous effects of climate change, “water wars” would be the most bloody and brutal.
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TechnicalHands across the divide
Two community-led approaches to helping the developing world show how architectural skills - often overlooked by aid organisations - are rebuilding lives from Kosovo to Cambodia.
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TechnicalLondon Met's disaster MA fits the new world order
Toni Ruttimann's story was about breaking the rules on international aid, rules which recent events have shown to be in any case changing.
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I wish I'd done that...House
James Soane on the ‘architecture of modesty’ in Jim Ede’s conversion of Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge
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TechnicalOn the cutting room floor
The AA student summer pavilion is a work of fractal geometry in wood. Elaine Knutt tells us how they did it
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I wish I'd done that... Timber structure
Matthew Wells on the equestrian centre, Flyinge Kungsgarden, Sweden
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Beyond the regulations
Renewables will only get us so far - reducing CO2 emissions must be the key
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 29: North Elmham, Norfolk
The challenge: To create a house with dramatic structural openings and large uninterrupted volumes on a low budget
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TechnicalFrench lessons
Elaine Knutt reports on a new school where door frames were cast directly into concrete walls
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