Technical Feature – Page 46
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TechnicalNothing wrong with a breath of fresh air
Supply air windows are an established idea, but Part L's air-tightness requirements could mean their time has come.
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TechnicalI wish I'd done those... Doors and windows
Jason Turner on John Penn's Beach House in Suffolk
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TechnicalOil coloured office
BP's Canary Wharf offices are lit for productivity, tranquility and the pleasure of passers-by
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A feast of light
Elaine Knutt reports on the lighting design for Tadao Ando's new Morimoto restaurant in New York
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TechnicalI wish I'd done that... Lighting
Martin Lupton on Maurice Bill Lighting Design's Finsbury Avenue Square
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TechnicalWinning green hearts
Is regulation or PR the way to win the sustainability debate? Elaine Knutt was at an Energy Saving Trust round table of architects looking for the answer
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 28: Unipart Stand at Goodwood Festival of Speed
The challenge: To design a truss for a 25m-diameter inflatable dome so the whole structure could fit in a transit van and be erected without specialist equipment
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TechnicalFriends of the earth
Rammed earth is going mainstream as a result of its insulation and sustainability properties
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TechnicalFaster out of the blocks
Are Ziegel blocks a quicker and more efficient alternative to cavity walls? David Littlefield finds out
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TechnicalAirtightness test
Mike Jaggs, head of BRE's airtightness testing team, on smoking out leaks in homes and commercial buildings, in line with Part L 2006.
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TechnicalBranching out
For years the AA has been using the Serpentine pavilion as a teaching tool, but this summer a group of its students will build their own structure out of timber and construct it outside the school in Bedford Square. Elaine Knutt looks at the winning scheme and the runners-up
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TechnicalWorking with the grain
DRMM is pioneering a structural timber system for its latest school building
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TechnicalI wish I'd done that... Education building
Lloyd Stratton on BDP's Caroline Chisholm School in Northampton
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 27: Alnwick Garden, Northumberland
Napper Architects builds a treehouse interpretation centre set on an open-decked area leading to a treetop walkway