Technical Feature – Page 55

  • The glass and aluminium cases house objects such as the skeletons of Charles Byrne who was 7 foot 7 and Mr Jeffs who had a disease where his muscle turned into bone.
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    Skeletons out of the closet

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    Walls of glass give the Hunterian Museum room to display its eerie exhibits

  • Jason Bruges
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    I wish Id done that... surface

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    Artist Jason Bruges on Buckminster Fuller’s futuristic dome surface

  • Step 1
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    How we cracked it 02: Mechtenberg Pedestrian Bridge, Germany

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    Mechtenberg Pedestrian Bridge, Gelsenkirchen near Essen, Germany

  • The initial concept drawing from the Z-squared feasibility study.
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    Summit plans look wobbly

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    Less talk and more action is needed to launch sustainability policies

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    Techbrief

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    In good form Architect John Letton, director of Formworks UK, has developed the Styroframe prefabricated building system. It uses lightweight permanent insulating panels which are assembled on site around a light-weight steel frame. It differs from other prefabricated systems in that the concrete is cast in-situ. Letton says this automatically ...

  • Model of a section through the courtyard to the first phase of the scheme which involves the extension of the existing island.
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    In detail 38: San Michele Cemetery, Venice

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    A new retaining wall structure will allow Venice’s cemetery to be extended to an undeveloped corner of San Michele island. The second phase of the project involves the construction of a whole new island using the same technique.

  • Visualisation of the first phase, showing a section through the island.
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    Shifting the graveyard

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    A project in Venice conquers the sea to expand San Michele cemetery.

  • The early years
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    Large panel systems exposed

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    Hailed as the solution to the housing crisis in the early sixties, large panel systems fell out of favour after the Ronan Point disaster in 1968. Here, architect and LPS campaigner Sam Webb explains how the blocks were constructed and why they are still a problem

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    The towering legacy of LPS

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    As researchers test the remaining large panel systems buildings, Sam Webb maintains the only solution is demolition. Amanda Birch reports

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    In detail 37: Education Resource Centre, Eden Project, Cornwall

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    The Education Resource Centre contains children’s classrooms, an exhibition space and a cafe to fulfil the Eden Project’s aim of educating visitors about the importance of plants within our ecosystem.

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    I wish Id done that...architectural model

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    Jonathan Sergison on Herzog & de Meuron’s model of apartments in Basel

  • Richard Rogers Partnership’s 50sq cm model of Leadenhall was made using laser cutting and illustrates the technique of stacking perspex to form buildings.
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    Super models

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    Rapid prototyping means sophisticated models at the touch of a button

  • Step 3
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    How we cracked it 01: Lens ceiling, Federal Courthouse, Phoenix, Arizona

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    Luke Lowings explains an intriguing solution to the perennial problem of attaching glass panels in this ceiling project designed for Richard Meier’s Federal Courthouse

  • Overglazed and poorly insulated 1960s buildings as shown here in the City of London in 1963, may need to be demolished in the light of recent climate change research.
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    Weather warning

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    Sixties buildings must come down, argues our new columnist

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    In detail 36: BBC Broadcasting House

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    Architect: MacCormac Jamieson PrichardStructural and facade engineer: WhitbybirdA double-skinned glass facade will link Broadcasting House with two new buildings, bridging varying floor levels and functions to form a unified backdrop to a new entrance piazza and Nash’s All Souls Church.The design team wanted a calm, uncluttered facade. To avoid too ...

  • Visualisation of the completed project, showing the building deep within the new U-shaped public piazza which will link Broadcasting House on the left and the new Egton House wing opposite.
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    Broadcast in stone

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    A stone and glass facade brings unity to BBC’s Broadcasting House project

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    Techbrief

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    Set sail Tensile expert Fabric Architecture has created a type of flexible cladding that will give PVC and PTFE a run for their money. Made from silicone glass, the cladding material has been adapted from ventilation duct lining, to create a series of sails that can be fixed to a ...

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    I wish Id done that... cladding

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    Alison Brooks on Atelier One’s cladding at the Singapore Arts Centre

  • The chapel at the new Salvation Army headquarters hangs at first floor level over the entrance .
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    In detail 35: Salvation Army Chapel, London

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    The new headquarters of the Salvation Army is on one of the most significant public routes in London — between the Millennium Bridge over the Thames and St Paul’s Cathedral.

  • The Daycaster, Sutherland Hussey’s 40m-long steel structure uses colour to silently report the weather of the past 24 hours.
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    Looks like rain

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    Damian Arnold reports on a weather-recording art installation in Exeter by Sutherland Hussey