All Technical articles – Page 14

  • The site is entered from Stratford City.
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    Getting up to speed with London 2012 Velodrome

    2008-12-19T00:00:00Z

    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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    Planar

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Planar lets architects create complete glass envelopes for buildings with facades on any plane, giving spacious and light-filled working environments.

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    Palette Stripe

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The new Stripe range expands the Palette Collection of modular flooring

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    Tecu Net

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Tecu Net, a semi-transparent copper net, can be used for cladding

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    Modular

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Modular Express comprises 480mm x 480mm modules offering infinite possibilities for creating impressive flooring solutions.

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    Inline

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Inline is one of a new generation of textured loop pile tiles from the Tessera range.

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    Tecton Super Highway

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Elegance and a versatile, easy-to-install electrical distribution system are the key characteristics of Tecton Super Highway lighting specified by AHMM in a south London office block at 160 Tooley Street (pictured).

  • The glass roof with sedum roof to left.
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    Getting in the swim at Lucknam Park

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Holder Mathias Architects has delivered a five-star swim solution for the Lucknam Park luxury hotel at Colerne near Bath.

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    Eyetech

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    From the Stirling Prize-shortlisted Young Vic Theatre to Sanaa’s acclaimed New Museum of Contemporary Art in Manhattan (pictured), James & Taylor is a forerunner in the use of this unique facade material, a 3D expanded aluminium mesh that is opaque when viewed from one direction, transparent from the other

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    MX Curtain Walling

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The new MX curtain walling system offers an vast range of design options using a single grid system

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    SFC 85

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Schüco’s new thermally broken facade system SFC 85 has a structural glazing variation that offers a particularly high-value architectural curtain walling solution.

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    Elite System 60

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    Elite System 60, with a half-round profile outer sheet, provides a contemporary cladding option

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    Compact 100 Recessed Luminaires

    2008-12-12T00:00:00Z

    The Compact 100 range provides ambient lighting for administrative and commercial spaces, and offers cost-effective, quality design

  • Victorian Woodworks’ Lincoln oak
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    Victorian Woodworks’ Lincoln oak

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Victorian Woodworks offers wood flooring solutions for commercial and residential environments.

  • Kolumba Museum in Cologne, Germany
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    Petersen Tegl’s Kolumba

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Kolumba is a new collection of handcrafted, horizontal building ceramics intended for masonry and tiling, developed in cooperation with architect Peter Zumthor for the Kolumba Museum in Cologne, Germany.

  • Kingspan Off-Site Fabrik facade system
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    Kingspan Off-Site Fabrik’s facade system

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    This lightweight external cladding comprises a high-strength, glass-reinforced concrete backing, factory-fixed to a Kingspan Metro Architectural facade system, to provide a unitised and insulated wall solution.

  • Saatchi Gallery, London
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    Dinesen’s Douglas floorboards

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Denmark’s leading manufacturer of exclusive wooden flooring, Dinesen uses either Douglas fir or oak for its custom-made floorboards.

  • Finnforest’s Thermowood D
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    Finnforest’s Thermowood D

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    Thermowood D is produced from sustainably sourced Finnish redwood pine that is treated at over 200°C in steam-heated kilns.

  • Cosetino’s Silestone platinum
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    Cosetino’s Silestone platinum

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    With its UK launch last month, this collection brings together the latest technology, materials and design influences.

  • Dominic Crinson’s Ensemble patterned wallpaper collection
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    Dominic Crinson’s Ensemble patterned wallpaper collection

    2008-11-21T00:00:00Z

    This durable wallpaper contains no substances damaging to the health or the environment.