All Technical articles – Page 26
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Sprinklers by Hall & Kay
These come in a standard size, usually in white or bronze, but can be coloured to order to complement the interior scheme.
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Specialist joinery by Jumbo Group
The firm works to architects’ specifications or client images using many different timbers.
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Wash and glow
Armitage Shanks has launched its Contour21 range of school wash-room products for three different age groups – 3-6 (pictured above), 7-11 and 11+.
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Furniture supplied by Places and Spaces
The south London firm sources contemporary pieces for contract and domestic clients.
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Safety Flooring by Nora
German supplier Nora Flooring Systems’ rubber anti-slip flooring has been rated “A” by the BRE for environmental sustainability.
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Proctor Fencing Systems
Welded mesh panels, each 2.5m wide, are made from 5mm wire, with 200mm x 50mm apertures, and are a good solution for projects on a tight budget.
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ETFE rooflights by Vector Foiltec
The rooflights are formed from a triple-layered cushion of ETFE.
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Curtain walling installed by Solaglas
Solaglas supplied Technal’s MC curtain wall system. Recently upgraded, it now offers improved thermal insulation and a wider range of possibilities from a single grid system.www.solaglas.co.uk
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Concrete panels by Trent Concrete
The panels add thermal mass to reduce mechanical cooling, and have been treated with an anti-graffiti coating at lower level.
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Ceiling tiles by SAS International
Perforations in the tiles allow sound to be absorbed by acoustic pads.
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Carpet tiles by Domo
Millennium tiles by Belgian supplier Domo are made from tufted dyed polyamid on a reinforced backing.
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Has ‘zero carbon’ become meaningless?
The term zero carbon risks becoming a way of hiding a multitude of sins.
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Green roof by Bauder
Sedum blankets are one of the easiest green roofing systems available.
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Astroturf by McArdle Sport-Tec
Stadiaturf SF 24 PP fits a lot of weather protection into 26mm, with a UV-resistant polypropylene pile and two layers of backing.
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Linoleum by Armstrong
While most linoleum products have a speckled finish, Armstrong offers a range of flat colours — the architect chose black and a pale orange.
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Alkorplan single-ply roofing
Fully fire tested, Alkorplan is assessed by the British Board of Agrément to have a life expectancy of more than 30 years.
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Acoustic panels by Decoustic
Decoustics supplied more than 1,700sq m of Solo acoustic panels in a number of paint colours for the main entrance area and the walls of the classroom blocks.
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KSP Engel & Zimmermann’s Bergen-Belsen Centre
KSP Engel & Zimmermann Architects used high quality fair-faced concrete on its information centre to memorialise the historic Bergen-Belsen site
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Two unusual concrete wall projects add something new to the mix
Concrete is too often used in predictable forms, but there’s nothing routine about Alan Chandler’s Wall One or Gramazio & Kohler’s Perforated Wall, as Will Hunter explains
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Safety without sell-out
Greg Lomas of Foster Lomas explains how two residential refurbs integrate fire safety without compromising design