All Technical articles – Page 32
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TechnicalHow to follow the movement
The challenge To detail a seven-storey timber frame apartment block to allow for movement
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FeaturesTown hall is keeping up appearances
Secondary glazing boosts insulation while leaving appearance unaltered
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TechnicalGrow your own insulation
In the search for zero-carbon construction, architects are rediscovering the virtues of natural fibre insulation. An emerging favourite is hemp, a material not only able to match synthetic fibres, but also believed to absorb CO2 during its life.
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TechnicalFresh from the depths
The might of Victorian engineering has been harnessed for 21st century sustainability
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TechnicalTechnology on the move
Gollifer Langston’s eye-catching mobile classroom for Camden education authority uses a mix of technologies more usually employed in space or at sea.
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TechnicalCurving space and saving time
Stand-alone structures can create a more dynamic office and bring down costs
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TechnicalA lesson in going against the flow
The challenge: To ensure that rainwater is not shed off the Plashet School footbridge on to the road below
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FeaturesGreek lesson: Shopping in safety
To the casual eye, The Mall in Athens is a conventional covered shopping centre.
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TechnicalRestoration drama at Pall Mall Reform Club
The same terracotta tiles as those on Rome’s Palazzo Farnese are set to brighten up the historic private members’ club on London’s Pall Mall.
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TechnicalHats off to Shigeru Ban’s Pompidou-Metz
A ‘woven’ roof is the unifying feature at the Pompidou Centre’s new gallery. But the gesture is not as simple as it may appear, as Beatrice Galilee discovered when she spoke to Arup’s roof team
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Features‘We believe offsetting is not about planting trees’
Mark Clemson, business development manager, Corus Colors
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TechnicalThe shunting of the Sark
A visitor centre for the Cutty Sark will be made possible by raising the sailing ship 1.5m to create space underneath.
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TechnicalSwift and enduring
In 1870, when the Cutty Sark was launched, she was expected to have a life-span of around 30 years. Yet today the ship retains around 90% of the original hull fabric.