All Technical articles – Page 35
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Supplier interview
John Small, of Foster & Partners, on collaborating with Steelcase on its Forward office system
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Gotta have shades
Levolux has installed the world’s longest aluminium solar shading fins at Chiswick Park Building 5, designed by Richard Rogers Partnership for Stanhope.
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Doing the quick step in the City
Prefab flooring system developed by Arup puts Foster’s Willis Building on the fast track
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Surfaces: Jestico and Whiles' attention-grabbing walls for a Croatian hotel
Walls featuring drawings of nudes, and bathrooms with glass walls are two of the enticing features of Jestico & Whiles’ ‘sexy’ refurbished hotel for the Croatian Island of Hvar.
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Surfaces: David Chipperfield's innovative internal glazing for an Amsterdam office
Silk screen prints of pencil patterns set in glass partitions give office workers both light and privacy.
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Securing a new PFI school by design
The challenge: To meet the client’s brief of Secure By Design status for a new build PFI school
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Off-site and housing: Architects and manufacturers team up to invent new modular systems
Architects are cross-breeding onsite and offsite construction, write Marguerite Lazell and Elaine Knutt
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Off-site and housing: SmartLIFE project aims to find the best modern construction method
Cambridgeshire research project compares three MMC's to find the best possible way to build a house, writes Marguerite Lazell
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'Moving' buildings become a reality with telematics
Telematics is the art and science of transforming facades with moving images. Elaine Knutt looks into a future world in which buildings communicate and respond to their environments
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The Olympics sparked
When we looked at the Olympic project the stadium, the Olympic Village, the training and performance venues we realised that there needs to be a consistent security system between them all. It would make sense if one company could supply all the doorsets, including the frames, the handles ...
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Recycling goes underground
Did you know that the 15,000sq m of glossy black and white tiles used in the refurbishment of London’s Oxford Circus tube station are in fact a reincarnation of the old tiles, removed after 25 years’ service?
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Recycling goes underground
Did you know that the 15,000sq m of glossy black and white tiles used in the refurbishment of London’s Oxford Circus tube station are in fact a reincarnation of the old tiles, removed after 25 years’ service?
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Breathing room
The Civic Museum in Galway, designed by architects from Ireland’s Office of Public Works, is hiding a secret under its facade.
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Stand up and Recycle your seat
Furniture recycling charity Green-works has formed a partnership with office furniture manufacturer Steelcase that should boost awareness of Green-works take-back service.
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‘Architects want a good cross section of finishes, sizes and colours of tile’
Supplier interview: Chris Petitjean, marketing director, Architectural Ceramics