All Technical articles – Page 9
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TechnicalAecom's Graham Fairley on new facade materials
In the last of a series of videos on facade design, Graham Fairley, head of facade engineering at Aecom, talks to Anthony Gell, CEO at the Business Voice, about the latest advances in technology and the opportunities it creates for architects.
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TechnicalChabot College Community & Student Services Centre by TBP Architecture
A new California college building incorporates electronically tintable glass to shield its atrium from the heat.
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TechnicalGlass staircases in Apple’s Covent Garden store
The two glass stairs in Bohlin Cywinski Jackson’s Covent Garden store for Apple are as amazing as the i-gadgets on sale
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TechnicalHow sustainable is sustainable design?
In the second of a series of videos on facade design, Graham Fairley, head of facade engineering at Aecom, talks to Anthony Gell, CEO at The Business Voice about the issues surrounding sustainability and architecture.
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TechnicalChipperfield's Kaufhaus Tyrol concrete facade
David Chipperfield Architects was brought in at short notice to work on the Kaufhaus Tyrol retail complex in the heart of Innsbruck’s historic centre. The result is a subtle design that lives harmoniously with its ornate setting.
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TechnicalThe implications of the new Part L regulations on facade design
In the first of a series of videos about facade design, Graham Fairley, head of facade engineering at Aecom, talks to Anthony Gell, CEO at The Business Voice about some of the hot topics in the industry today.
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TechnicalCottrell & Vermeulen’s Brentwood School
Brick is used to clad a new sixth-form centre and assembly hall for Brentwood School in Essex.
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TechnicalEric Parry Architects’ Holburne Museum in Bath
The blue-green glaze of Eric Parry’s Holburne Museum extension brings new depths to its Bath surroundings.
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TechnicalNunawading station, Melbourne
Grimshaw used prefabricated steel units to provide high-speed construction without disrupting services from a suburban Melbourne station
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TechnicalMeads Reach footbridge, Bristol
Niall McLaughlin Architects worked with Price & Myers and Martin Richman to create an integrated design that lights up the landscape
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TechnicalKentish Town Sports Centre
Max Fordham Engineers has turn Victorian technology to good use in the refurbishment of one of London’s oldest pools.
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TechnicalEnvironmental Resource Centre, Ebbw Vale, Wales
A site that was once Europe’s largest steelworks is reclaimed by nature in Design Research Unit Wales’s innovative scheme.
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TechnicalPrice & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion
Designed for the London Festival of Architecture, Price & Myers’ Hy-Pavilion is a clever folding timber structure that can be easily transported and erected.
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TechnicalTwilly Springs house by Diamond Architects
A new-build green oak frame joins an original 17th century elm timber rafters to create a contemporary house with historic roots
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TechnicalCladding Renzo Piano’s Shard
The facade of Piano’s glass tower at London Bridge station is designed to be as transparent and flush as possible
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TechnicalWarwick Clinical Trials Unit by MJP Architects
This building for Warwick University uses composite timber curtain walling to improve energy performance and create an elegant facade
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TechnicalConstantijn Huygensstraat by Tony Fretton Architects
The robust brick facade of Tony Fretton’s Amsterdam block is designed to last the building’s planned 200-year lifespan
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TechnicalAllies & Morrison’s St Andrew’s masterplan
Bricks take centre stage at the £130 million St Andrew’s scheme in east London
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TechnicalBRE’s Victorian Terrace Retrofit project
PRP Architects’ refurbished stable block will be used to demonstrate how sustainable building and insulation products can be used for upgrading the UK’s existing housing stock
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TechnicalInsulation solutions for Flimwell workshops by The Architecture Ensemble
Wood fibre and sheep’s wool insulation have been specified for a set of eight sustainable timber workshops that are being constructed in 20ha of ancient woodland in East Sussex.