All Technical articles – Page 27
-
TechnicalBrief - Manchester Civil Justice Centre
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.
-
TechnicalIwamoto Scott Architecture’s Voussoir Cloud
Iwamoto Scott’s Voussoir Cloud at the Southern California Institute of Architecture is a temporary installation showcasing the power of building offsite with paper
-
TechnicalCartwright Pickard’s modular housing for east Africa
Cartwright Pickard is creating modular homes for east Africa that can be rapidly assembled offsite
-
TechnicalHow Castleford got ready for its close-up
For five years, the Yorkshire town of Castleford was filmed by Channel 4 for its TV series, Kevin McCloud & the Big Town Plan. BD spoke to Peter Box, leader of the district council, about how the show affected the regeneration process
-
TechnicalEvent to examine sustainability in a recession
BD columnist Paul Morrell and architects from Sheppard Robson, Zed Factory and Bond Bryan to speak at green conference
-
TechnicalRichard Griffiths Architects restores the Elizabethan garden at Kenilworth Castle, Warwickshire
Richard Griffiths Architects’ £2m restoration of Robert Dudley’s ‘sensual paradise’ at Kenilworth is an exercise in authenticity
-
TechnicalTonkin Liu’s Promenade of Light at Old Street
Tonkin Liu has completed the first part of a three-phase project to upgrade the area around Old Street roundabout in central London
-
TechnicalArchitect to show Code Level 5 house at Interbuild
Woodward Smith Architects-designed family house on show at Birmingham exhibition next week
-
TechnicalA case for Passivhaus
In the first of a series on Passivhaus sustainability expert Henrietta Lynch runs through the basics principles behind what is rapidly growing as a standard for low energy design for all types of buildings on the Continent
-
TechnicalBrief - Fort Dunlop
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorma UK and What’s new in Building, we’re challenging readers to identify the architecturally significant location the Dorma penguin can be seen visiting in the picture above.
-
TechnicalDORMA makes the headlines at iconic new Birmingham Post & Mail offices
DORMA glass doors, screens and partitions have been installed at the iconic new Fort Dunlop headquarters of the Birmingham Post & Mail. Trinity Mirror Midlands, owners of the Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd, are relocating after 150 years in Birmingham City centre and have taken the entire top floor of ...
-
TechnicalWill the future be Dubai or Masdar?
Foster’s Masdar design team rocked up at the Cityscape conference last week in Dubai — and was really impressive
-
TechnicalGareth Hoskins' Gathering Place at the 2008 Venice Architecture Biennale
How Gareth Hoskins Architects created its Gathering Place pavilion using laminated veneer sections and a 11.5m cranked beam
-
TechnicalAsif Khan’s West Beach Café at Littlehampton
West Beach Café, Asif Khan’s first building, is a cheerful addition to the Littlehampton littoral
-
TechnicalJohn McAslan & Partners’ £17m refurb of Goldfinger’s Trellick Tower
How did John McAslan & Partners arrive at the difficult decision to replace the original windows at Trellick Tower as part of the £17 million restoration of Erno Goldfinger’s west London landmark?
-
TechnicalUrban Initiatives remodels south London’s Aylesbury Estate
Urban Initiatives’ Kelvin Campbell has spent nearly two years masterplanning the £2.4 billion Aylesbury redevelopment. It’s the sixth such plan in ten years, so why is he confident it will succeed?
-
TechnicalClaffey House aims for BREEAM 'excellent'
Aedas' zero-carbon design includes rooftop photovoltaic array and ground source heat pump
-
TechnicalOffice of Public Works with Keith Williams Architects' new Wexford Opera House
Wexford’s Theatre Royal gave award-winning lighting designer Sutton Vane Associates the chance to place its skills centre stage
-
TechnicalDyson Jr finds a new angle with Motorlight
It appears that 35-year-old Jake Dyson has inherited his father’s imaginative and entrepreneurial genes.
-
TechnicalThe environmental cost of leaving the lights on
If all UK offices switched their lights off at night the carbon savings could be phenomenal according to recent research. Time to acts writes Henrietta Lynch