All Technical articles – Page 50
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TechnicalRhythm in blue
A GRP roof is making all the right moves for Sarah Wigglesworth’s dance studio, writes Pamela Buxton
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TechnicalIn detail 56: Siobhan Davies Dance Centre, Southwark, London
Five twisting ribbons of sky-blue glass-reinforced plastic (GRP) make up the roof of a new dance studio for the Siobhan Davies Dance Company.
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TechnicalBuilding bamboo’s reputation
A Feilden Clegg Bradley project in India is proving bamboo’s worth as a building material.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 19: Peepul Centre, Leicester
The challenge: To create removable, tiered seating for a flexible performance space
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TechnicalClassics degree
Clever use of surfaces is key to uniting a Cambridge college’s diverse buildings.
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TechnicalThinking inside the box
Plastic honeycomb walls create a show-stopping boardroom at TV channel Five, writes Damian Arnold
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TechnicalIn Detail 55: Channel Five meeting room, London
Innovative surface materials have been used to remodel the main meeting room in TV channel Five’s headquarters, a converted carriageworks dating from 1833 in London’s Covent Garden.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 18: Urban gardens
Green-roofed “Ecospace” studios are a collaboration between Idris-Perrineau Town and technical designers/structural engineers MKAD.
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TechnicalPacked full of material pleasures
James R Payne reviews the first translation of a must-have Swiss manual
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In detail 54: Young Vic Theatre, London
A jumble of old and new elements are being woven together on London’s South Bank to revitalise the Young Vic Theatre.
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TechnicalRaising the roof
A ceiling that changes to suit the performance answers the need for acoustic flexibility.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 17: 256-266 Glossop Road, Sheffield
How to bring fresh air into new-build apartments while meeting stringent acoustic requirements
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TechnicalTubes with a twist
A technical breakthrough makes earth tubes a more viable method of heating.
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TechnicalI wish I’d done that...Services project
Randall Thomas on the Autarkic Housing Project’s Autarkic House
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Making better connections
The services in complex projects can be difficult to visualise. Amanda Birch discovers how 3D modelling software is helping
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TechnicalIn Detail 53: Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge
A new building for the University of Cambridge’s Gonville & Caius College will provide 75 new student rooms, eight fellow rooms, three teaching rooms, and student recreation and conference facilities.
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TechnicalHow we cracked it 16: Tree House Nursery, Tulse Hill, London
A nursery school in Tulse Hill wanted to add new baby and toddler facilities to its 1960s London County Council school building.
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TechnicalReading in the shade
Copper mesh cladding will stop Chipperfield’s Des Moines Library overheating