All Technical articles – Page 52
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How we cracked it 11: Met Building 22 Percy Street, London
Oliver Richards of ORMS explains how his team brought air conditioning into a sixties office building by integrating the services into prefabricated bespoke cladding panels
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- Green guide The Green House: New Directions in Sustainable Architecture is a useful guide for architects wanting to harness the environmental, economic and physiological benefits of living green. Editors Alanna Stang and Christopher Hawthorne have trotted around the globe to bring together 25 contemporary residences that are good examples ...
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Smaller, quicker, cheaper
Forget John Prescott’s £60K house, Richard Horden has plans for a £35,000 home, taking its inspiration from Japanese tea houses and first class air travel to offer hi-tech living.
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Easy on the ice
Despite its setting, the Halley VI Antarctic station will have to minimise water use.
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Skirting the runway
Amanda Birch gets under the skin of Reid’s new air traffic control tower
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How we cracked it 10: Flat-pack staircase, Islington apartment, London
To squeeze in a new staircase in a compact space, Lisa Harmey draws on the flat-pack system to create an innovative folding stair that can be used easily on domestic projects
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Housing’s heat wave
A Madrid project by Feilden Clegg Bradley holds solutions for global warming
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Getting more Zeds in
Following BedZed’s success, Bill Dunster reveals how he is refining the concept to create cheaper and greener eco-homes en masse
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I wish I'd done that... Housing project
Ben Derbyshire on Herzog & de Meuron’s apartment building in Paris
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In detail 47: Social housing in Vallecas, Madrid
Architect Feilden Clegg BradleyM&E engineer: Max FordhamEnvironmental engineer: EMMA SL
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Putting on a show The Building Centre in London has opened a dedicated exhibition space for sustainable building materials. The Eco-Zone will showcase environmentally friendly manufacturers and products, all carefully assessed for energy efficient design, resource efficiency, waste minimisation, recyclability, durability and low maintenance. The Building Centre is inviting a ...
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Utopia at Center Parcs
As long as we are ruled by roads, the public realm will remain a mess
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How we cracked it 09: Lucky Voice karaoke bar, Soho, London
Waugh Thistleton Architects soundproofed nine private karaoke pods, while still maximising space. Jerome Buckwell explains one aspect of the acoustic solution.
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St Paul’s scrubs up a treat
Graham Bizley describes the painstaking process of cleaning and restoring the cathedral’s interior
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Modern stars of the silver screen
Umu’s clever combination of innovative surface materials makes it a place to linger, says Amanda Birch
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Relaxing lyrical
Gross Max had to work around a maze of underground services to create Lyric Square, writes Pamela Buxton