All articles by Will Hunter – Page 6
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FeaturesMixed use requires mixmasters
Retail is dead, long live mixed use — that’s the mantra driving the current wave of retail development.
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FeaturesKeeping up at Peter Jones
Three years on, John McAslan returns to see how John McAslan & Partners’ work has held up at the iconic John Lewis department store in Sloane Square, west London
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Features‘Retail has a public face – no one sees a rear extension’
Project Orange co-founder James Soane offers some tips to young practice Open Arch as it diversifies into retail
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TechnicalThe shunting of the Sark
A visitor centre for the Cutty Sark will be made possible by raising the sailing ship 1.5m to create space underneath.
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FeaturesCan private clients restore hospital design to health?
Whenever a new healthcare building is praised for good design, the unspoken addendum of “good for healthcare” is left hanging in the air.
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TechnicalHow to get under the skin of architecture’s great cover-up
Surfaces lay bare the architect’s imagination and clients’ aspirations, say BD’s surfaces experts
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Features‘Make the most of everything you’ve got’
Dive Architects gets a crash course in how to land its first education building from the experienced duo at Meadowcroft Griffin
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TechnicalRefurbishment: Glenn Howells converts a Victorian warehouse into an art gallery
Glenn Howells Architects’ conversion of a 19th century listed warehouse in Portsmouth into a modern and flexible art gallery nurtures both old and new.
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News
Construction phase needs safety measures
Beyond the residential sector, timber is gaining a growing following thanks to its credentials as a renewable, sustainable resource, and the development of engineered timber products for frames, roofs, walls and even entire buildings.
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TechnicalRecycled materials reduce a building's carbon footprint
The high profile of renewable energy is making recycling look green around the gills.
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Building StudyGeorgian on their minds
John McAslan & Partners has stripped an unlovable 1960s office building back to its frame and remodelled it as a stone obelisk in a nod to its 18th century neighbours
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Features
Workers should feel at home in the office
Foster & Partners’ Hearst Tower has been a particular favourite in the BD Magazine office.
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FeaturesOur fab foursome
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, BD’s Office Architect of the Year, has been producing hits since 1989 and still has everything to play for.
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Features‘Winning work is about your relationship with people’
Stephen Archer brings his expert knowledge to the table as he advises Bell Phillips on building a rapport with office developers
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Technical'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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Features
Only the best will keep the public coming back
Modern life is full of paradoxes. On the one hand, tech-nology allows us to build our own private virtual worlds based on textmates, downloads and myspace.com.
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TechnicalStriking in its steel simplicity
Eric Parry’s Aldermanbury Square office uses ‘shot peened’ stainless steel to create an elegant and bold structure.
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TechnicalHelp cut George’s emissions
Does writer George Monbiot need to pay £20,000 to green-up his home? Elaine Knutt asked three architects to suggest alternatives
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Building StudyThe Palestra and the pod
Palestra’s pod is the inviting gateway to Will Alsop’s architecture and ID:SR’s interiors, a happy combination of styles that blend practicality and whimsy
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Features
Interiors: where design makes the difference
Architecture is in the ascendant, beloved by politicians, developers and the public. But interior design is still lagging behind, sharing its status with Channel 5 make-over shows and those adverts for correspondence courses in women’s magazines.