More Architectural Reviews – Page 79
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Micro CHP: Home made
Micro combined heat and power units that generate free electricity while heating your house are due to hit the UK market next year. But are they too good to be true?
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Hawkins\Brown¹s New Art Exchange: cubism reimagined
HawkinsBrown’s New Art Exchange for the deprived community of Hyson Green in Nottingham is a black box on the outside, a blank canvas for artists inside.
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Japanese knotweed: tackling a green menace
A housebuilder in Cornwall explains why it spent £2m getting the stubborn weed off its site
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What lies beneath: Grimshaw's conversion of the LSE
Don’t be fooled by the classical Edwardian exterior – Grimshaw’s modern conversion for the London School of Economics is as exciting as it is innovative. By Martin Spring Photographs by Jens Willebrand
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Natural ventilation: Second wind
A Cambridge university research team decided traditional natural ventilation strategies were just not up to scratch and came up with a new approach. Stephen Kennett reports
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Hot wheels: Abu Dhabi's Ferrari theme park
The Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi has all the sleek lines, smooth curves and visual impact of the Italian super car, just on a mind-boggling scale.
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Eastender: New development in east London
The mayor of London has approved a new 27-storey development in east London
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Oundle SciTec uses eco features as educational tools
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios' design for a innovative technology, art and aesthetics school incorporates onsite renewables
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Four education sector schemes by FCB Studios
Architect designs North Devon College, Samworth Academy, Manchester Metropolitan business school and Oundle SciTec
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Westminster Academy by AHMM
Architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris' design for the new secondary school encourages team work
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Thames Gateway and flooding: going with the flow
An architect tells the Thames Gateway Forum how to live with flooding
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King’s College Dubai by Penoyre and Prasad
20,000m2 building complex features passive and active design measures to minimise energy consumption
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Of a different stripe: Nottingham's new science park
The sub-industrial grey box we normally associate with science parks is nowhere to be seen in HawkinsBrown and Studio Egret West’s park, camouflaged as it is by floating bulrushes and giant timber lily pads.
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¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ the Tottenham stadium: What Arsenal can teach Spurs
Spurs fans won't like trailing Arsenal, but the construction plan for their new ground was driven by the project team's experience building their rival's Emirates stadium
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Sustainability Champion of the Year and Sustainable Contractor of the Year: Wates Group - video
Not content with scooping a double award, Wates Group's Rachel Wooliscroft wanted to tell us what was she was up to next. Wates Group - Rachel Wooliscroft
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Fitzpatrick builds for its green future
Winner of the ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Sustainability Award large project of the year the new Fitzpatrick HQ building is an exemplar of green development. It achieved a BREEAM ‘excellent’ rating thanks to an inspired design, dual power supplies, dimmable external lighting and pine scented air
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Old terraces in Staffordshire become green icons
Winner of the ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ 99% Campaign Award for refurbishment this is an inspiring example of how to turn a humble Victorian house into an eco terrace
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Northern Arizona University: Platinum record
Sustainable architect of the year at the ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Sustainability Awards 2008 Hopkins owes its success to this bold project in America. The research building is one of the most environment-friendly in the US
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The Barratt code level six house, a guide
Here's a guide to the Sustainable Small ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ of the Year at the ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Sustainability Awards 2008. It looks conventional enough on the outside, but you’re staring at the first Code for Sustainable Homes level six home to be built by a volume housebuilder. Inside it’s an all-out radical.
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‘Three Gardens’ affordable housing scheme in Suffolk
Architect Riches Hawley Mikhail’s design puts sustainability at the core