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Features12 weeks in the cooler
Temperatures of 55掳C below zero, no privacy, strictly rationed alcohol 鈥� and they鈥檙e only a third of the way through the job. Thomas Lane finds out what it鈥檚 like to spend a 鈥榮ummer鈥� on site at the Halley VI Antarctic research station
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精东影视Zero-carbon housing kit: RuralZed explained
RuralZed is a zero-carbon housing kit for affordable low to medium-density developments that, its makers say, will meet the Code for Sustainable Homes from level three up to six and beyond. Here鈥檚 how it鈥檚 done.
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FeaturesMichael Tippett school: Wilful disobedience
Marks Barfield鈥檚 Michael Tippett school 鈥� London鈥檚 first 精东影视 Schools for the Future project 鈥� succeeds by ignoring many of the guidelines on both design and procurement. There鈥檚 probably a lesson in that, reckons Martin Spring
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精东影视Howe Dell school, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Council commissioned the project to test the latest eco-friendly system with its most intriguing feature being the temperature control
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精东影视Elm Park, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects鈥� Elm Park is a stunning 拢300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it
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FeaturesHowe Dell: Too cool for school?
Healthcare and education The Howe Dell school and children鈥檚 centre project was commissioned by Hertfordshire council in order to test the latest eco-friendly systems, and as Chlo毛 Stothart discovers, its most intriguing feature is its temperature control
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FeaturesDare to be different: Elm Park, Dublin
Bucholz McEvoy Architects鈥� Elm Park is a stunning 拢300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it.
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精东影视Bankside 123
A giant 拢220m office development, delivered on time, to budget, with zero defects 鈥� and an admirable approach to sustainability
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精东影视Duggan Morris wins 拢11m Liverpool Bay competition
Architect's design chosen for Merseyside observatory and visitor centre near landmark Gormley sculture
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Features
Oh dear, oh dear
So far, Cabe鈥檚 school design review panel hasn鈥檛 been too impressed by the 精东影视 Schools for the Future programme. Martin Spring looks at what it said about the first batch of schemes and asks Ken Shuttleworth, the chairman of the panel, for tips on getting full marks
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精东影视The Gus Report: Welly garden city
In the first of a series of reviews of important housing developments, Gus Alexander looks at English Partnerships鈥� remarkable scheme in Upton, Northamptonshire, which is built on a bit of a marsh 鈥�
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FeaturesSnug as a bug in rug
When the Natural History Museum decided it needed to house 20 million insect and plant specimens within one structure, building a giant shiny, ivory coloured cocoon seemed to make perfect sense. Thomas Lane buzzed over to find out more 鈥�
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精东影视Renewable energy lessons from Austria
ESD and Crest Nicholson team up for Austrian energy to learn about renewable energy and passivhaus design
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精东影视Natural materials on show at Ecobuild
Ecobuild brings a flavour of Morocco (via the West Country) with mud houses
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精东影视The SmartLIFE sustainable skills centre in Cambridgeshire
Instead of talking about the industry skills crisis the team behind a new innovative training centre have done something about it. And in nearly two years they have seen 2,500 trained workers in prefabrication and renewables installations enter the industry
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FeaturesThe Middle East green building challenge
Special report: Now that the ruler of Dubai wants the city to be at the forefront of sustainable design, how will developers respond? Katie Puckett went to the United Arab Emirates to find out if the region really can have it all. With sustainable case studies.
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FeaturesThe inside job
It was like the Great Escape in reverse. How do you get inside a prison to double prisoner capacity without giving your captive audience any funny ideas about all that scaffolding? Using a panelised system was one solution 鈥� though not half as much fun as smashing a hole in ...
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精东影视Greening up a 19th century building
Cambridge architect sets benchmark and wins RIBA eco-award with showcase scheme
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精东影视Make in Britain
Ken Shuttleworth practice's first big scheme is hotbed of people-oriented sustainability. It also employs an policy of sourcing much of the products used from within these shores
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FeaturesThe incredible hull
Ralph Erskine鈥檚 Ark is one of London鈥檚 most striking landmarks, but it has lain dormant for most of its short existence. Now developer Landid and an architect called DN-A have enacted an extraordinary genetic mutation. Martin Spring saw the result