All Building articles in Specifier 07 July 2006

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  • News

    Cladding

    2006-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The latest products and whole-life costs, notes on intelligent facades and the special love between an architect and its concrete supplier.

  • How the City of London would look with Foreign Office Architects’ Trinity Office Complex, just below the Swiss Re tower
    Features

    There’s more than one way to skin an office

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The latest products and whole-life costs, notes on intelligent facades and the special love between an architect and its concrete supplier. But first, Sonia Soltani on the teams defying skills shortages to install extraordinary facades

  • The new Wembley Park underground station, complete with creamy, acid-etched Belgian cladding
    Features

    How we work together

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Or how an architect found its ideal supplier … This week Sonia Soltani tells the tale of Pascall + Watson and Belgian concrete firm Decomo

  • Features

    What to remember: facades

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Facades have got so intelligent these days, they can control your building’s airflow, heat transfer, lighting and acoustics. Barbour and Scott Brownrigg explore the options for specifiers

  • Features

    Costs: Curtain wallings

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Curtain walling looks simple, but it’s a complex network of systems and components. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans examines the whole-life costs and performance of all of them

  • Mesh gets image-conscious
    Features

    What to specify: cladding and curtain walling

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    From banks to cinemas, and from theatres to homes, the latest cladding and curtain walling products can work wonders anywhere