All articles by Alex Smith – Page 8

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    Hopkins woos Sky riders with velodrome sketch show

    2010-06-30T09:04:00Z

    Hopkins director Mike Taylor shares the secrects of the 2012 velodrome with riders on the London Festival of Architecture Velo2Velo

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    HOK turns its office into a village green

    2010-06-29T11:21:00Z

    HOK London studio goes green as part of the London Festival of Architecture Open Studios

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    How to smooth Building's web fonts

    2010-06-08T16:00:00Z

    If fonts on the new Building web site appear ’blocky’ you probably need to turn on Cleartype on your PC. Here’s how.

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    Mainstream green: Brighton belle

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it’s going to do it its own sweet way

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    Making fonts appear clearly on building.co.uk

    2010-06-01T13:04:00Z

    If our new-look website isn’t looking too hot, here are a couple of computer tweaks that could help…

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    How construction can make cycling safer

    2010-04-29T22:22:00Z

    The warm weather and longer days is making cycling to work enjoyable again. The streets of London are teeming with cyclists riding new bikes bought on their company's Cycle to Work scheme.Cycling is a brilliant to get stay fit and avoid the stuffy Tube, but unfortunately it's not as safe ...

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    Google's favourite architects

    2009-05-08T14:50:00Z

    Who is the starriest of all the starchitects? Frank, Norman or Zaha? Or maybe Daniel Libeskind or Richard Rogers of Chelsea Barracks fame?Well according to Google the most searched for living architects are Frank Gehry and Zaha Hadid.The search engine reckons that there are 135,000 searches for these two architects ...

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    The rules

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A fire investigation body cites the potential risks for roof spaces ahead of next year's revision of Part B of the Building Regulations. Plus the BBA clarifies the issue of ventilation in cold-pitched roofs.

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    Get on board

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    When the architect of Walthamstow's bus station had to cut costs on the stunning roof, it needed the whole team to work together in order to reach the destination.

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    A fare deal

    2004-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The design team behind the Walthamstow bus station in east London has used its tight budget very wisely.

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    All becomes clear

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Rick Mather Architects knows that when designing a minimalist building, its windows have a great bearing on its appearance.