All Building articles in Building Specifier July 2003
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Features
Tiles of the unexpected
Or how a Kohn Pederson Fox architect with a burning obsession went on the trail of gleaming ceramic facade tiles, and uncovered their secrets with the help of a mysterious, code-cracking stranger … Alex Smith followed the story
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Features
Lifetime costs: renders
With so many render options out there, how do you choose the one you need? Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group examines the key issues and outlines the whole-life costs of three alternatives
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Comment
Glazed and confused
Terracotta glazing is enjoying a revival. It was used extensively at the beginning of the last century, and is proving popular at the start of the 21st. Specifying it is not always straightforward, though, as architect Kohn Pederson Fox found out when it tried to recreate an 80-year-old mottled glaze ...