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FeaturesHere’s one we made earlier
Make’s City of London information centre had to look as distinct from nearby St Paul’s cathedral as possible, which led the architect to search for a cladding supplier with a flair for origami
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FeaturesA tale of a tile
The compressing of clay dust to form a small tablet that can be baked and painted was a Victorian invention that became a Victorian obsession. Stephen Kennett tells us how one modern council set about emulating their achievement
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FeaturesAir and moisture protection for timber frame
Saint Gobain Isover has launched what it calls an “intelligent climate membrane”, designed for timber-frame construction.
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Tile effect cladding
Stormking has introduced a tile effect cladding system that it says has the authentic look of traditional wall tiles.
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Insulated render
Telling Lime Products and Pittsburgh Corning have collaborated to produce an insulated render system.
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Decorative cladding
Marley Eternit has launched the Natura range of fibre cement decorative cladding panels.
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Distressed bricks
Hanson Building Products, the UK’s largest brick maker, has launched a range of clay bricks with textured, distressed faces and marbled earth tones.
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Curtain walling
Kawneer has enhanced its AA100 curtain walling system with the launch of structurally glazed and horizontally capped options.
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Fibre cement facades
Facades company James Hardie has added Color Plus to its fibre cement-based building products.
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Cladding
Unlike, say, a brick wall, an office building’s cladding is a sophisticated system that requires careful thought, assiduous testing and examplary workmanship. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explains
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Fulcrum Consulting
We’re in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum’s Clerkenwell office.
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CommentDifferent classes
If a government adviser on education design spent a day in a modern school for boys with emotional problems, what would she learn?
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FeaturesRafael Viñoly
Following the news of the death of Rafael Viñoly aged 78 here is our interview with the world renowned architect, first published in November 2007
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Wonders & blunders
Simon McWhirter picks two lots of housing: one a happy and healthy sustainable development, the other a decrepit and depressing tower block
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FeaturesNature nurtured
Studio E took two 120-year-old plane trees as the starting point for its west London primary school – and as the inspiration for a whole toy cupboard of sustainable features. The upshot is that these could be the first kids ever to love their greens.
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CommentMore DIY disasters
Show me a bespoke contract and I’ll show you a powerful client throwing its weight around. But having said that, are they better than standard fare? The short answer is ‘no’
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CommentThe simple secret of success
The expert goes to Majorca to deliver a paper about the contractual side of building – and learns a lot about how it really works from a man who doesn’t even go to his lecture …
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Are you making your staff’s life a misery?
Millions of days are lost each year because of stress, depression and anxiety. In addition, the quality of work suffers. It therefore makes sense to reduce the pressure on your workers