All Public buildings articles – Page 7
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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 – though not half as much fun as smashing a hole in ...
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Mechanical ventilation
Passivent has launched an automatically controlled mechanical extract ventilation system suitable for multi-occupancy buildings such as student accommodation and nursing homes.
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FeaturesMulti-service beams
Multi-service beams are helping to meet the lighting, acoustic and energy-efficiency requirements at the new Horbury High School in Wakefield.
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Automatic door closers
The ED200 fully automatic, electro-hydraulic swing door operator from Dorma is the only automatic product of its type on the market with Certifire approval, claims the company.
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FeaturesWiring accessories
MK Electric has launched a white version of its Metalclad Plus range of electrical accessories that is suitable for environments such as hospitals, schools and laboratories.
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NewsWilliam Hill tips David Chipperfield to win Stirling prize
With only two days to go until the prize draw, who do you think will win the RIBA Stirling Prize?
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NewsJurys verdict awaited
Developer Mountbrook Homes is seeking planning permission for the Jurys Berkeley Court project in Dublin city centre.
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NewsFoster Malaysian scheme picks up Aga Khan award
UK architect is among nine who have been awarded the 2007 Aga Khan Award for Architecture
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NewsDavid Chipperfield wins two Stirling Prize nominations
Architect is joined on the shortlist by Foster + Partners, Office for Metropolitan Architecture, Haworth Tompkins and Glenn Howells
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NewsA green oasis
A team including consulting engineer Buro Happold has won a competition to design a government district in Tripoli, the capital of Libya.
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FeaturesTop drawer
Talk about a cabinet reshuffle – Denton Corker Marshall’s flamboyant design for Manchester’s Civil Justice Centre has brought dynamism to the heart of the legal establishment. Over the next eight pages Martin Spring praises the building’s clear, bold expression and on pages 48-50, we meet the Australian trio who designed ...
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NewsUK's biggest court opens doors to Lord Chancellor - images
Lord Falconer praises design of the £113m Manchester Civil Justice Centre by architect Denton Corker Marshall
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NewsHopkins helps Hackney
Hopkins Architects has won planning permission for this customer service centre for Hackney council in east London.
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FeaturesRecordamos
Madrid has unveiled a memorial that preserves the experiences of those present at Europe’s worst post-war terrorist attack
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Waymarking system
Zumtobel Lighting has launched an LED-powered waymarking system suitable for providing visual guidance in a range of environments including hospitals and care homes.
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Repair mortars
Instarmac has launched a floor levelling, smoothing and repair mortar called Ultra IT. It includes two repair mortars and three smoothing levellers.
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FeaturesLighting rafts
SAS International has announced that its System 600 acoustic lighting rafts are now available as a range of standardised designs.