All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 16
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FeaturesPassivhaus for dummies
An off-site Passivhaus solution has been developed that can, its maker claims, be put up by anyone able to hold a hammer. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesLeeds Arena: Big noise in the city
How Bam kept the noise down in the 12,500-seat arena in Leeds city centre
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FeaturesSouthend Pier Cultural Centre: Out on a limb
How do you carry out a construction project more than a mile out to sea during one of the wettest, windiest summers on record? Well, Kier’s approach to the £3m Southend Pier Cultural Centre job was to build it somewhere else
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FeaturesBIM: The inside story one year on
Building caught up with the team on the Manchester library refurb project to see if BIM was everything they hoped it would be
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FeaturesRetrofit reality check
A test to measure heat loss in refurbished homes shows a worrying gulf between predictions for energy efficiency and reality
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NewsFuel cell-powered home on market
Crest Nicholson development offers first home powered by fuel cell, whilst E.ON looks to distribute system
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2012: Quality streets
Our technical editor’s take on the five winning schemes in this year’s Housing Design Awards
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FeaturesRope trick: Thames cable car
An ambitious plan to build a cable car over the Thames was up against some seriously tough technical challenges, not to mention the dreaded jinx of the Greenwich peninsula. Building finds out whether they pulled it off. Photography by Tim Crocker
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FeaturesThe Mary Rose museum: Hidden treasure
The Mary Rose museum is ready for fit-out but to get to this point the contractor had to build around the ancient hull, keeping it at a constant temperature to allow restoration to be uninterrrupted. Thomas Lane found out how the team handled an historic gem
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Archive TitlesA trip to the top: What is the Orbit like?
Britain’s tallest and most controversial sculpture, the Orbit was unveiled today on the Olympic Park. What is it like?
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FeaturesOffshore wind farms: Winds of change
Tidal turbine technology is changing fast and offshore wind turbines are getting bigger, so the government-backed firm Narec is investing £80m into its testing facilities to simulate the harsh conditions at sea. Thomas Lane explains
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News95% of homes fail to meet ventilation requirements
Rise in airtight homes prompts increase in mechanical systems
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FeaturesHousing ventilation: Bit of an air con
In the race to build ever more airtight homes, it appears that housebuilders are sacrificing air quality, with some 95% of new dwellings failing Part F ventilation standards
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Archive TitlesKingspan insulation collection scheme: Waste away
Kingspan has piloted an insulation collection scheme in Dudley that aims to help contractors edge closer to their zero-waste-to-landfill targets
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FeaturesFrance's nuclear fusion reactor: The hottest and coldest place on earth
Building goes on the trail of the ITER - a £12.5bn multinational project that might just save the world …
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FeaturesDesigning a dancefloor: Ramboll's new moves
When Ramboll was faced with the problem of designing a lightweight, long-span floor capable of withstanding the combined weight of a school dance class, it needed to come up with some exciting new moves … Building reports
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FeaturesBest supporting acts: The ICE awards
Beneath Londoners’ feet, on their roads and in their stations, the city is undergoing arguably its biggest transformation since the Victorian age. The ICE awards, held last week, celebrated the cream of this current wave of infrastructure projects. Thomas Lane rounds up the winners
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CommentThe future's green
This year’s Ecobuild is the biggest so far and the green agenda is more relevant than ever
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FeaturesFrom 1900 to 2012: Finishing the University of Birmingham
Aston Webb’s grand semi-circle of buildings conceived for Birmingham university in 1900 was the original redbrick campus. But only four of its five neo-Byzantine pavilions were ever built. Now Glenn Howells Architects and Bam have finished the job. Building reports
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FeaturesRaindrops keep falling: The Oxford Natural History Museum's leaking roof
The Oxford Natural History Museum has been plagued by water dripping through its roof since its completion but after years of buckets and botched jobs one architect has finally solved the problem. Building finds out how you fix a 154-year-old leak