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WEBFletcher Priest reworks 9,300sqm office building in London’s West End. Last of the summer wine: pavilion round-up. White Arkitekter completes Scandi-inspired neighbourhood in Barking. Matthew Giles Architects reworks suburban house with timber-clad extensions. Hopkins completes School of Data Science in Virginia.
Architecture competitions and news – The Architects' Journal
WEBThe AJ’s Competitions Editor rounds up the best UK and international architectural competitions – including frameworks, ideas contests, high-profile commissions and other opportunities. A new £120 million multidisciplinary consultancy framework has been announced by Transport for Greater Manchester [Deadline: 28 October 2024]
Latest architecture news – The Architects’ Journal
WEBThe latest architecture news covering buildings, architects, planning, competition wins and business. You can also read about topics including the climate emergency, retrofit, the RIBA and architectural education. Queen Elizabeth memorial design contest to launch this year. A competition to design a memorial to Queen Elizabeth II in St James ...
RIBA Plan of Work 2020 released with new focus on sustainability
WEBFeb 27, 2020 · RIBA Plan of Work 2020 released with new focus on sustainability. The RIBA has beefed up the role of sustainable design in its updated Plan of Work, published today (27 February) The new document is the first overhaul of the guidance since 2013, when the A-L steps were scrapped in favour of the current numbered steps.
Saving the earth: making the case for rammed earth architecture
WEBApr 15, 2021 · Rammed earth is seen by some as primitive, or associated with poverty. Yet it can be rendered, clad, painted, plastered, dry-lined or sealed and so used as a direct replacement for energy-hungry clay bricks or concrete blocks. It is formed largely from aggregates – sands and gravels – with a small clay content acting as a binder.
Buildings - The Architects’ Journal
WEBBuilding studies and other coverage of the latest architectural building designs, including houses, extensions, offices and schools. Shedkm designs extensively glazed ‘beacon’ church for Merseyside. Lighthouse Church is designed to provide a welcoming presence and community hub in Heswall and help reinvigorate the town’s high street.
Building regs 2022: what’s changed and what you need to know
WEBJun 15, 2022 · New and replacement heating systems in both domestic and non-domestic builds must have a maximum flow temperature of 55°C. Existing non-domestic buildings must improve the efficiency of heating and hot water boiler systems through installation of new controls. In new buildings (non-domestic), the …
Atkins - The Architects’ Journal
WEBThe AJ can reveal that Atkins is behind plans for 400m-tall cube-shaped skyscraper in Saudi Arabia and that it will help deliver NEOM’s massive desert linear city The Line. Shortlist in Network Rail stations contest revealed. AJ100 Best Use of Technology award 2020 finalists announced. Atkins reworks listed Plymouth museum as cultural centre.
‘The planners were bemused why we wanted to keep it’: the clients ...
WEBFeb 27, 2020 · The £196 million redevelopment, due to complete next year, comprises 29,000m 2 of office space and features a large atrium, five terraces and 2.7m-high floor-to-ceiling windows, filling offices and stairwells with natural daylight. There are 22 new-build affordable flats adjacent to the site, with public-realm improvements including enhanced greening around the perimeter, benefiting the wider ...
From the archive: 100 years of steel in architecture
WEBApr 5, 2016 · The Brooklyn Bridge in New York was completed in 1883 to the designs of architect and engineer John Augustus Roebling. For 20 years Brooklyn Bridge was - at 486m - the longest suspension bridge in the world, and was the first bridge to make extensive use of steel. The Forth Bridge - started in 1882 and completed in …