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The project adds a two-storey extension to a Grade II-listed house in Somerset, built in the 1860s as a local school. Photography by Francesca Ióvene. Up to the minute architecture news, including building reviews, insight on running a successful practice and the …
Building regs 2022: what’s changed and what you need to know
Jun 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 minimum lighting efficacy has been raised to 80 ...
Saving the earth: making the case for rammed earth architecture
Apr 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.
Full AJ100 rankings: Foster + Partners tops league of UK’s largest ...
Jun 18, 2021 · 4/5 Foster + Partners’ vision for a modular resort on the Red Sea of Shurayrah. Foster + Partners remains the UK’s largest employer of architects, retaining the top spot in the AJ100 rankings for the 10th year in a row. Norman Foster’s practice now employers 383 qualified architects, up two from last year, extending its lead to 30 over ...
British Museum names finalists in entrances contest
Oct 11, 2024 · British Museum names finalists in entrances contest. 2/8 Shortlisted: East Architecture and Hayatsu Architects with Bradley-Hole Schoenaich Landscape. 3/8 Shortlisted: Collective Cultures (OMMX, AANF, Msoma Architects, YAA Projects) with J&L Gibbons. 6/8 Shortlisted: Studio Weave with Wright & Wright Architects, Webb Yates Engineers, Tom …
Birmingham New Street Station by AZPML, Atkins and Haskoll
Nov 13, 2015 · To this heady mix the refurbished Birmingham New Street Station by AZPML, Atkins and Haskoll has been added. The existing station was built in 1967 to replace a Victorian station that was heavily bombed in the Second World War. It was designed to handle 60,000 passengers a day, but by 2010 nearly 170,000 people were passing through the station.
Sustainable building, sustainable living: La Borda, Barcelona by Lacol
Jun 23, 2020 · Located on the edge of Can Batlló, a former industrial zone and site of grassroots social and cultural organising in recent years, La Borda dates back to 2012, when neighbours and activists – members of the nascent Lacol among them – began discussing Barcelona’s housing crisis with more urgency. ‘We developed our understanding of ...
Furniture – The Architects’ Journal
The project transforms a former high-street shop in Battersea into a home and office, while strengthening its relationship to its historic commercial setting. Photography by Jim Stephenson. UK architects in the spotlight amid reports of 21,000 Saudi worker deaths. ACME takes over on scaled-back Liverpool St scheme as Herzog & de Meuron exits.
Park Hill Phase 2 by Mikhail Riches: less vibrancy, more subtlety
Nov 23, 2022 · Now Phase 2 of 195 units has been completed by Mikhail Riches. The decade’s delay is indicative of the backwash in the property market caused by the financial crash, which saw both Urban Splash in difficulties and the withdrawal of central government funding, which had enabled 40 per cent of the Phase 1 units to be subsidised for social rent.
Why on earth isn’t the government engaging with architects on …
Oct 9, 2024 · Without architects’ close expert involvement, government plans to retrofit millions of homes will be prone to unintended consequences such as mould, argues Kunle Barker. Last week, I was on stage at Grand Designs Live with presenter Kevin McCloud, sustainability experts, architects and other thought leaders.