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 …
Building study: MICA’s redevelopment of Centre Point
WEBOct 30, 2018 · Building study: MICA’s redevelopment of Centre Point. The practice has created public realm from what was a pedestrian-unfriendly development – and added some impressive social housing, writes. The renovation and retrofitting of the Centre Point Tower, completed earlier this year by Conran + Partners for developer Almacantar, has restored ...
Sanchez Benton refreshes and reanimates ICA with natural light
WEBMar 5, 2024 · Sanchez Benton has completed the first phase of works in the incremental refurbishment of the Institute of Contemporary Arts (ICA) Grade I-listed building in London. The practice won the job through an invited competition in late 2023, delivering it over the ICA’s 2023 Christmas closure period. It consists of a reworked entrance foyer ...
THE DISTANCE AT WHICH TREES CAN AFFECT A BUILDING IS …
WEBDec 7, 2006 · The table above provides some indicative safe distances at which a standard 900mm or 750mm deep trench foundation is adequate. Where trees give rise to the need for foundation depths of up to and over 2.4m (where crossed in the table), then engineered foundation designs are recommended.
Home is where the art is: Apparata Architects co-housing in Barking
WEBJan 26, 2022 · Apparata Architects’ A House for Artists in the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham (LBBD) is as divisive as Marmite. In the planning pipeline for more than five years, its arrival has long been anticipated by architects and the community alike. Presenting a strong, monumental profile adjacent to Barking’s former Lintons Estate, it …
Shawn Adams: ‘This book made me reconsider how I view …
WEBFeb 4, 2021 · Despite being mostly images, this book made me reconsider how I view architecture, the role of the architect and the ways in which I read buildings. It showed me that architectural history is fettered by a concept that I call ‘formal design’ and that we need to give more legitimacy to informal spaces. This influenced my university work and ...
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.
First images of Grafton’s £100m Marshall Building for the LSE …
WEBJan 20, 2022 · Grafton Architects won unanimous approval for the planned £100 million redevelopment of the LSE Paul Marshall Building back in June 2017 following a RIBA-backed international competition.. The practice, working with engineers AKT II, landed the job in 2016, selected ahead of the likes of Amanda Levete’s AL_A, New York-based Diller Scofidio + Renfro, David Chipperfield Architects, Herzog ...
In pictures: First look at Crossrail’s new stations
WEBMay 11, 2016 · Crossrail has revealed images showing how the route’s 10 new stations will have ’simple and clear’ common features while reflecting local character. The schemes have been drawn up by a pool of architects which includes Weston Williamson, Allies & Morrison, BDP, Wilkinson Eyre and AHR. Only Canary Wharf station designed by Foster ...
Douglas and King’s Shoreditch Island scheme approved
WEBJul 5, 2018 · Douglas and King Architects has won consent for a major redevelopment in east London. The locally based practice’s plans for the Shoreditch Island site were approved by Hackney Council’s planning sub-committee on Wednesday night (4 July). The scheme will see the six-storey 1970s Titchfield House …