All Buildings articles – Page 80
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NewsOld terraces in Staffordshire become green icons
Winner of the Building 99% Campaign Award for refurbishment this is an inspiring example of how to turn a humble Victorian house into an eco terrace
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NewsThe Barratt code level six house, a guide
Here's a guide to the Sustainable Small Building of the Year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008. It looks conventional enough on the outside, but you’re staring at the first Code for Sustainable Homes level six home to be built by a volume housebuilder. Inside it’s an all-out radical.
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NewsNorthern Arizona University: Platinum record
Sustainable architect of the year at the Building Sustainability Awards 2008 Hopkins owes its success to this bold project in America. The research building is one of the most environment-friendly in the US
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News‘Three Gardens’ affordable housing scheme in Suffolk
Architect Riches Hawley Mikhail’s design puts sustainability at the core
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NewsWright & Wright's projects in education
Schemes include library at Corpus Christi College Cambridge and RCA Sculpture School
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NewsBanking on a green future: EIB's Luxembourg HQ
Ingenhoven extension to Sir Denys Lasdun’s original building boasts a dramatic 13,000m² roof that is key to its sustainability
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NewsAedas designs Abu Dhabi Investment Council HQ
South facing twin roofs incorporate photo-voltaic cells and special shading screen reduces glare
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FeaturesDressing the pinnacle
Putting a cladding system on a shape as eccentric as the Pinnacle tower is hard enough. But how do you give it openable windows as well? Stephen Kennett found out
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FeaturesFinal stretch: on site at the Burj Dubai
At 707m, the Burj Dubai is finally nearing its summit. But how do you go about building such a giant – and how do you ensure it doesn’t topple over in a high wind or an earthquake? Thomas Lane went on site at the world’s tallest tower
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FeaturesBuilding's 99% campaign award for refurbishment
New development may be skidding to a halt, but the need to improve existing buildings is just as important as ever. Building looks at the winner and runners-up of the prize for refurbishment at the Sustainability Awards
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FeaturesThe neverending story: On site at Ground Zero
After the bravura of the original construction and the tragedy of its destruction, comes the drama of the rebuilding of the World Trade Centre. Emily Wright went on site to see work in progress
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FeaturesThe dream factory: Architectural innovation in New York
From the days of the first skyscrapers, architectural innovation has always found a home in New York. Martin Spring looks at the latest eye-openers from the city that never sleeps
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NewsTaking stock: how two housing associations swapped homes
The housing regulator has urged landlords to swap homes to concentrate their efforts on particular neighbourhoods but few have done so. Now A2Dominion Group tells us of its recent trade with nearby landlord Moat
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FeaturesData centres: pruning energy consumption
The next time you use Google, think of the vast amounts of power data centres use – 20 times that of a normal office. Stephen Kennett looks at what companies are doing to prune their consumption
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NewsThe international surprises of the World Architecture Festival
From chapels to car parks, the UK has a lot to learn from the ideas of small architects abroad
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NewsThe suburban carbon slashers
It looks like a thirties terrace but it's leading the way in getting rid of almost all carbon emissions
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NewsCouncil creates grand designs to inspire locals
Bradford council renovates two homes and teaches residents how to improve their own
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FeaturesLean machine – Southwark council HQ
So many commercial developers crank out the same old generic office space. But here’s one that dares to be different. Stephen Kennett visits Southwark council’s low-energy headquarters in London – and, no, there’s not a false ceiling anywhere
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FeaturesA lens on 3XN’s new Museum of Liverpool
There is just one thing about 3XN’s Museum of Liverpool on which everyone agrees: it will offer fabulous views of the Mersey. Thomas Lane looks at the construction challenges behind the city’s most controversial new structure.