All Offices articles – Page 17
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NewsSteljes Mainline power tracks
Steljes has launched Mainline, an electrical power track that allows users to add, reposition or remove power sockets anywhere along its length
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NewsZinCo green roofs
A ZinCo green roof from Alumasc has been specified for a low-energy superstore in Oakham, Rutland. Designed by KPW Architects for Midlands Co-Operative Society, the roof of the £4.5m building features local species of sedum-based plants that will require minimal irrigation and maintenance to create a wildlife habitat. Rainwater is ...
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Holophane Ratio exterior lighting
Holophane’s Ratio exterior luminaire combines energy-saving LED lighting technologies with a contemporary design to provide a lighting solution for a range of outdoor spaces, including corporate frontages
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Hager electricity meters
Hager has introduced a range of electricity meters that meet the new European requirements for meters used for billing, such as in multi-tenanted offices or retail centres
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Rada Contact touch-activated tap
The Contact from Rada is a touch-activated tap aimed at commercial premises such as hotels and leisure centres
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InterfaceFLOR carpets
Three InterfaceFLOR carpet products have been used in an office space in More London next to Tower Bridge for education charity Teach First
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NewsMace agrees deal for Shard neighbour
Sellar Group has finalised a £130m deal with Mace for the second phase of the London Bridge Quarter project which includes Renzo Piano’s Shard
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NewsHOK turns its office into a village green
HOK London studio goes green as part of the London Festival of Architecture Open Studios
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NewsDoing civics: Doncaster offices
Cartwright Pickard Architects’ Doncaster Civic Offices has been awarded planning permission
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FeaturesAldar’s Abu Dhabi HQ: One last spin of the wheel
Aldar’s Abu Dhabi headquarters is one of the final feats of jaw-dropping construction machismo we’ll see from the UAE for a while, says Thomas Lane. And it gives us plenty of reasons to mourn their passing …
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FeaturesSupport act: Cannon Place
Finding somewhere to lay the foundations for an office block above London’s Cannon Street station proved so difficult, the engineers had to call on the structural principles of the Forth Bridge to get the job done
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FeaturesBeyond the pale: Renzo Piano's Central St Giles
Controversial it may be, but Central St Giles has cheered up an obscure corner of London with a riot of reds, yellows, greens and oranges – making the rest of the capital look a tad grey.
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Commercial property: We can’t go on like this
Commercial development is inching its way towards a fragile recovery but the landscape has changed forever and we will need to rethink our way back to prosperity
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Smokin': Geneva HQ
Japan Tobacco International has unveiled plans for an international headquarters in Geneva
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FeaturesThe Shard: Foot of the mountain
The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?
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NewsBirmingham's Cube by Make: Square deal
The £100m Cube in Birmingham has moved closer to completion with the installation of 20,000 panels to form a metallic facade
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FeaturesStrata tower: Southwark’s sore thumb
The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London’s downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it’s meant to be giving a lift
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NewsGreen park
The Beechwood Business Park office scheme in Dover is believed to be the first office built to Passivhaus standards.
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FeaturesTwist and shout: RMJM’s Abu Dhabi Capital Gate tower
RMJM’s Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi leans at a stomach-lurching 18º, making it a project that largely consisted of geometrical and structural problems – not least of which was finding out where the building had moved to each morning