Paul Russell

  • The concrete blocks forming the labyrinth provide thermal mass
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    Playing it cool

    2006-06-30T00:00:00

    The first glasshouse to be built at Kew in almost 20 years is not designed to keep heat in – quite the opposite in fact. Which is why concrete proved to be as vital a component as glass.

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    Special brew

    2005-06-24T00:00:00

    As work draws to a close on the third and final stage of Barratt’s three-year, £60m Brewery Wharf apartment development in Leeds city centre, Paul Russell examines the challenges that were overcome to create this striking monument to contemporary urban living