All Supplements articles – Page 15

  • Features

    Steel cladding

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Corus Colors has introduced the next generation of its pre-finished steel roof and wall cladding system

  • Features

    Solar-powered LED cladding: Great wall of China

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Beijing’s ‘media wall’ brings to life Simone Giostra’s concept of a narrative facade. Stephen Kennett looks at how this unique, decade-in-the-making concept merges art and artifice onto one illuminated electronic showstopper

  • Features

    Ceramic facade panels

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Shackerley is extending its ventilated rainscreen offerings with a range of terracotta and unglazed ceramic tiles.

  • Features

    Causes of failure: Profiled sheeting

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Corrugated steel sheets are more sophisticated than ever, and used in everything from schools and museums to hospitals. But Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans discovers things can go wrong

  • Features

    Aluminium-timber facades

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS) has launched a new facade range called Hybrid

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    Aluminium perforated cladding

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Manchester’s Chill Factor, the UK’s longest indoor ski slope, has more than 5,000m2 of Kalzip aluminium cladding, as well as perforated facades and profiled sheets.

  • The pyramidal glass block set into the facade of this multipurpose building in Aurillac, France, intensifies the coloured lighting
    Features

    The alternatives: Interactive facades

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Here are three alternative facade systems to bring your buildings to life

  • News

    Specifier 04 July 2008

    2008-07-04T00:00:00Z

    Specifier 04 July 2008

  • Features

    Roof panel system

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    RK Timber Engineering, a Saint-Gobain company, has partnered with Barratt Developments to provide Smartroof integrated roofing for its Green House at BRE.

  • Bovigo school’s early learning centre, with its secoya cladding and lime render, was no more expensive to build than a conventional structure, but has much higher specifications
    Features

    Modular straw panels

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Architect Martin Penk explains why the straw bale modular system was the right solution for Bosvigo school’s early years facility

  • Features

    Movers and makers

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    Timber frames

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Timber frames from Prestoplan have been used in the construction of 10 six-storey apartment blocks for Bryant Homes on the banks of the River Mersey in Runcorn.

  • Features

    Unitised facades

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Hydro Building Systems has announced that its Wicona unitised facade system has exceeded the test requirements for European and Centre for Window and Cladding Technology curtain walling standards.

  • Features

    Off-site low carbon technologies

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Kingspan Off-Site has launched a collection of low-carbon technologies originally specified on the Kingspan Lighthouse, the first house to reach level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes.

  • Features

    Modular construction: How to build a hospital in a hurry

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Yorkon has completed the construction of a Procure 21 project for Interserve Project Services at the University Hospital of North Tees in Stockton.

  • Features

    Bespoke pipes

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    The structured-wall plastic pipe can be made in diameters up to 2.1m in 6m lengths, with each solution designed to match the individual project.

  • The panels being fixed in position
    Features

    Off-site manufacture: Beam me up, Scotty

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Erecting a straw-bale school building in three days may sound like a frontier too far, but an innovative off-site manufacturing system using timber panels brought dramatic savings in time. Alex Smith reports

  • Features

    What it costs: Bathroom pods

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Using modular bathrooms can save cash, labour and time, says Peter Mayer. So here’s a shower of useful information to consider when specifying and fitting

  • Features

    Bathroom pods

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    The Care Range from Baudet is a collection of pods designed to meet the needs of the medical and care sector, including models for wheelchair users and those with impaired mobility.

  • Eurban’s solid timber panels are made in Germany from wood waste
    Features

    The alternatives: Modular systems

    2008-06-20T00:00:00Z

    Three more options for fast-track sustainable modular construction