All ɫTVs articles – Page 86

  • Elm Park, Dublin
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    Elm Park, Dublin

    2008-03-20T10:28:00Z

    Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ Elm Park is a stunning £300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it

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    Dare to be different: Elm Park, Dublin

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ Elm Park is a stunning £300m mixed-use, sustainable extension to Dublin, made all the more attractive by the charmless dross that surrounds it.

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    Howe Dell: Too cool for school?

    2008-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Healthcare and education The Howe Dell school and children’s centre project was commissioned by Hertfordshire council in order to test the latest eco-friendly systems, and as Chloë Stothart discovers, its most intriguing feature is its temperature control

  • Picture of Bankside 123
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    Bankside 123

    2008-03-18T12:18:00Z

    A giant £220m office development, delivered on time, to budget, with zero defects – and an admirable approach to sustainability

  • Mersey Observatory
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    Duggan Morris wins £11m Liverpool Bay competition

    2008-03-17T11:03:00Z

    Architect's design chosen for Merseyside observatory and visitor centre near landmark Gormley sculture

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    Oh dear, oh dear

    2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

    So far, Cabe’s school design review panel hasn’t been too impressed by the ɫTV Schools for the Future programme. Martin Spring looks at what it said about the first batch of schemes and asks Ken Shuttleworth, the chairman of the panel, for tips on getting full marks

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    The Gus Report: Welly garden city

    2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a series of reviews of important housing developments, Gus Alexander looks at English Partnerships’ remarkable scheme in Upton, Northamptonshire, which is built on a bit of a marsh …

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    Snug as a bug in rug

    2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

    When the Natural History Museum decided it needed to house 20 million insect and plant specimens within one structure, building a giant shiny, ivory coloured cocoon seemed to make perfect sense. Thomas Lane buzzed over to find out more …

  • Wind turbine, Austrian renewable energy tour
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    Renewable energy lessons from Austria

    2008-03-11T09:11:00Z

    ESD and Crest Nicholson team up for Austrian energy to learn about renewable energy and passivhaus design

  • Cob visitor facility, Eden Project interior
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    Natural materials on show at Ecobuild

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Ecobuild brings a flavour of Morocco (via the West Country) with mud houses

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    The SmartLIFE sustainable skills centre in Cambridgeshire

    2008-03-06T10:54:00Z

    Instead of talking about the industry skills crisis the team behind a new innovative training centre have done something about it. And in nearly two years they have seen 2,500 trained workers in prefabrication and renewables installations enter the industry

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    The inside job

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    It was like the Great Escape in reverse. How do you get inside a prison to double prisoner capacity without giving your captive audience any funny ideas about all that scaffolding? Using a panelised system was one solution – though not half as much fun as smashing a hole in ...

  • View from the 70th storey of the Al Mas Tower of the Sheikh Zayed Highway
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    The Middle East green building challenge

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    Special report: Now that the ruler of Dubai wants the city to be at the forefront of sustainable design, how will developers respond? Katie Puckett went to the United Arab Emirates to find out if the region really can have it all. With sustainable case studies.

  • AC Architects Cambridge showcase building, company office
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    Greening up a 19th century building

    2008-02-25T11:39:00Z

    Cambridge architect sets benchmark and wins RIBA eco-award with showcase scheme

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    Make in Britain

    2008-02-25T08:04:00Z

    Ken Shuttleworth practice's first big scheme is hotbed of people-oriented sustainability. It also employs an policy of sourcing much of the products used from within these shores

  • The bulging external envelope remains untouched, except for a new entrance canopy
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    The incredible hull

    2008-02-22T00:00:00Z

    Ralph Erskine’s Ark is one of London’s most striking landmarks, but it has lain dormant for most of its short existence. Now developer Landid and an architect called DN-A have enacted an extraordinary genetic mutation. Martin Spring saw the result

  • WDL: Photo credit Edward Cullinan Architects
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    Hoare Lea helps bring green angle to Warwick research lab

    2008-02-18T10:44:00Z

    Warwick Digital Laboratory aims for BREEAM excellence with exposed thermal mass, under floor heating and sedum roof

  • The living room is matched with a paved courtyard, beyond which is a wide lawn
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    The house with four gardens

    2008-02-15T00:00:00Z

    Each window of David Mikhail’s latest house overlooks a landscape with its own unique character

  • Glastonbury House
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    Glastonbury House is saved with £10m revamp

    2008-02-11T10:47:00Z

    Sixties eyesore tower block sets an example for others with EcoHomes “very good” rating

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    River Cottage HQ gets eco-makeover

    2008-02-04T00:18:00Z

    Celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall's brainchild undergoes a green revamp and expansion of his growing food empire. Full data on building performance included