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FeaturesPutting on the glitz: Brass cladding
More and more architects, enamoured of the golden lustre of brass, are choosing it as a cladding material, while others love it just because of the way it weathers
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Aluminium frame system
Technal, the architectural aluminium specialist, has launched its Modal facade system for low-rise buildings
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FeaturesAluminium cladding
James & Taylor has supplied the aluminium cladding for the exterior of Jamie Oliver鈥檚 first independent restaurant in Canary Wharf
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Terracotta-look solar shading
Sotech has supplied a bespoke extruded aluminium baguette sunscreen system that replicates the appearance of traditional terracotta for a multistorey car park at the Almondvale shopping centre near Edinburgh
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Integrated solar thermal panels
Luvata has developed Nordic Solar, which discreetly incorporates renewables into a building by integrating a patinated copper facade with a solar thermal system
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FeaturesSliding glass facade with PV
Austrian firm M-systems has launched the EV3000, an aluminium framed glass sliding panel designed to provide solar shading on facades and which also incorporates thin film photovoltaics for power generation
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FeaturesSteel cladding
SAS International鈥檚 bespoke cladding system was installed at the lower areas of Waterloo station, where they cover 3.5m thick Victorian brick arches
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FeaturesAluminium facade panels
This residential complex in London used almost 5,000 anodised aluminium rainscreen panels
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FeaturesGrosvenor Waterside by Make: Don鈥檛 tell Charles 鈥�
Within spitting distance of the notorious Chelsea Barracks site is this startlingly modern block of flats by Make Architects. Yet, so far, the good burghers of Belgravia haven鈥檛 uttered a word against it. And nor has you-know-who. What鈥檚 going on?
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Sealing foam for timber frames
Foam tapes manufacturer Iso-Chemie has introduced a sealing tape aimed at the timber-frame housing market
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Floor and roof system
Finnforest has introduced Kerto-Ripa, an open or pre-insulated closed-panel construction system for a range of applications including schools, commercial and leisure buildings
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好色先生TVEco-friendly load-bearing walls
Contractor Morgan Ashurst is using Durisol鈥檚 eco-friendly wall forming system to reduce the carbon footprint of a new extension to the Caen Community primary school in Devon
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Timber closed-panel system
Masonite engineered timber I-Joists, used as part of the Tradis closed-panel wall and roof system, have been selected for a development of four luxury low-energy homes near Penrith by the developer Eden Frame
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FeaturesParty Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre
Ash Sakula鈥檚 Carnival Arts Centre is Luton鈥檚 answer to Notting Hill 鈥� buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife
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FeaturesCrazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Guangzhou opera house
As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid鈥檚 opera house and Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 West Tower
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Super-insulated facades
Two of Sch眉co鈥檚 most popular facade systems, the FW50+ and FW60+, are now available in super-insulated (SI) versions with lower U-values for the frames, enabling architects and specifiers to exceed existing insulation regulations
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What it costs: curtain wall glazing
Curtain wall glazing can do many things: control temperature and light levels, and even clean itself. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance looks through the available options
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Timber-effect cladding
Rockpanel has introduced a collection of board materials for external cladding that are claimed to have the appearance of wood but the durability of stone