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WEBAhead of an anniversary series, the AJ catches up with Kevin McCloud to discuss the increasing marginalisation of architects, the changing face of architectural TV, and what it takes to be a successful self-builder. Neave Brown affordable housing award 2024 shortlist named. The quest for sexy architecture is harming architects.
Architecture competitions and news – The Architects' Journal
WEBThe AJ’s Competitions Editor rounds up the best UK and international architectural competitions – including frameworks, ideas contests, high-profile commissions and other opportunities. A new £120 million multidisciplinary consultancy framework has been announced by Transport for Greater Manchester [Deadline: 28 October 2024]
Full AJ100 rankings: Foster + Partners tops league of UK’s largest ...
WEBJun 18, 2021 · Foster + Partners’ vision for a modular resort on the Red Sea of Shurayrah. Foster + Partners remains the UK’s largest employer of architects, retaining the top spot in the AJ100 rankings for the 10th year in a row. Norman Foster’s practice now employers 383 qualified architects, up two from last year, extending its lead to 30 over second ...
Latest architecture news – The Architects’ Journal
WEBThe Architects’ Journal Architecture News & Buildings. The latest architecture news covering buildings, architects, planning, competition wins and business. You can also read about topics including the climate emergency, retrofit, the RIBA and architectural education. Queen Elizabeth memorial design contest to launch this year.
Building regs 2022: what’s changed and what you need to know
WEBJun 15, 2022 · New and replacement heating systems in both domestic and non-domestic builds must have a maximum flow temperature of 55°C. Existing non-domestic buildings must improve the efficiency of heating and hot water boiler systems through installation of new controls. In new buildings (non-domestic), the …
THE DISTANCE AT WHICH TREES CAN AFFECT A BUILDING IS …
WEBDec 7, 2006 · The table above provides some indicative safe distances at which a standard 900mm or 750mm deep trench foundation is adequate. Where trees give rise to the need for foundation depths of up to and over 2.4m (where crossed in the table), then engineered foundation designs are recommended.
Saving the earth: making the case for rammed earth architecture
WEBApr 15, 2021 · Rammed earth is seen by some as primitive, or associated with poverty. Yet it can be rendered, clad, painted, plastered, dry-lined or sealed and so used as a direct replacement for energy-hungry clay bricks or concrete blocks. It is formed largely from aggregates – sands and gravels – with a small clay content acting as a binder.
The Regs: How to make buildings fire-safe with cavity barriers
WEBJun 3, 2021 · Wherever possible cavity barriers should be mechanically fixed tightly in place to a rigid, fire-resistant construction. When this is not possible, they should be fitted in accordance with clause 24.4 of BS 9991. Ensure they run continuously and are not bridged by combustible materials – they should break up areas of insulation, rather than ...
From the archive: 100 years of steel in architecture
WEBApr 5, 2016 · The Brooklyn Bridge in New York was completed in 1883 to the designs of architect and engineer John Augustus Roebling. For 20 years Brooklyn Bridge was - at 486m - the longest suspension bridge in the world, and was the first bridge to make extensive use of steel. The Forth Bridge - started in 1882 and completed in …
Defining the English mosque: Marks Barfield’s Cambridge Central …
WEBNov 11, 2019 · Confronted by four superb finalists, the jury picked a design by Marks Barfield Architects. The scheme exploited the overlap between the colour and texture of Cambridge gault brickwork with some of the great brick buildings of central Asia and Turkey. But the building is strongly modern in inspiration and temper.
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