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Ferrari Land FRP cladding meets Euroclass building material fire specification

Friday, 22nd September 2017

Ferrari Land theme park in Spain was officially opened to the public on 7th April ’17 by Arturo Mas-Sardá and Piero Ferrari. It is the third attraction to open at PortAventura World Parks & Resort, located in Salou, about an hour... View Article

Zumtobel special luminaires for unique stadium façade

Thursday, 21st September 2017

Zumtobel special luminaires for unique stadium façade More than eight years after the official opening of the stadium, the WWK Arena in Augsburg finally gets a new and impressive façade. For this purpose, Zumtobel has developed “light tubes”, a special... View Article

Brazil explores use of CLT

Wednesday, 20th September 2017

The city of São Paulo is soon to become home to the AMATA Building, a construction made completely of Brazilian wood. The project spawned from an initiative by AMATA, a Brazilian forest management company, and was designed by Triptyque, the... View Article

Ellipse: Arquitectonica’s first Jersey City project

Tuesday, 19th September 2017

Named for its oval form, Ellipse stands apart from its contemporaries along the Jersey City waterfront with a distinctive elliptical shape and glass façade. Drawing inspiration from its idyllic location on the Hudson River, Arquitectonica designed the building to maximize... View Article

Rewarding copper architecture – European Copper in Architecture Awards

Saturday, 16th September 2017

Eight very different entries have been shortlisted for the 2017 European Copper in Architecture Awards, reports architect and judging panel moderator Chris Hodson. The European Copper in Architecture Awards programme celebrates the beauty and versatility of copper and its alloys through... View Article

Hermann Kamte & Associates unveils PIXA: flexible, modular structure entry to Sunbrella Future of Shade competition

Thursday, 14th September 2017

PIXA is a flexible and modular tool or structure which can be easily assembled to create a tiny, large and largest structure by replication using a single unit. The Interior space of the steel structure is defined by two abstract... View Article

Giant pebbles in Brussels – Docks Bruxsel, Brussels

Sunday, 10th September 2017

Marking a bold new entrance for Brussels, Docks Bruxsel is a mixed-use project with a difference, creating an urban mini-district which also turned out to be a test bed for a new zinc panel. James Parker visited the project. Built... View Article

Silver House by Hyde + Hyde Architects wins awards from the RSAW and RIBA Wales 2017

Silver House wins awards from the RSAW and RIBA Wales 2017

Tuesday, 5th September 2017

The latest house building statics shows that 168,000 homes were completed in 2015/16, whilst 172,000 homes were started. This means the annual rate for planning permissions is now running at around a quarter of a million permissions per year. In... View Article

Architect Allford Hall Monaghan Morris unveils Derwent London’s White Collar Factory: a game-changer in sustainable, interactive workplace design

Tuesday, 5th September 2017

5 September 2017 marks the official launch of White Collar Factory, a pioneering, adaptable, long-life development overlooking Silicon Roundabout in Old Street, London. The low cost, low energy and low carbon campus development offers an innovative user-focused design approach that could... View Article

Glasshus supplies Technal MX structural glazing for Sunderland College contract

Thursday, 31st August 2017

The development of a brand new college campus in the North-east has seen a leading fabricator for the Technal brand – part of the Sapa Group – design, manufacture and install a major glazing package, which included a double-storey facade... View Article

Guardian Glass products enable complex curved façade on Hamburg’s stunning new concert hall

Wednesday, 30th August 2017

Located on the Elbe River, on the western tip of the HafenCity in Hamburg, Germany, the Elbphilharmonie is one of the largest and most acoustically advanced concert halls in the world and an outstanding example of modern architecture. The Elbphilharmonie... View Article

SUMMARY unveils its latest project using the Gomos System

Wednesday, 30th August 2017

After the Gomos#1 prototype and the exhibition in La Biennale di Venezia, SUMMARY studio unveils the newest project using their modular building system. The project brief was to build housing and multi–services spaces in a common roadside area in Vale... View Article

Gomos #1 – concrete modular design inspired by sewer-pipe engineering

Wednesday, 30th August 2017

The Gomos System is the result of a business R&D project. It is a concrete modular system which presents an accurate and efficient answer to the contemporary need for simplifying and accelerating the building processes. It is an evolutionary system,... View Article

At 18 storeys, Mjøsa Tower in Brumunddal to take title of world’s tallest wooden building

Tuesday, 29th August 2017

When completed in March 2019, Mjøsa Tower in the Norwegian town of Brumunddal will be the world’s tallest wooden building. The construction, which started in early April this year, is an example of how wood can be substituted for concrete,... View Article

Earth House – empowering people with abundant, sustainable materials

Friday, 25th August 2017

The 189.3 m2 house is located 25 minutes away from the city centre of Mérida. The intention behind building with earth is to create harmony between vernacular and modern architecture, tradition and technology, past and present; creating a style that... View Article

Metsä Wood: Dome of visions made from sustainable wood

Wednesday, 23rd August 2017

Aarhus in Denmark is the European Capital of Culture in 2017 and for this occasion, a huge transparent dome of glue-laminated timber will serve as the Aarhus municipal pavilion for building culture. The dome-shaped wooden building, Dome of Visions, is... View Article

Taylor Lane completes MOD Housing Development

Wednesday, 23rd August 2017

Taylor Lane Timber Frame has supplied and erected timber frame kits for 322 three and four bedroom homes for service personnel and their families based at barracks on and around Salisbury Plain. The circa £70 million housing development in Tidworth,... View Article

As part of the ongoing regeneration of Slough town centre, Barnshaws Section Benders has provided curved steel to support The Curve, the new cultural and learning centre: a project delivered by Slough Urban Renewal on behalf of Slough Borough Council. The steel forms part of the building’s façade, which delivers a truly modern aesthetic, intended to uplift the local area. As a result, the building has been awarded ‘Development of the Year 2017’ at the Thames Valley Property Awards.

Barnshaws put The Curve in Slough

Wednesday, 16th August 2017

As part of the ongoing regeneration of Slough town centre, Barnshaws Section Benders has provided curved steel to support The Curve, the new cultural and learning centre: a project delivered by Slough Urban Renewal on behalf of Slough Borough Council.... View Article

British-designed 365m Küçük Çamlıca TV tower construction is underway

Tuesday, 8th August 2017

Construction of Istanbul’s 356m high Küçük Çamlıca TV Tower (KCTV), with facades devised by UK building engineering designers Newtecnic, has commenced. When the futuristic building is completed the £36m structure will be the city’s tallest replacing several unsightly existing broadcast... View Article

Rocksplit House: local stone “kotounto” construction aids with heat dissipation

Monday, 7th August 2017

Cometa Architects’ Rocksplit house utilizes traditional stone cladding methods to regulate thermal exchange, keeping the building cool. The steep ground and the plot’s narrow dimensions determine the pronounced form of the building which rises from the mountain and over the... View Article