Ask the expert: Masonry support systems
AT Editor2024-04-23T16:01:20+00:00Jeff Edwards, Engineering Manager for Leviat’s masonry division, answers readers’ questions on masonry support systems.
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios: Stephen Taylor Court, Cambridge
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-06-08T17:55:16+00:00Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has completed a Passivhaus hall of residence for King's College, Cambridge. Holly Galbraith explains how the practice combined modern methods of construction, attention to detail and well-honed placemaking skills to minimise embodied and operational carbon and deliver a project that responds intelligently to its context.
Allies and Morrison: Keybridge, Vauxhall
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-03-09T12:17:47+00:00An ambitious, high-density residential-led development designed by Allies and Morrison brings a sense of order and civic pride to one of London's largest yet least cohesive estate redevelopments. Rosamund Diamond explores the key moves behind the scheme's inventive and carefully considered approach to urban planning.
Embodied carbon: Why our legislation and policy has to change
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-08-08T10:30:22+00:00As a sector, we are getting more adept at producing designs and specifications that reduce operational carbon, but there is less clarity on how to reduce the embedded carbon in the projects we deliver. Tom Webster, one of our three industry experts, gives his view as to how this should be addressed.
Introduce RIBA Stage Minus 1 to tackle embodied carbon
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-02-28T18:43:30+00:00As a sector, we are getting more adept at producing designs and specifications that reduce operational carbon, but there is less clarity on how to reduce the embedded carbon in the projects we deliver. Greg Shannon, one of our three industry experts, gives his view as to how this should be addressed.
Why we must rethink procurement to facilitate reuse and disassembly
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-02-28T18:46:01+00:00As a sector, we are getting more adept at producing designs and specifications that reduce operational carbon, but there is less clarity on how to reduce the embedded carbon in the projects we deliver. Ruth Lang, one of our three industry experts, gives her view as to how this should be addressed.
Still standing: Vitra Fire Station, 1993
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-12-21T15:40:11+00:00Perhaps best described as a concrete wall with a split personality disorder, an on-site fire house for Swiss mega-brand Vitra exploded the myth that Zaha Hadid’s experimental image-making was unsuited to translation into built work.
Driving Force
AT Editor2021-05-18T16:56:06+00:00Building Review Collaboration is at the heart of Cullinan Studio’s National Automotive Innovation Centre, finds Stafford Critchlow
Rock Solid
AT Editor2020-03-05T12:34:27+00:00Envelope
A new exhibition reflects a rebirth of interest in stone as a sustainable, beautiful and inexpensive structural material, say curators Amin Taha, Steve Webb and Pierre Bidaud
Peak Performance
AT Editor2020-01-06T10:07:55+00:00Building Review
Exemplary acoustics are achieved on a modest budget at Tim Ronalds Architects’ Grange Park Opera
Old to New
AT Editor2019-11-14T15:40:35+00:00Envelope
The international CobBauge collaboration aims to give new impetus to a traditional building material, says Anthony Hudson
Mind the Gap
AT Editor2019-11-27T16:57:33+00:00Building Review
Spanning the gorge at Tintagel with a new footbridge is a bold move handled with exemplary sensitivity by Ney & Partners and William Matthews Associates, finds Ezra Groskin