More Focus – Page 277

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    £750m eco-city for Bradford

    2008-03-14T00:00:00Z

    Plans for a £750m zero-carbon student village in Bradford backed by developers and two higher education institutions were launched at Mipim.

  • Mott MacDonald
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    Mott MacDonald

    2008-03-13T00:00:00Z

    Charter sponsor

  • Arup logo
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    Arup

    2008-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Gold sponsor

  • Environment Agency logo
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    Environment Agency

    2008-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Gold sponsor

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    King Sturge

    2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Silver sponsor

  • Grosvenor
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    Grosvenor

    2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Silver sponsor

  • The New Swindon Company
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    New Swindon Company

    2008-03-10T00:00:00Z

    Silver sponsor

  • The budget-priced building’s two boxy entrances are faced in rough-sawn timber
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    A scientific monster

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    This computer centre in Santiago, Chile, may have two heads but then it’s got two skins, too – altogether a bit of a freak

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    Richard Steer on Mipim

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Two years ago Richard Steer wrote in these pages that Mipim was a waste of time, energy and perfectly good booze. This year, he’s quite looking forward to it, thanks for asking. So, what changed?

  • The expanded aluminium creates a textual skin and blurs the building’s edges
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    What a mesh!

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    A Japanese architect and a UK cladding specialist came together to develop the shimmering expanded aluminium veil that has been used to clad the New Museum of Contemporary Art.

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    life At the sharp end

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Cladding In an explosion, every fragment of glass in a building becomes a potentially lethal missile. Stephen Kennett looks at the best ways to protect ourselves

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    Mellow yellow

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    The striking shell of the Le Safron festival hall, south-east of Paris, has been clad in the new copper aluminium alloy Tecu Gold.

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    Movers and makers

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    This week

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    Profiled cladding

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Euroclad has added to its Elite range of built-up cladding products with a horizontal wall system that features a half round profile outer sheet.

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    Minimalist fittings

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    DR Services is to market Sadev’s range of point fittings and spiders for facades and glass canopies in the UK.

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    Insulated roof and wall panels

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Arcelor Construction has added the Fidelite insulated roof and wall system to its Arval range of systems.

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    Insulated panels

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Kingspan Insulated panels has introduced the FX facade range.

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    Plastering

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Knauf Drywall has launched the MPFinish, a spray on plaster.

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    Terracotta rainscreen cladding

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    TI Dynamic Facades has launched a single-skin terracotta rainscreen system that is suitable for both domestic and commercial applications.

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    Anti-graffiti paint

    2008-03-07T00:00:00Z

    Johnstone has launched an anti-graffiti system that is suitable for both interior and exterior brick, masonry and previously painted surfaces in sectors such as education, retail, transport and leisure.