More Focus – Page 277
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£750m eco-city for Bradford
Plans for a £750m zero-carbon student village in Bradford backed by developers and two higher education institutions were launched at Mipim.
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A scientific monster
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
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?
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What a mesh!
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
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
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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Profiled cladding
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
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
Arcelor Construction has added the Fidelite insulated roof and wall system to its Arval range of systems.
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Terracotta rainscreen cladding
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
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.