All Supplements articles – Page 19

  • News

    A cast of thousands

    2007-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The trend towards retail-led, mixed-use schemes in city centres can be an organisational nightmare. With as many as 40 parties involved in some schemes, they need strong leadership, close collaboration and a lot of very careful planning.

  • News

    Back to the future

    2007-11-12T00:00:00Z

    The heyday of the high street may be about to return, as developers turn against out-of-town retail parks and head back to the centres of places like Oxford, Bristol, even Cricklewood. But will it be just like the old days? Well, not exactly …

  • Features

    A tale of a tile

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    The compressing of clay dust to form a small tablet that can be baked and painted was a Victorian invention that became a Victorian obsession. Stephen Kennett tells us how one modern council set about emulating their achievement

  • Features

    Movers and makers

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    This week

  • Features

    Insulated render

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Telling Lime Products and Pittsburgh Corning have collaborated to produce an insulated render system.

  • How’s that for a kiosk? Make’s City of London information centre
    Features

    Here’s one we made earlier

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Make’s City of London information centre had to look as distinct from nearby St Paul’s cathedral as possible, which led the architect to search for a cladding supplier with a flair for origami

  • Features

    Curtain walling

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Kawneer has enhanced its AA100 curtain walling system with the launch of structurally glazed and horizontally capped options.

  • Features

    Tile effect cladding

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Stormking has introduced a tile effect cladding system that it says has the authentic look of traditional wall tiles.

  • Features

    Decorative cladding

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Marley Eternit has launched the Natura range of fibre cement decorative cladding panels.

  • Features

    What to remember: Cladding

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Unlike, say, a brick wall, an office building’s cladding is a sophisticated system that requires careful thought, assiduous testing and examplary workmanship. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explains

  • Features

    Fibre cement facades

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Facades company James Hardie has added Color Plus to its fibre cement-based building products.

  • Features

    Distressed bricks

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Hanson ڶ Products, the UK’s largest brick maker, has launched a range of clay bricks with textured, distressed faces and marbled earth tones.

  • Features

    Aluminium panels

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Alcoa Architectural Products’ Reynobond panels have been used for a new Decathlon store in Antibes, France.

  • Features

    Air and moisture protection for timber frame

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Saint Gobain Isover has launched what it calls an “intelligent climate membrane”, designed for timber-frame construction.

  • News

    Specifier 02 November 2007

    2007-11-02T00:00:00Z

    Specifier 02 November 2007

  • Archive Titles

    Planning tariff will fail if based on Milton Keynes roof tax

    2007-10-26T00:00:00Z

    Proposed tax could make high-density schemes economically ‘unviable’, say housing experts

  • Features

    What the table tells us

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    So do contractors do more inspiring work than architects? Who hands out the most motors? Are engineers more generous with holidays than consultants? Which firms give you the most maternity benefits? The best pensions? Which is the most fun to work for? David Rogers analyses the data

  • News

    Stainless steel tension system

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Structural Dynamics has launched two stainless steel wire and tension systems aimed at high-profile architectural projects.

  • Features

    The way we work now

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    Ten years ago, UK construction companies resembled the French foreign legion in their treatment of workers. But the harder they’ve fought to recruit staff, the more they’ve developed their soft skills.

  • Features

    Movers and makers

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    This week