Housing – Page 8
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Building StudyPull House in Vermont by Procter Rihl
Procter Rihl’s Pull House sits amid the maple trees of rural New England and creates an architecture to match the region’s progressive politics.
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InspirationsDavid Kohn's inspiration: Villa Necchi Campiglio, Milan
The ambiguous, eclectic style of Portaluppi’s Milanese villa keeps drawing David Kohn back to experience the magic of its interior.
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Building StudyScotland’s Housing Expo 2010
After a long and difficult birth, Scotland’s Housing Expo is offering visitors to Inverness a showcase of living spaces that range from the functional to the progressive
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Building StudyManor Farm Barns conversion by Jonathan Hendry Architects
Planning consent for a conversion of Lincolnshire farm buildings into a live/work development was given on condition that it was fully carbon neutral
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Building StudyCentral St Giles by Renzo Piano
In this archive Building Study from 2010, Ellis Woodman pulls no punches in his assessment of Google’s $1bn trophy
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Building StudyBateman’s Row House by Theis Khan Architects
Combining homes, an office and a gallery, this east London building near Shoreditch High Street revels in setting up rules and then breaking them
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Building StudyPeter Barber’s Baden Powell Close terrace in Dagenham
Peter Barber Architects’ terrace of 14 courtyard houses in Dagenham provides attractive living space whzich also encourages community interaction. Tim Abrahams reports
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TechnicalA round-up of the latest housing products
Products used in housing projects including CHP boilers and underfloor heating systems
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Building StudyNorwegian architect Beate Hølmebakk of Oslo-based Manthey Kula
After creating a series of self-initiated ‘paper’ projects, Norwegian architect Beate Hølmebakk’s first built works are emerging
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TechnicalJohn Christophers’ Zero Carbon House
A home in Birmingham’s Balsall Heath is the first retrofit project to achieve level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes
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TechnicalScotland’s Housing Expo homes previewed
We examine four of the innovative projects under construction for this summer’s long-awaited Housing Expo in Inverness
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Building StudyHighwood Court housing in Harlesden by SUSD
SUSD’s nine-house development on an enclosed site in north-east London disregards conventional spatial arrangements to create housing of joyful intricacy
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Building StudyJonathan Woolf Architects and Bharat Patel: Painted House, London
Two semi-detached houses have been comprehensively restructured to create an engaging single dwelling for an extended family
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Building StudyNetherlands’ housing in the new ‘old style’
As part of its research into solving the housing needs of the UK’s ageing population, the government-commissioned Happi panel visited the visionary Maartenshof scheme in the Netherlands with an apartment tower by Arons en Gelauff Architecten and community hub by Team 4 Architects
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Building StudyPanter Hudspith steps up to new heights at Bear Lane
Developed as a specific response to Southwark, Panter Hudspith’s Bear Lane development could transcend its context to become a wider model for apartment living in London
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Building StudyKCAP’s towers are on the edge
KCAP’s Red Apple and White Emperor towers bring a subversive slant to the Rotterdam waterfront
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Building StudyPeter Barber creates a place for change
Spring Gardens hostel for the homeless in south-east London creates an environment that enables residents to regain their independence
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TechnicalUncorking the secrets of Dennis Sharp’s Bayford house
Cork insulation has been used in the Dennis Sharp Architects’ extension and refurbishment of this former Hertfordshire council house
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Building StudyHow it all stacks up for O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Timberyard
O’Donnell & Tuomey’s Timberyard development hits upon a remarkable urban housing typology that goes some way to redress Dublin’s use of an ill-considered planning formula
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TechnicalNick Baker Architects’ Fallow Court housing
Nick Baker Architects’ part-buried Fallow Court in north London scheme could point the way to a new form of sustainable urban housing