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Discharge below the balcony doors will feed wetness into the living accommodation below A Building Regulation requirement that aids gravitational drainage and prevents capillary action, can channel penetrating rain into a building. Part C, page 37.5.32 describes cavity closers having fins. Penetrating rain gravitates between such fins and discharges where the closer terminates. In the case […]
Crittall steel fenestration systems have long been synonymous with quality, craftsmanship and visual appeal. The company’s latest offering continues this tradition, pushing new boundaries in performance with T60 – an innovative, thermally-broken steel window and door system combining the aesthetics of the company’s traditional fenestration solutions with 21st century thermal and acoustic performance levels. Incorporating […]
Photography by Jin Weiqi 3andwich Design together with He Wei Studio, has completed the Water Drop Library that’s located in Shuangyue Bay Central Park in Huizhou City, China. Photography by Jin Weiqi The building sits on top of a hill, looking out towards the sea, and has been designed as “a white library under a […]
An AT webinar with Medite Smartply exploring urban landscaping strategies is taking place on Thursday 15th September. Goldmsith Street is a collection of Stirling Prize-winning Passivhaus homes in Norwich, designed by Mikhail Riches Architects, with landscape architects, BBUK As more and more of us choose to live in cities, how we make the most of […]
August 29, 2022 Stackabl, a collaboration between Toronto-based multidisciplinary design studio, STACKLAB, and its New York-based showroom partner, Maison Gerard, has launched their new collection of lighting. The new pendants will be shown next month in a group exhibition entitled “Composition and Layout: Contemporary Design and Objects” at Mindy Solomon in Miami, Florida. The collection, […]
Studio MM has shared photos of a modern house they completed in North Branch, New York, that has an exterior of weathered steel siding. The one-bedroom home was designed for a couple looking to downsize and live simply, and it takes advantage of the width of the site with its horizontal layout. The home’s distinctive […]
Architect Barbara Bailey and interior design firm Wrightson Stewart have completed a modern extension to an existing house in Queensland, Australia. A walkway between old and new A walkway lined with windows links the original house with the extension and eases the transition between them. Stairs within it lead up to the new entry, where […]
The green and blue spaces on Maria Westerståhl’s urban doorstep are helping her to rebuild her confidence and sense of adventure after Lockdown and a battle with long Covid. Serendipity brings Tim to my home desk on International Women’s Day. (Is it a wink from the universe to stay in the frame?) A decade has […]
Richard Lavington applauds New Practice’s sympathetic and intelligent reworking of a vital, multi-use community resource in Glasgow Southside. Timber and glass screens painted a vibrant yellow subdivide spaces for resident artists and social enterprises on the top floor Kinning Park Complex is an organisation that has operated in the Kinning Park area of Glasgow’s Southside […]
Tanzo Space Design has completed a house in Beijing, China, with a sunken conversation pit as one of its main features. A place to gather The pit was designed as a spot where the family can get together and entertain guests. It is screened from public view, yet it can be seen from many rooms […]
Herzog & de Meuron’s adaptable and dynamic flagship building for the Royal College of Art has its sights set firmly on the future, while also acknowledging the institution’s past successes, finds Vicky Richardson. Architecture, it is often said, reflects the conditions in which it is made. But it can also anticipate the future. Herzog & […]
Residential design studio Charlie & Co. Design, Ltd., together with custom builders John Kraemer & Sons, have completed a new home on the shores of Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota. A key design element of the house, are the floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding doors that are featured on either side of the great room. Vertical wood siding […]
