meaning its carbon footprint is extremely high. The campus extracts grain from growing plots up the river Lea, reinstating the river as a main transport route and reducing heavy road usage. Grains are stored, processed into flour and distributed across London. The public...
摘要:Stonehenge (see page 20) is undoubtedly one of the most evocative and mysterious sites in the British Isles. Until relatively recently, as seen here in Ralph Deakin's 1920s photo, one could wander freely among the stones. Various interpretations of its meaning and function - which remain...
The RIBA Plan of Workwas initiated in 1963 as a framework for architects to use on projects. Over the years, it has become an industry-wide tool. It explains the expected outcomes, core tasks and information exchanges throughout the life of a construction project. The 2020 version of the P...
A key inclusion in the RIBA Plan of Work 2020 is the acknowledgement that the stage 4 information from the design team needs to be geared to manufacturing or construction for each building system, with this information being descriptive or prescriptive, depending on the approach. With the former,...
The local building code sets an 8 metre height limit (The Orangery is 7), so the architect has buried two metres of the linking building under the sloping site, allowing light in on the leading edge but meaning most of that accommodation does not count within the 8. The code also calls...
The two architects won the commission in 1971, beating 700 other entries with their innovative approach which put the mechanical service pipes on the outside, meaning the inside could be far more flexible. It is this arrangement, however, that has partly...
Starting from only the vaguest idea of the word required, a reader can quickly track down precisely the term they are looking for.The book is illustrated with stunning drawings that provide a visual as well as a textual definition of both key concepts and subtle differences in meaning. Davies...
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Whereas the dictionary definition of performance -to 'carry out an action' or 'to fulfill a task' - invokes a tired utilitarian debate, Hensel and Menges inject the meaning of the word 'performance' with an entirely new life. In this context, form is redefined not as the shape of a ...