Architects' Journal 1997 Barrie Evans - Abstracts

Architects' Journal 1997 Barrie Evans
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Author of seminal book on disabled design recants.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Bank and Eco Park compared: Both the Commerzbank and the Eco Park have environmental agendas. For the bank, the focus is energy. For the ecopark, all aspects of the building are embraced.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Banking on ventilation: as the Commerzbank nears completion, its transparency and low-energy approach, based on natural ventilation, are emerging.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
CO2 science and its politics: the intergovernmental debate on global warming and its control is hotting up. A recent lecture by the IPCC's John Houghton shows why.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Concrete in flight. (American air museum in Duxford, England)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Designing EcoLite homes.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Distributing the database. (possible disadvantages with centralised project databases for building design work)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Electric refurbishment. (restoration of an underground station in London, United Kingdom)(includes related articles on rust and refurbishment of facade)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Fire-protecting the business. (United Kingdom Loss Prevention Council seeks to influence building design)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Glass spectacles: recent glazing technology provides new options in fire-rated glass partitions, new films and a lintel that reduces cold bridging.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Greener coatings for steelwork. (environmental law on steel coatings)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Half-year report. (BRE Managing Director Martin Wyatt)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Homes for a lifetime: Lifetimes Homes Standards can provide homes for people with moderate mobility difficulties.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Learning about resources: Derby University's learning resource centre makes passive energy features part of a low-energy, low-cost, low-risk building.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Learning by doing: environmental innovation in buildings increases the risk of failure. A recent series of case studies highlights what does and does not work.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Learning from learning: results from energy monitoring of Anglia Polytechnic University's experimental learning resource centre offer lessons for future design.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Making housing sustainable.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
More than skin deep: developments in building envelopes for tomorrow, and beyond, were the subject of this year's international ICBEST conference in Bath.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Next steps in timber.(engineering applications of timber in UK construction sector)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Offices for changing work: shorter leases and space flexibility were the main themes of a British Council of Offices tour of new developments in Brussels and Frankfurt.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Promoting combined services: environmental design increasingly brings architects and services engineers together. CIBSE's conference reflects this growing dialogue.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Retrofitting to save energy: A recent seminar offered ideas for retrofitting offices to save energy and improve indoor comfort and tips for greener specification.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Slowing the march of time: preserving decaying buildings as monuments presents particular problems, as an RIBA conservation group visit to Telford showed.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Solar power gets serious: bands of photovoltaic cells and clear glazing characterize the 66m-long south facade of new offices being built near Sunderland.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Steel in the frame: a round-up of recent developments in steel's fire and environmental performance, steel construction systems and composite panels.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Steel marches on. (latest developments in steel)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Strategic design for fire. (increasing emphasis on fire-engineering approach to fire safety)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Telework on the move: after years of unfulfilled predictions, teleworking may now be taking off, with implications both for projects and for architects as workers.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
The Design-Build Institute. (prospects for design and build in the UK)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
The Dome experience. (design and construction of the Millennium Dome in the United Kingdom)(includes related article on statistical information)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
The fire-resisting overcoat. (Keim's paints offer durability and fire protection)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
The screen at the centre: developments by Barbour and Autodesk reinforce the trend for the networked computer to become the operational focus of architects' work.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Through the glass cylinder: the RWE Tower is an elegant glass cylinder on the Essen skyline. With its natural ventilation, can it be called an ecological high-rise?Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Timber building US-style. (timber widely used for building in the US)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Transparent fit-out from Commerzbank. (interior design of Commerzbank in Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany, by Foster and Partners)Business, internationalBarrie Evans
Unravelling the web at HOK: Web technology is opening up a host of opportunities for using the Internet and intranets to share information locally and globally.Business, internationalBarrie Evans
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