British Museum's comfort factor

Article Abstract:

Ensuring building services to the new Great Court at the British Museum, London, England, posed some difficulties for architects Foster and Partners and engineers Buro Happold. The building was surrounded by other galleries, with the Reading Room at the centre. A glazed roof was chosen to give light to the building but the amount of light had to be controllable because of the possible damage to precious artifacts. Bringing sufficient air, at 45m3 per second, into the Great Court was solved by placing ducting around old foundations and building four secondary plant rooms.

London, England, Museums, Art museums, Engineers, Heating, cooling and ventilation, Buro Happold, Foster & Partners

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Scaling the heights

Article Abstract:

A description is presented of the refurbishment of an unpopular office building which was completed in 1972. The remodeling, which was carried out by FaulknerBrowns architects, included a reduction in the building's height.

FaulknerBrowns

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Making an entrance

Article Abstract:

A description is presented of the refurbishment of a complex consisting of office space and 10 shop units which was built in the 1970s. The architectural practice involved in the refurbishment are The Manser Practice.

Retail stores, Stores, The Manser Practice

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