Bonnie on Clyde

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Architect Foster and Partner's design for Glasgow's new conference centre may never have been built without steelwork specialist Watson Steel's ability to develop the building's steel framework electronically. The 21.75 million pounds sterling, 3,000-seater, armadillo-shaped building is covered with a complex arrangement of eight large shells with a steel framework. Designing the building's complicated geometry was helped by using 3D computer modelling techniques. It is unlikely whether the building would have developed beyond the concept stage if computer technology had not been available.

Usage, Contracts, Architects, Computer-aided design, Computer aided design, Convention facilities, Convention centers, Steelwork, Glasgow, Scotland, Foster & Partners, Watson Steel

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No (average) quarter

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The UK Ministry of Defence's Defence Housing Executive is placing strong emphasis on high quality housing, recognizing that this can be a valuable tool in boosting recruitment and morale. It is making the upgrading of the Ministry of Defence's 60,000 units a priority. At the Mathew and Avon estates in Tidworth, England, a five-year programme of work beginning in Aug 1999 will involve replacing 533 homes constructed in the 1960s with 484 new three- and four-bed homes with garages. Some of these homes will be used to test innovative features such as solar power and grey-water recycling.

Housing, Soldiers, United Kingdom. Ministry of Defence, Quartering (Billeting)

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Cover storey

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The residential tower blocks on the Glyndon Estate of Greenwich in London, UK, are being given a face-lift to improve insulation and tenant satisfaction. The thirty million pounds sterling overcladding project is using Bauclad smooth-faced, high-pressure, laminate cladding panels with aluminium strips highlighting block corners to upgrade each 24-storey block.

Housing rehabilitation, Metal cladding

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