Sunday, December 7, 2008

Apartments in Cheltenham by Glenn Howells Architects take lessons from history

Georgia and the city very well from Hawera This is the context for the development of 142 apartments by Glenn Howells Architects for the House of Crosby. St. James project has been installed in remote sites in St Georges Road, a main route into the city lined with Palladian city. Foreign white has been selected to provide a reference stucco finish of Georgia property, and a set-back Attic floor has been added to the five-storey block to align the new development with their rooflines.


Single aspect of one-and two-room flat overlooking the road or back yard, with a larger flat in the Attic open to the roof, which is very good. Entrance is clearly stated above, the massing of the building. The block is partly buried in the site, which helps to minimize the impact of the level of basic car-park.


It's simple, polite building, we concentrated on proportion and simple palette of materials, "said project architect Steve Spencer.


Flat bay window that has a place to sit flush with the enamel to give, with the opening of the vent natural ventilation to set back 250 mm to align with the internal wall. "Many thoughts go to the window, although there is a very tight budget. It gives a level of articulation to the front of the house," said Spencer.


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Thursday, December 4, 2008

Long-inspiring space of traditional family houses Belfast

Traditional, white-painted Ireland is the inspiration for the long Kieran McGonigle's £ 185 new families to build 000 houses, squeezed back to the garden site only 12 meters wide.


To respond to narrow, the length of 45 m site, McGonigle (who work for the practice of Belfast Twenty-two During Seven) came with a plan elongated linear one room deep and two high Storeys. It's "quite a journey" from the front to the back of the house, he said, but placing the entrance in the middle of help.

Core structure has a pitched roof, with Gable to extend the south wall to create a series of courtyards, and a floor-roofed garden room flat in the east. All rooms facing south to the page, while the circulation, storage and entrance wall stored to the north, particularly solid. Four bedrooms, which is located at the top level.

The property is ignored by the neighboring park, but simple vernacular form to help avoid problems with planning permission, although the house is pale gray with dark wood color than the more traditional white.

Construction took seven months to use the load-bearing structure of the stone. Services are stacked added for the convenience of the window and the depth of the chunky, 600MM wall.

McGonigle family now enjoy 2.8 floor to ceiling height and easy access to the outside courtyards. "Perhaps the sense of large scale that makes it feel like a larger home," he said. Far-weariness that the original site also offers privacy. "Many people do not know that it is there," he said.

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Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Development by Amin Taha Architects signals new growth in Hackney

Development of 10 new flats for private rent, which is designed by Amin Taha Architects, has transformed a site in London Fields, rented. Part of the site has long been pubs that have fallen into disrepair, and the area behind the derelict land, with the dump burned-out car.



Original road plans have been disrupted by the site housing development in the 1960s, Richard Cheeseman director explains that as "all cul-de-sacs, where the houses do not have the front and back." Amin Taha back the original layout of the scheme without constraining the access roads to the homes there.



The main building construction is straight-forward load-bearing blockwork with the hardcore pre-cast slabs for floors and roofs. Finished with insulated render systems, as select the architect cost-effective way to create a, homogeneous appearance. Center slot, contains the main external staircase is painted bright lime green, to provide some interest and make buildings more vibrant. Access to the flat is extended through the balcony deck, the same thick green finish.



All 10 units, one to 3 bedrooms, will be rented at 70% of the local market rent, as affordable housing by the private pension fund investors. In accordance with the conditions of planning, the scheme also includes eight off-street parking spaces.



Cheeseman said, "I think people generally feel pleased that the run-down pub has been replaced by a contemporary residential buildings, and people who live behind the development now feel more secure."



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Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Conran & Partners lays claim to UK’s tallest timber-clad tower

Conran and Partners lays claim to England tallest timber-clad tower

Conran & Partners, Terence Conran's architecture and design practices, have completed English tallest timber-clad tower, in Salford. 19-floor building that stands opposite Lowry Center, and next to the proposed site of the new BBC building in Salford Quays.



Link to the main tower of the nine-storey building, and the second element of the scheme are dressed in a combination of almond-veneer paneling by suppliers Prodema Spain, and full-height glazing.



External Cladding is a high-density panel of resin-bonded cellulose fibers - also known as Bakelite - faced with natural wood veneer. "He has a warm, tactile finish, and natural variations in the wood to help scale the building," said Tim Bowder-Ridger, associate director at Conran & Partners. "One challenge has been to get the right wind loadings. In the end we used improved materials, jewelry, which is done well, even during a heavy storm earlier this year."



Development provides a variety of one-and two-bedroom apartments, many with views over the water. Six-floor apartment, which Rooftop very good, while the other has a flat internal Juliet balcony. Flat with the front-aspect Projecting have balconies made of steel and glass. Conran's scheme is the fifth project in Manchester.



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Monday, December 1, 2008

When the architects 3DReid complete the new building to developers Calthorpe Estates in Birmingham's Edgbaston district, they were amazed to learn that it is the first commercial buildings in the city to win the BREEAM assessment is very good. "This is a challenge," said director Dave Burrows 3DReid client. "Everyone needs to work together - the clients, contractors, tenants and design teams."





On 19 George Road, the main issue is how to achieve the environmental performance required without reducing the concept to the box office, especially glass that appears to 'float' above the ground floor of the parking lot. The solution is to have to glaucous 100% but the front and back of the building using the full high-slit windows. Architect find that the narrow slot to receive both the level of light, but leave enough wall space needed for the amount of insulation. "It's a win-win," said Burrows.


£ 2.2m buildings located in 80% of the former car park site with a two-level office set up in the car park. To the right is the reception block with a height of two entrance topped by two break-out floor space. A atriums placed in the center of the building. Window produced by Schuco, with crisp white walls are finished in render Sto. The steel-framed building also features energy-efficient lighting, and water flow regulators to reduce consumption.


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