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WEBFrom the ground up: Ackroyd Lowrie on a mission to turn school leavers into architects with real work experience. 27 August 2024By Ben Flatman. With a focus on innovation and access, the east London studio is leading the charge in the architectural education revolution. Ben Flatman reports on how they are helping a new generation of architects ...
World Architecture 100 - the only comprehensive survey of the …
WEBSep 8, 2024 · Welcome to the World Architecture 100, Building Design’s compendium of the world’s biggest practices. Every year Building Design surveys the world’s biggest architecture practices to create a report that is one of the most respected annual publications in the industry. The rankings are compiled from …
Studio E: Anatomy of the death of a practice - Building Design
WEBStudio E founder Andrzej Kuszell giving evidence at the Grenfell Tower inquiry on 2 March 2020. Studio E has been wound up owing £144,014 to its remaining four staff and other creditors. Documents filed with Companies House show it has just £15,688 to its name. Yet just 12 years ago it employed 45 staff and had assets of £168,048.
A guide to fire protection for architects - Building Design
WEBOct 17, 2011 · The regulations do not specify what a “reasonable period” is, but Approved Document B contains guidance on this. Structural fire resistance periods vary between 30, 60 and 90 minutes, according to the occupancy and the height of the building, and requirements change at 5, 18 and 30 metres. For example, an office that is …
Battersea power station: the remarkable journey from ruin to ...
WEBOct 6, 2022 · The long-running saga of Battersea power station is coming to a close, nearly 40 years after it stopped generating electricity. Since then, the mighty brick edifice has defied numerous attempts to give it a new lease of life.
BD Film Club: Empire of Light revisited - Building Design
WEBThe fictional cinema scenes in Empire of Light were brought to life by transforming the real-life Dreamland Cinema, where the iconic “DREAMLAND” signage was replaced by the letters “EMPIRE” for the exterior shots.Designed by J.B. Iles, Julian Leathart, and W.F. Granger, the building was erected on the site of a former theatre and completed in 1935, boasting a grand cinema with 2,050 ...
The net zero challenge: feeling is believing - Building Design
WEBAug 8, 2022 · But feeling is believing, and many of you on 19th July 2022 might have come into spaces from 37°C outdoors into 26°C indoors and thought this is cool! Source: Isaac Meir. A main indicator of a thermally well behaved building is how much the building dampens the indoor temperature swings over a day.
Five things we have learnt about being a B Corp
WEBApr 12, 2022 · B Corp certification is a designation that a business is meeting high standards of verified performance, accountability, and transparency on factors from employee benefits and charitable giving to supply chain practices and input materials. The B Corp movement is underpinned by the belief that …
Studio E: ‘We wouldn’t have won Grenfell refurb in competitive …
WEBMar 2, 2020 · The founder of Studio E Architects has told the Grenfell Tower Inquiry panel that his firm would probably not have been appointed to refurbish the 1970s block if there had been a competitive process for the work. Andrzej Kuszell told the panel probing the causes of the fire that claimed 72 lives in June 2017 that his firm had no track record of ...
Government set to confirm demolition of Grenfell Tower this month
WEBThe government is expected to confirm this month that the Grenfell Tower will be demolished next year because of safety fears, although it is unclear whether this will be before or after the fifth anniversary in June. The Sunday Times reported yesterday that ministers are close to a decision that the tower must come down early next year ...