These striking sculptural 3D modular wallpaper tiles offer interior designers the option to add dynamic elements that transform the character of a room or space. You can create your own pattern by changing the orientation and colour of the tiles. Made of 100% recycled waste paper, the 12 inch (305 mm) square tiles are lightweight, […]
Low energy consumption and responsive regulation of the internal environment were the piorties for these the new university buildings on the mixed previous developed and parkland campus site. The devvelopment consists the learning Centr, including 300 workstations, teaching rooms and 200-seat lecture theatre, and the Sports Science building containing laboratories teaching spaces and staff office. […]
Surplus self-adhensive paper and plastic labels are blended with polypropylene and turned into new lightweight yet unbending deck deck planks. With a hollow core that can also be used for cabling, weight of one square meter of deck planks is just 2.5 kg (5,5 lb). Standard lenghts are 3.2,4, and 4.8 m (10.5, 13, and […]
Although the concept is not new, Fred is a portable building with some special features. The basic room unit 3 x 3 x 3m (27 cu; m, 953 cu. ft.) but the floor area can be doubled to 18 sq. m. (194 sq. ft.) by taking advantage of sliding wall and roof elements which are […]
The 1974 ‘Marche en Avant’ (walk ahead) regulations changed catering practices in France by encouraging nuclearization of activities to avoid cross-contamination of raw, cooked or waste foodd. This led to the development of mono-functional rooms, resulting in a significant expansion in floor space required. The 1989 Hazzard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) regulation enforced […]
Designed to use 30% less energy than UK ‘best practice’ in 1996, this office was certified Excellent under the Building Research Establishment (BRE) Environmental Assessment Method, and is still exemplar today. Cooling is achieved by natural automatic ventilation at night combined with ground water pumped through the concrete floors and ceilings, with an efficiency of […]
EnviroGLAS Terazzo, known as Enviro TRAZ is a flooring surface that will last for 40 years ore more and is a good replacement for marble terazzo, allowing conservation of natural geological resources. Comprised of 75% waste glass and porcelain hold togheter by a thin set epoxy binder that is VOC-free after treatment, the flooring is […]
This is the first generation of speculative solar-powered office buildings in the UK. It incorporates 900 sq. m (9.660 sq. ft.) of photovoltaic cells into the south-facing glass facade leaning at 60 degrees. This array has generated 113,000 kWh per annum for the first two years, a subsantial contribution to the energy consumption to the […]
Trusjoist produces a range of patented engineered timbers made by drying short or long veneer ‘fibres’ or panels, joining them with glue or resins and subjecting them to high pressure and/or heat. They produce three ‘timbers’ Parallam®PSL., Timberstrand®LSL., Microllam®LVL, and a special composite structural timber floor cross-beam, the Silent Floor® joist. They claim improved strenght […]
Corporations and urban authorities should increase recycling volumes in the future, but how fundamental are the facilities themselves? Valdemingomez represents a new generation of recycling plants that consider their own environmental impacts, a critical undertaking for a plant in the future southeast Regional Park of Madrid. A cross-section of the 29,000 sq. m (312,00 sq.gt.) […]
