Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
A picture of health – Well Building Standard at Cundall
Cundall’s new office is the first project in Europe to receive Well Building Standard certification. Liza Young finds out what this involved, and how it…
September 2016
Out of reach – South Bank Tower retrofit
A vibrant mixed-use tower has emerged from a dreary 1970s London office block after engineers worked out how to accommodate a multitude of building services…
September 2016
In control – thermal comfort and productivity
Architect AHMM has used its office as a testbed for thermal strategies in a building with no cooling. AHMM’s Craig Robertson and Ines Idzikowski Perez,…
September 2016
Heat stress – addressing overheating at Addenbrooke’s Rosie maternity unit
Mothers, babies and staff at the Rosie maternity unit in Cambridge can endure summer temperatures of over 30°C. Alan Short, Renganathan Giridharan, and Kevin Lomas…
July 2016
Cambridge first – exemplary retrofit of Grade I listed halls of residence at Trinity College
A Grade I listed hall of residence at Trinity College, Cambridge has undergone a highly sensitive upgrade that sets the standard for the green retrofitting…
June 2016
Hoare Lea and Herzog & De Meuron’s Blavatnik School of Government
Herzog & De Meuron’s sleek, minimal design for University of Oxford's school of government meant Hoare Lea’s mixed-mode ventilation system had to be discreet, as…
May 2016
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