Case Studies
Outstanding projects highlighting services design and operation
Raising the bar – Land Rover BAR headquarters for the America’s Cup
Land Rover BAR will attempt to achieve Britain’s first America’s Cup victory next year. If its teamwork is anything like the collaborative approach taken to…
October 2016
Sound of success – acoustic design in music schools
Creating the right acoustic environment in a performance space is a painstaking task that requires a multidisciplinary approach. Liza Young speaks to the team behind…
October 2016
The art of cooling – services design at the Tate Modern extension
Its façade is not the only thing that’s cutting edge about the new Tate Modern extension – it uses water from the gravel below to cool…
September 2016
Safe harbour – the Chatham Historic Dockyard restoration
For 200 years the historic HMS Namur lay forgotten under a wheelwrights’ shop at The Chatham Historic Dockyard. Now it’s the star of an exhibition…
September 2016
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
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