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Building performance consultant Ricardo Moreira outlines the energy-saving modifications he is making to his house

Region:: London

More:: Ricardo Moreira; Retrofit; Insulation; Victorian building; Thermal bridging; Airtightness; waste water heat recovery; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology

Taller de Arquitectura is 50 years old

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Internal management; External management; Barcelona; Social housing; Urbanism; Spanish economy; Architectural education; International working

Ricardo Bofill’s sensitivity to context is an enduring, sensual pleasure

Region:: Europe

More:: Tatiana von Preussen; Ricardo Bofill; Design construction & technology; Spain; House; Mediterranean; Costa Blanca

A fire-resistant CLT tower, thin-shell concrete and bacteria-grown tiles head your favourite stories

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Jan-Carlos Kucharek; Ricardo Moreira; CLT; Materials; Fire risk; Design construction & technology; Sustainable architecture; SterlingOSB Zero; Health safety & wellbeing; Dementia

Stories concerning the Building Safety Act and related legislation were among the year’s most read

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Building Safety Act; Grenfell inquiry; Principal designer; Salary survey; Rising Stars; Future Architects; Ricardo Moreira

DesignPH is a useful early-design tool to tackle heating demand

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Retrofit; Design construction & technology; Sustainable architecture; DesignPH; SketchUp; Climate action; Ricardo Moreira; Temperature control; Energy efficiency; XCO2

Designing against overheating could be architects’ greatest green contribution

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Environmental design; XCO2; Ricardo Moreira; Design construction & technology; Sustainable architecture; Technology

Low carbon design can throw up other confilcts

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Parametric design; Climate action; Noise insulation; temperature; Ricardo Moreira; Design construction & technology

Report reveals low takeup of grants from £450m scheme to promote heat pumps

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Stephen Cousins; Heating and ventilation; Ground source heat pumps; Heat pumps; House of Lords; Sustainable architecture; Design construction & technology

Will the planning regs really be left to go up in smoke?

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Places planning & community; RTPI; Climate emergency; Jan-Carlos Kucharek; Politics; Business clients & services

Alan Short reclaims natural environments

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Environment; Sustainability; Climate; Natural environments; Ventilation; Alan Short; Queen's Building; Designing & building it

PIP seminar looks at three lovely educational facilities

Region:: United Kingdom

More:: Hawkins\Brown; Formica; Walters & Cohen Architects; Michael Laird Architects; Reiach and Hall Architects; DSDHA; Oscar Acoustics; Jacksons Fencing; Secured by Design; Davenies School; Regent High School; City of Glasgow College

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