City Centre Campus at University of Wales in Newport, United Kingdom

BDP has create a new visual identity for Newport region through Glazed volume for University of Wales’s City Centre Campus that located in Newport, United Kingdom. Read more details below: The University of Wales, Newport commissioned a masterplan to create a new campus for the schools of Art, Media, Design, Business and Technology on the [...]

Tags: Architecture, carbon technologies, Energy conservation, Environmental design, Low-energy building, Sustainability, sustainable building, University of Wales

Aylesbury Crown Court in Aylesbury, United Kingdom

Aylesbury Crown Court that located in Aylesbury, United Kingdom, was designed by HOK International Ltd. The building plan is linear, creating a long and narrow building; this suits the design of the four courts within and is favoured by the client, HMCTS (Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service).  The court’s blueprint addresses the complexity of [...]

Tags: Aylesbury, Aylesbury Crown Court, BREEAM, Courthouse, Courtroom, HOK International Ltd., Majesty's Court, Portland, Tribunal Service, United Kingdom

Corby Cube New Civic Hub in Corby, United Kingdom

The Corby Cube New Civic Hub designed by Hawkins/Brown is located in Corby, United Kingdom. HawkinsBrown’s innovative response combined these two briefs into a single building. This proposal provided multiple benefits in terms of sharing facilities and infrastructure to realise savings in capital and running costs, fostering synergetic relationships between users and the creation of [...]

Tags: Architecture, BREEAM, Brief, Chief Executive, Corby, Environmental design, Low-energy building, Mac OS X, Spaces, sustainable building, United Kingdom

The Christie Patient Treatment Centre in Manchester, United Kingdom

Located in Manchester, United Kingdom, Christie Patient Treatment Centre  was designed by AFL Architects. This building was to be of the highest architectural quality, create a strong new entrance to the hospital and achieve a BREEAM ‘Excellent’ Rating. The building has been designed to have a relationship with the existing buildings on site, both visually [...]

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Uppingham School Sports Centre in Uppingham, United Kingdom

Uppingham School Sports Centre that located in Uppingham, United Kingdom, was designed by ORMS Architecture Design. The new building is twice as large as the School’s old sports centre yet will cost less to heat and power. The range of sustainable features includes solar collectors, combined heat & power plant, natural ventilation and rainwater harvesting. [...]

Tags: BREEAM, Building engineering, Construction, Earthquake engineering, Energy conservation, Environment, Environmental design, EPC, Low-energy building, School Sports Centre, Sustainability, sustainable building, United Kingdom, Uppingham, Uppingham School, Uppingham School Sports Centre