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Date: 05 August 2020 - 16:40

Why we turn city rooftops into public spaces

Claire Hall and Jak Spencer are part of the team at Urban Scale Interventions, which is reinventing underused rooftops in Belfast. Here, they tell us about using roofs creatively.

Tags: Architecture, Design, Arts

Floor-heating systems that send hot air into a hollow space under the floor to heat a room or bath exist since Roman times. Watercolour by General Eduard von Kallee, 1884 (c) public domain, adapted from the original: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Rottenburg_Sumelocenna_by_Eduard_von_Kallee.jpg

Date: 14 September 2015 - 14:54

Eco houses are coming back after centuries

What makes a house eco-friendly and how has the technology changed over time? Dr Bilsay Pastakkaya, who received a British Council grant to work with fellow researchers in the UK, explains.

Tags: Architecture, Science, Scientific research, Arts

What ideas would architects concoct with no restrictions? Our Paper Salon turned up a few imaginative solutions. (Image credit: Ross Anderson)

Date: 22 April 2013 - 17:39

What we can learn from Moscow's 'paper architects'

What’s the point of designing buildings that may never be built? The British Council’s Alastair Donald explains the value of ‘paper architecture’.

Tags: Architecture, Arts

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