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Norfolk-based Parsons & Whittley architects employed Passivhaus principles in the design of what is set to be the UK’s first rural affordable housing scheme to gain Passivhaus certification in Wimbish, Essex.
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BIG + TNT Nuuk + RambollNuuk + Arkitekti is the winning team to design the new National Gallery of Greenland in the country’s capital Nuuk, among invited proposals totaling six Nordic architects.
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The 2010 revision of Approved Document L (ADL) on 1st October will both significantly raise the number of tests and demand much improved performance. Tom Gregory, head of Chiltern Dynamics’ Energy Services Department, answers frequently asked questions.
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