CONTENTS


NEWS, VIEWS & INSIGHTS


04 16


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Industry News Site Lines: DfMA: the great offsite hope Ask the Architect: Damien Lee of WGP Architects CPD Focus


International Focus Appointments & Company News


PROJECT REPORTS 28


PRODUCTS


42 45 48 57 57 60 77 83 91


Structural Elements External Envelope


Groundworks & Drainage Insulation Heating, Ventilation & Services Interiors


Safety & Security Landscaping & External Works Classified & Directory


02.21


Fluid dynamics The dramatic curves of ZHA’s first airport are as much the result of a need to provide maximum throughput, as aesthetic aspiration. The project’s lead architect tells Jack Wooler how the team explored the evolving role of architecture on the project


35


Social housing with a human face A new Build to Rent project for a housing association in Manchester saw a difficult site cleverly exploited to provide a mix of human-scaled homes, and depart from the anonymity of the area’s previous social housing


FEATURES 67


77 28


INTERIORS: BATHROOMS & WASHROOMS Adding space, made easy Ann Boardman of Saniflo highlights how homeowners have carried on investing in upgrading their properties, with drainage connections being a key element


SAFETY & SECURITY: ACCESS CONTROL The future is contactless Paul Smith of Häfele discuss how remote access control is central to the future of hospitality design, in a future with Covid


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SAFETY & SECURITY: SMOKE & FIRE SAFETY Multiple benefits Barry Sargent of Nittan looks at the factors that make multi-sensor alarms a safe choice


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LANDSCAPING & EXTERNAL WORKS: EXTERNAL SURFACES Porcelain performs inside and out Jamie Gledhill of Brett Landscaping looks at how porcelain paving can deliver on aesthetics and function in both domestic and public realm settings in the context of Covid


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