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Elaine Toogood is Head of Architecture at The Concrete Centre - the UK’s hub for material, design and construction guidance related to the use of concrete. She has nearly 25 years’ experience as an architect across a range of design projects including several self-build homes.
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The newly published Independent Assessment of UK Climate Risk from the Climate Change Committee calls for the updating of building regulations to address overheating in new homes. To address this, a number of key actions are identified, which The Concrete Centre fully support.
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The Everyman Theatre is a RIBA North West National Award winner 2014 and was the winner of the RIBA Stirling Prize 2014.
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Having a minimal impact on the environment was always going to be a high priority for the Environment Agency’s HQ and with a BREEAM rating of 85%, the best for an office in the UK, this is a truly sustainable building.
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The project brief was for a new and distinctive single chapel crematorium which allowed the function of the building to be seamless as well as to provide a reflective and tranquil place for the community.
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The BREEAM 'Excellent' Exchange Building's aesthetic is dominated by the visual concrete for the walls and soffits.
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Undrhill House, built beneath a 300-year old derelict barn in the heart of the English Cotswolds became the first certified Passivhaus in England.
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97 Milton Park is a 3,500m2 speculative office development within a well established Oxfordshire business park.
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Concrete’s unique flexibility provides a wide range of framing options, both in-situ and precast, and design/construction solutions to suit the project’s exact needs.
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Post-tensioned (PT) slabs offer the thinnest slab type and long spans can also be achieved. PT slabs use high-strength tensioned steel strands to compress the slabs, keeping the majority of the concrete in compression.