The Concrete Centre
The first phase of Lend Lease’s major development in Stratford. The project consists of 2 residential blocks of 17 and 30 storeys. RC frame construction starting with large foundation pads above piles.
The Concrete Centre
Once completed, Deansgate Square, Manchester, will consist of four glazed towers – the tallest of which will be 64 storeys high - the tallest building in the UK outside London.
The Concrete Centre
The Concrete Centre’s senior architect Elaine Toogood on the design considerations and technical requirements when using brick-faced cladding.
The Concrete Centre
Embedded in a Forest of Dean hillside, Loyn & Co’s Manser Medal winner is changing public attitudes to concrete housing.
The Concrete Centre
1200 Works takes the ‘raw is more’ approach on a London end-of-terrace cast from fibre-reinforced concrete.
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Few buildings provide as valuable a template for the retrofit of existing concrete structures as the 1960s Park Hill estate in Sheffield.
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Thin joint blockwork (thin joint masonry) is a fast, clean, accurate system for construction using autoclaved aerated concrete blocks of close dimensional tolerance with 2mm-3mm mortar joints.This solution is recognised as a modern method of construction.
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Case study Proctor & Matthews has revived a traditional form of settlement with a modern method of construction.
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The mammoth Thames Tideway Tunnel is a 25km, 7.2m-diameter addition to London’s Victorian sewage network to make it fit for the 21st century. Completed in 2025, it intercepts and diverts wastewater and stormwater to prevent the release of untreated sewage into the River Thames.
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Turner Art Gallery was completed with sustainability and the environment in mind and achieved a BREEAM rating of ‘Very Good’.