Volume.11, No 2
Autumn 2001

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Cover Story: Trapions were used imaginatively at the Earth Centre in Doncaster as the structural walls on their new conference centre.
Also: Gridshell at Flimwell: gridshells are hot topics this year and few are more impressive than the home-grown sweet chestnut gridshell used on the Flimwell Woodland Enterprise Centre designed by Feilden Clegg. This article not only includes design challenges but supply and consumption data of the raw materials used.
Architects for a Future: What are the next generation of architects planning? Are they learning from our mistakes about the environment? Will they have the resources available for their plans?
Woodwool Revival: woodwool has a chequered history, overused in the 50's and 60's and now deeply unfashionable with architects. Architect Dil Green argues that there is a place for this inexpensive and ecologically appropriate material in eco-buildings of the future. Includes examples from his own projects.
Saving the Wood from the Trees: disturbing news from Friends of the Earth that highlights the failure of a number of tropical timber extraction projects operating under the Forest Stewardship Scheme (FSC).
Inner City Sustainability: Jon Lissimore of Lambeth Council outlines how the authority has implemented the transformation of an early seventies four-story deck access block into low energy homes for the future.
Non-Ventilated Roofs: technical report from Dupont, the makers of Tyvek breather membranes. The report argues the case for non-ventilated roofs.
Regulars: News, reviews, product information, letters, events.
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