The Concrete Centre
New London Architecture held a conference on 17 September entitled ‘Designing for a changing climate: towards zero-carbon London’. Among the speakers were Elaine Toogood from The Concrete Centre, who provided a round-up of everything the cement/concrete and delivering net zero carbon.
The Concrete Centre
This 6,000m2 seven-storey student centre was built to satisfy LSE’s brief for a naturally ventilated and naturally lit building.
The Concrete Centre
Structural challenges included a large span auditorium with offices above and construction hard up to highway boundaries and existing buildings.
The Concrete Centre
The Concrete Centre
Performance and Sustainability
Concrete’s role in delivering a sustainable built environment through performance benefits is increasingly recognised and utilised by design teams.
This section outlines how concrete can be used to provide comfortable, fit-for-purpose, flexible and safe structures.
The Concrete Centre
Located on the corner of St John Street and Pentonville Road, Islington, London, the five-storey office building has shed its tired 1980s facade and taken on a new modernist look.
The Concrete Centre
In the residential low-rise sector both housebuilders and homeowners have consistently found that concrete and masonry provide the best all-round housing solution.
The Concrete Centre
Houghton-le-Spring was the first healthcare project to achieve a BREEAM ‘Outstanding’ rating as well as using innovative construction methods
The Concrete Centre
Basements are known for requiring technical expertise in engineering, waterproofing and material specification, but this does not need to limit the design and aesthetic of exposed concrete, as Claire Ackerman of The Concrete Centre and Basement Information Centre explores.
The Concrete Centre
The use of concrete at Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre was fundamental to the low energy strategy for the building, combining natural ventilation and high thermal mass.