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Case study: CLT House by Unknown Works
Bold yellow additions mark out the front and rear extensions to a semi-detached, brick house in east London. Photography by Unknown Works
Cladding
Case studies and product information about cladding and facades
Case study: SEE Building, University of Salford, by Sheppard Robson
The Engineering and Environment Building provides facilities for students studying architecture, robotics, computing, physics and engineering. Photography by Jack Hobhouse
Case study: Crystal Palace Park Café by Chris Dyson Architects
Crystal Palace Park Cafe by Chris Dyson Architects is clad in half-round cedar shingles, a reference to the scaly skin of the nearby Grade I-listed dinosaur sculptures that inhabit the lakeside. Photography by Peter Landers
Case study: D2, Greenwich Design District by Mole Architects
D2 features pyramid-profiled cladding that has a two-tone colour changing with the direction of the light, while fins in similarly dichroic glass surround the windows to refract coloured light over the façades. Photography by Taran Wilkhu
Case study: Coast House by Hudson Architects
This single-storey family home near the north Norfolk coast is arranged as a series of 'pavilions' and uses a palette that combines local materials with contemporary tones and textures. Photography by Joakim Borén
Case study: 3 Arena Central by Make Architects
Make's commercial office building in Birmingham's Arena Central was envisaged as a 'jewel' and is clad in repeating metallic hexagonal panels
Case study: Hackney New Primary School and 333 Kingsland Road housing by Henley Halebrown
Henley Halebrown’s new combined primary school and housing development in Hackney accommodates community-friendly features into its façades
Case study: The Observatory, Graveney School, by Urban Projects Bureau
The practice’s second project for Graveney secondary school in south-west London includes 12 classrooms and a rooftop observatory
The Parchment Works by Will Gamble Architects
An extension to a Northamptonshire house preserves and celebrates a ruined former parchment factory
The Fold by Studio Egret West
The curved facade of The Fold lessens its impact on the surrounding streetscape