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Biophilia subscription service combines plants, sensors and machine learning to improve employee health and cut energy consumption

20 November 2020

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Tales you lose
Belgian artist/architect duo Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, whose huge metal Labyrinth installation in the town of Genk referenced its dead industrial past (PiP Sept/Oct 2015) has been busy conjuring up another sizeable memento mori
Edge off the orient
Anyone who’s experienced the deep cleaning properties of a Turkish bath will be aware of their famed abilities to get into all the corners
Ceiling slinky
In Hungarian apparently, the word Illan means something temporary and fleeting, and it’s the name given to young Hungarian designer Zsuzsanna Horvath’s new thin, flexible, plywood suspension lamp
Lockdown lounger
With furloughing still in the process of being wound down, contemporary design firm Established & Sons hasn’t been sitting on its hands during lockdown
Not your Nikkei Average
Recent events might have rather caught up with it, but it seems bookings are finally now being taken at the new The Ivy Asia
Heart of darkness
Back in Belgium, Stéphane Beel Architects was commissioned for the restoration and extension of Brussels’ Afrika Museum to bring the building up-to-date and to allow from better viewing of its collections.
A bigger splash
Given the fact that half of Hollywood seems to have headed out to the shores of Italy’s Lake Como since George and Amal Clooney rocked up, it was only a matter of time before a high-end Japanese eatery sprang up in the area to feed all those hungry little west coast mouths.

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Practical and fantastical ways to glamorise the everyday, starring Darth Vadar, a much-missed KK, Bisto Kids lookalikes and Roger

Practical and fantastical ways to glamorise the everyday

As businesses open up again, PiP checks out some products designed to help ensure a safe and confident return to the workplace

Products to help a safer return to the workplace

CAT’s phone with high-spec thermal imaging camera is rugged enough to appeal to construction professionals

Identify anything from faulty electrics to insulation gaps with your phone

Specification favourites from Inside Out Architects’ residential associate Anthony Hall and commercial associate Philip Russell

Specification favourites from Inside Out Architects’ residential associate Anthony Hall and commercial associate Philip Russell

Polymer coating allows brick walls to store electricity say Washington University researchers

‘We can use our houses to store energy’

Cladding & Roofing

Made from phyllite metamorphic rock, Riverstone has an attractive silky appearance and strength that makes it suitable for multiple architectural uses

An extremely rare metamorphic rock, Riverstone is prized for its strength and beauty for all uses

Specified as a component in building envelope design, the Stamisol Safe One breather membrane can be part of a strategy that contributes to fire safety

Why full facade design should be in Euroclass A2 for high-risk buildings

A bi-parting Sliding Over Fixed rooflight by Glazing Vision has maximised light, air and space in an elegant extension

Glazing Vision's bi-parting sliding-over-fixed design

Made from a majority of natural fibres, Trespa's premium facade solution is designed for longevity, simplicity and aesthetic appeal - it performs technically too

Made from natural fibres, Trespa's facade solution is long lasting and attractive

Lightweight Cupaclad 101 Logic rainscreen cladding adds a striking finishing touch to WHAT_Architecture's quirky Peckham project

WHAT_Architecture gets quirky in Peckham with Cupa Pizarras rainscreen cladding

Doors and windows

Velux flat roof window system brings natural light to the Maber-designed office and warehouse space of the Nottinghamshire fabrics company

Velux flat roof system provides daylighting solution for fabrics firm

The new Hilton Garden Inn Hotel features curtain walling, window inserts and doors by Senior Architectural Systems

Hilton Garden Inn Hotel features curtain walling by Senior Architectural Systems

The timber windows and doors specialist has achieved the environmental gold standard of FSC® Chain of Custody certification

Timber windows and doors specialist achieves FSC Chain of Custody certification

Specifying a window walling system that already meets CWCT requirements means eliminating the risk of costly remedial work post-installation

Curtain walling and window screens that eliminate the risk of remedial work

Reynaers' new aluminium parallel-opening windows bring noise reduction, acoustic insulation and natural ventilation to residential buildings in urban environments

Reynaers' new aluminium window reduces noise ingress