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Hotel Focus: Creating Calm
26 November 2019Kay Hill speaks to architects and designers about how they use their skills to create an atmosphere where people can truly relax
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Mass Timber Architecture
17 October 2019Kay Hill looks at what's being done around the world with mass timber and asks whether changes to the regulations in Britain risk compromising the move towards a greener architecture
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Public sector design - the finishing touches that make the difference
31 May 2019In public sector buildings, finishing touches of lighting, flooring and art are essential for the space to function
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Prison Design: secure and humane
30 May 2019We look at prison design around the world and how architects must balance the need for both security and humanity
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Public works: landmark museum buildings
29 May 2019Architects are creating new museum buildings that are not only a place to display artefacts, but are landmarks too
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Flooring with Form and Function
10 January 2019Flooring can have a vital role to play in managing how people use a space, by both assisting them to find their way around and helping to define the functions of different areas within a building. Kay Hill takes a closer look at flooring designs that are useful as well as beautiful
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Flooring design for dementia
9 January 2019Good flooring design can make life easier for people living with dementia, by reducing anxiety and limiting the risk of slips and trips, discovers Kay Hill
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When less is definitely more
8 January 2019There’s nothing quite like the purity and simplicity of a plain white backdrop. Kay Hill picks out some projects where less is definitely more when it comes to the floor
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Turning the floor into a canvas
7 January 2019In many commercial environments floors tend to be utilitarian and functional, but occasionally designers choose instead to use the space as a giant canvas. Kay Hill discovers projects where the floors get top billing
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Hallowed Ground: the design of sacred spaces
20 December 2018Centres of worship hold a special place in people’s hearts, and working on a sacred space is always going to hold special challenges for the architect. Kay Hill looks at new religious buildings taking shape and talks to those who work on them