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Iron in the soul

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An exhibition 'Exploring Materials: The Work of Peter Rice, Engineer: Royal Gold Medallist 1992' is being held at RIBA, London England. Rice works for Ove Arup and has been involved in the design of many well-known modern buildings, particularly the Beaubourg, Lloyds, La Villette and the Louvre pyramid. The exhibition includes many of his lesser-known projects and a number of his buildings are represented by three dimensional and working models. Rice's work is creative and exquisite.

Exhibitions, Architects, Civil engineers, Rice, Peter

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New use for composite materials

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Pultruded glass reinforced plastic (GRP) was developed in the 1950s but has only been used for construction purposes in the 1990s. Pultrusion creates a non-porous, continuous material with the glass fibres carefully alligned to act as reinforcement material. Pultruded GRP has been used for bridge enclosures where it can protect the structure and facilitate access. The first pultruded GRP structure is a footbridge at Aberfeldy, Scotland.

Usage, Plastic building materials, Plastics in building, Glass reinforced plastics, Pultrusion

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Steel appeal

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The Cummins Components Plant in Darlington, UK, is a well-constructed building which has an architectural consistency. This is because the factory was conceived as a single space, so that the same architecture is used for all the types of room, such as office space, factory space and the canteen. The building was designed by John Dinkeloo and Kevin Roche and built in 1963-65.

Design and construction, Factories

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