Optimum choice
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The steel structure format is successfully used for large steel buildings that use a portal frame, drawing on agricultural-shed technology where simplicity, speed and stability are the key priorities. Steel structure format halls can be dismantled and reused, or demolished and the construction materials can be recycled.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2004
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Prefabricated timber panels allowed the structures to be erected quickly
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The structural features of three blocks of student accommodation at the University of Wales, Swansea are presented. These low-budget buildings are built from structural timber using pre-fabricated timber panels and the innovative ideas involved lead to novel ways to construct tall buildings.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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The building can be pre-assembled, shipped out to a remote place and built like meccano
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The striking features of Lotte Glob House, which is built as an affordable house in harmony with the natural surroundings, are described. The timber post and beam house is a pre-fabricated structure, which is assembled on site, and the effect is one of rugged elegance.
Publication Name: Architects' Journal
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0003-8466
Year: 2005
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