Visual delight for teachers of the blind: Broadway Malyan Architects has completed an award-winning study school for the Guide Dogs for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association

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A study school for the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (GDBA) was designed by Broadway Malyan Architects next to the GDBA's national headquarters at Burghfield, near Reading. The school was designed to appear as a gable end of the main building. The external brickwork is of banded red bricks to the lower ground floor, with grey bricks above. The upper and lower ground floor are designed around a central atrium, and upper floor rooms are arranged around the stairwell. The building also incorporates a teaching flat and lecture room.

Schools

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What's in store for virgin wedding belles

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The new Virgin Bridge outlet near Trafalgar Square was designed from shell and core upwards by Linda Morey Smith. It occupies the ground and lower ground floor of a triangular site and the interior had to be modern without alienating traditionalists. Each floor incorporates a change in level and they are linked by a specially designed staircase. The reception area features full height windows and limestone flooring. The rehearsal space features mirrored walls and an illuminated laminated glass catwalk.

Retail stores, Practice, Stores, Store design

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WCs for the space age: Development of a new range of space-saving bathroom furniture shows that architects have a special contribution to make

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Ideal-Standard invited architect Isobel Coomber to join its development team for a new range of space-saving bathroom furniture. The team included product designer Robin Levien of Queensberry Hunt Levien. The team did not want the fittings to be miniature versions of larger designs, and mock-ups of typical bathroom/WC spaces were developed. One resulting idea was to installed a WC seat on a 45 degree angle, to avoid walls or radiators.

Bathroom accessories, Toilets

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