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Public toilets: Why the UK is lacking behind in providing this vital public amenity
1 September 2021Kay Hill takes a look at an undervalued amenity, public toilets, and asks why the UK is lagging behind other countries in its loo management
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Bar and Leisure Focus: Happy Face and Supermax King’s Cross by dMFK
15 September 2020A single project with two totally different design styles – it’s the upstairs downstairs world of Happy Face and Supermax, located in London’s King’s Cross
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Bar and Leisure Focus: Instagrammable interiors
10 September 2020In an era when success on Instagram generally equates to success in the real world, Kay Hill discovers that considering social media at the design stage is essential
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Bar and Leisure Focus: Texture heavy design
8 September 2020Designers are now embracing an eclectic diversity of textures and finishes, with surfaces in particular given key importance in this collection of ultra-tactile projects
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Bar and Leisure Focus: Spa Design
7 September 2020The purpose of a spa is to provide rest, rejuvenation and healing for body and mind. Here, five projects take inspiration from nature or from history to help with that process
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Public Sector Focus: Designing with water
13 July 2020Whether as a feature to be embraced or a threat to be avoided, water adds to the interest of a project. Kay Hill looks at three examples.
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Public Sector Focus: Courthouse Design
10 July 2020The buildings where justice is administered are diverse in terms of design and intended impact, writes Kay Hill
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Public Sector Focus: Cultural Centres
9 July 2020This look at the architecture of cultural centres around the world shows how they illuminate the past at the same time as looking towards the future
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Funerary Architecture: Designing for grief
24 March 2020The rituals that surround death are too emotional and important to be relegated to buildings that are soulless, functional and drab, says Kay Hill
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Hotel Focus: Modern hotels in historic buildings
3 December 2019Creating a hotel with all the modern facilities that guests expect, yet within the constraints of a historic building, is a particularly interesting challenge, but here a few successful examples
