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Make: kiosk, St Paul's Cathedral, London, UK.


Make Architects made a big splash Big Splash could refer to:
  • Big Splash, a water theme park in Singapore
  • The Big Splash (book), (1990) by Louis A. Frank and Patrick Huyghe
 in the media when Ken Shuttleworth left Norman Foster and Partners in 2003. Since then the rapidly assembled 100-plus team has produced many designs, drawing on the expertise of a number of key individuals who previously had significant roles on projects considered by some to be the most 'advanced, complex and iconic i·con·ic  
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or having the character of an icon.

2. Having a conventional formulaic style. Used of certain memorial statues and busts.
 buildings in the world'. To date the team has only completed one new-build project, a judo judo (j`dō), sport of Japanese origin that makes use of the principles of jujitsu, a weaponless system of self-defense.  centre in Dartford. This, however, will change with time, with an impressive and varied client list and many projects progressing through detailed development. At one extreme this modest (yet prestigious) project to design a kiosk for St Paul's Cathedral This article is about the cathedral church of the diocese of London. For other cathedrals consecrated to Saint Paul, see Cathedral of Saint Paul.

St Paul's Cathedral
 demonstrates the practice's interest to work at all scales. In form and function the kiosk extends the architect's preoccupation to pursue structural and environmental efficiencies, with a lightweight folded metal envelope, and an array of photovoltaic cells A semiconductor diode that converts light into DC voltage. Also known as "solar cells," photovoltaic cells are used in a myriad of applications from simple light sensors to complete energy creation systems. See photovoltaic.  on the roof. R. G.

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Title Annotation:Culture
Publication:The Architectural Review
Date:Jan 1, 2007
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