Stories
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The art of soundproof design
Too much noise is more than annoying – it has serious negative effects on health and cognitive ability. Find out how designers and architects are mitigating the downsides of sound.
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Bringing biotech to the people
Amateur scientists have inspired all kinds of frightening scenarios, from Frankenstein’s monster to ‘The Fly’ and ‘Breaking Bad’. But it can be a force for good. Today’s DIYbio enthusiasts are having fun – and even making lucrative breakthrough discoveries.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Correspondence with the Midwives Institute about furnishings, opening ceremony etc
Date: Aug-Dec 1933Reference: SA/NBT/U.2/2Part of: National Birthday Trust Fund
- Pictures
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A room with hallucinatory beings and weird furnishings. Watercolour by Auguste Laurent, 1844.
Laurent, Auguste, 1807-1853.Date: 1844Reference: 585899i
- Books
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Planning our new homes : report by the Scottish Housing Advisory Committee on the design, planning and furnishing of new houses / Publication prepared for the committee by the Department of Health for Scotland.
Great Britain. Scottish Housing Advisory Committee.Date: 1944- Pictures
People, animals, furnishings and paraphernalia, fantasy subjects etc. Gouache paintings, 18--.
Date: [between 1800 and 1899]Reference: 729203i- Books
Design for a healthy environment / The Healthy House.
Healthy House (Firm)Date: 1996