All Building articles in 12 August 2011 – Page 7
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Features
Top of the class: Passivhaus school design
A primary school in Exeter won’t win any architectural awards, but is earning gold stars in zero-carbon and Passivhaus design. Thomas Lane swots up on how to deliver a low-energy building on a budget
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News
Citywatch: city turmoil hits construction and housing
Construction and housing profits have fallen
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News
CSCS chairman keeps job despite vote of no confidence
Chief executive and board members voted to save Walker
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Features
Brettstapel envelope: The natural choice
Getting planning permission to build a house in the stunning Scottish Borders requires a sensitive design, which is why architect Gaia specified a wooden Brettstapel envelope for this project
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Comment
Breach of contract: A long climb to justice
If you ask someone to design and supply a staircase and it arrives as a heap and not fit for purpose, you can shout breach - but does that mean you can reject the goods?
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Comment
Wonders and blunders: Christina Seilern
Christina Seilern is dreaming of a holiday - but you won’t catch her travelling out of Luton airport. Stansted, on the other hand, provides the perfect start to a journey
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Comment
Summertime blues
Riots and fresh economic uncertainty were the last things the industry needed this week
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News
‘First-time buyer blackspots’ named
Tough in Yorkshire and Humberside, the South-east, the East Midlands, East Anglia, Wales, the South-west and Scotland
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News
Aukett and IDA settle out of court over Russian tower dispute
The firms have said they have ’amicably resolved’ the dispute
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News
Northampton railway station plans approved
Project will be the cornerstone of the town’s ’Station Gateway’ scheme
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Comment
It's all pants: Unreliable economic indicators
We keep being fed confusing, contradictory, even wrong industry figures - often based on something as haphazard as the sale of underwear. You may as well ask Mystic Meg
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News
Willmott Dixon storms ahead
Two education contracts helped firm beat July’s 15% decline in new work for top firms
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Comment
Adjudication fees: Paying your dues
Instead of the losing party picking up the bill, a clause in the NEC adjudicator’s contract says parties should pay the fees in equal shares, but there are ways round it
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News
BDP blames Galliford Try and DL for academy fiasco
Consultant hits back at education department’s High Court claim over flagship Westminster project
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News
Alsop talks about departure from RMJM
The architect’s new firm will involve a number of other colleagues from Alsop’s studio at RMJM