All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 33
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NewsMoJ outlines plans for new Leicestershire prison as part of £4bn expansion programme
1,700-place facility due to be built near Market Harborough
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NewsFate of Fosters’ Tulip tower to be decided in September
Planning inspector’s report now in secretary of state Robert Jenrick’s hands
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NewsIn pictures: Twelve Architects unveils plans for Manchester High Line
Temporary installation could pave way for permanent viaduct makeover
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FeaturesCost model: Reinvention
Reinvention – making obsolete buildings relevant to today’s market, including by conversion to more valuable uses – is a green alternative to demolition and rebuilding. Nic di Santo, Alastair Kenyon and Rachel Coleman of Alinea balance the benefits against the risks and constraints, and detail the costs of an example ...
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FeaturesHow can we all be a part of making our buildings safer?
Allan Binns, architectural director at Ryder Architecture gives a principal designer’s view on embracing a safer future
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NewsBritish Land presses ahead with first build-to-rent scheme three years after plans were mothballed
McLaren to start work by autumn
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NewsMore than £100m set aside to fix hospitals with faulty concrete
Government has 'ringfenced' £110m for reinforced autoclaved aerated concrete remediation
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NewsStaffordshire council launches MMC framework
The £25m deal is largely for educational facilities
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FeaturesBigger and better: One Triton Square
How British Land increased the net area of a 20-year old office block by 57% but still saved 40,000 tonnes of carbon by opting for refurbishment over new build
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NewsOverhaul building regulations to stop buildings overheating, say climate advisers
Climate Change Committee calls for major retrofitting programme to tackle hotter summers
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FeaturesMuseum of the Home: making visitors comfortable
After the planning hoo-ha that saw Chipperfield’s original proposals dropped, Wright Wright has delivered a major yet subtle expansion of the former Geffrye Museum – now renamed Museum of the Home – that visitors may not even notice. Richard Gatti reports
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NewsLess than half the number of qualified heat pump installers than government claims, report finds
UK would need eight times more heat pump installers than currently exist to hit government targets
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NewsIn pictures: Arcadis moves into new City office
Chief executive Mark Cowlard says staff can use EightyFen as and when they want
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NewsClients and contractors told to have ‘grown-up conversations’ about managing materials shortages
Beard director says firms finding it ‘impossible’ to price jobs because of issue
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NewsTalks to delay new certification rules continue as industry draws up list of products set to fall foul of changes
Radiators, adhesives and high spec glass among items that could be withdrawn from the market due to lack of testing
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FeaturesCanary Wharf’s new chapter: Shifting focus to residential
The stepping down of Sir George Iacobescu has raised fresh questions about the future of the iconic business district. As new boss Shobi Khan hints at a fresh residential-led vision, we take a look at what the future may hold
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NewsMan who led London Nightingale project working on new Essex hospital
Andrew Panniker drafted in as ‘hospital construction specialist’
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NewsCouncil rejects 28-storey Manchester student resi tower over ‘poor quality cladding’
Council said the £40m proposals would have a ‘detrimental impact on visual amenity’