All Buildings articles – Page 84
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FeaturesThe secret square: Bennetts Associates’ New Street Square
It is reached through narrow medieval-style passageways, but could be a blueprint for a sustainable 21st-century City of London
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FeaturesParadise Street, Liverpool: Mayfair comes to Merseyside
With a pricetag of £1bn , Liverpool One could have ended up as a never-ending shopping mall. But it’s a whole lot classier than that.
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NewsSkanska wins £52m contract for Nottingham prison
Design and construction of 260-cell extension at HMP Lowdham Grange will be contractor's second prison deal this year
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NewsThe incredible, moving bungalow extension
How a flat-packed room turned derelict Doncaster bungalows into single storey wonders for families
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Features20 Fenchurch Street: Demolition mission
When Keltbray was given the task of taking down a 25-storey building in the City to make way for Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie-talkie, it found that conventional demolition techniques were of no use.
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Wildlife groups trump £1bn Scottish golf scheme
Environmentalists propose alternative layout to protect sand dunes from Donald Trump's planned golf resort
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NewsMoveable Torfaen EcoBuilding
White Design worked on the £325,000 scheme using the latest eco-techniques and technology to provide a green benchmark
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FeaturesProduct placement: Wolseley Sustainable Building Center
Wolseley has decided that the best way to market its sustainable products is to build a showroom out of them. But how well does the idea stand up?
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NewsChalcot estate: Altered towers
The refurbishment of a sixties north London estate could serve as a template as attention turns to cutting CO2 emissions from existing housing. Stephen Kennett reports
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Heathrow chief exec leaves BAA after T5 debacle
Mark Bullock departs airport operator in wake of T5 opening fiasco but new boss will not start until September
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Merton Rise: creating successful family living
Community integration and a wish to avoid a potential ’them and us’ situation were key drivers in creating a new urban extension at Merton Rise in Popley.
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FeaturesRotunda redux
Glenn Howells used advanced technology to convert a famous Birmingham landmark into flats – and secure a piece of modern heritage in the process
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FeaturesDixon Jones' Kings Place: Water music
Dixon Jones’ canalside Kings Place in London combines public concert halls and art galleries with private office space. It is an extraordinary hybrid of a building, says Martin Spring
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NewsThe Elephant's Churchyard
A new children's play area and park is first tranche of Elephant & Castle regeneration scheme
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NewsLiverpool stadium approved again but owners still at odds
Council reapproves amended design but construction plans remain in doubt while American owners at loggerheads
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NewsGreen light for £1.5bn port in Thames Gateway
Largest container ships in the world will dock at the London Gateway port in Essex
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Chief exec named to lead Clyde Gateway regeneration
Ian Manson to head urban regeneration company in revitalising Clyde Gateway area ahead of 2014 Commonwealth Games
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NewsThe UK's first code level five homes
The new flats in Mid Street in the sleepy village of South Nutfield might not look like anything to scare the horses, but in fact they are quietly revolutionary. Alex Smith takes a trip to the country to see the UK’s first code-level-five sustainable homes
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NewsA comforting vision of L: KPMG in Canary Wharf
KPMG’s new building in Canary Wharf shows that comfortable, glass-clad offices and the CO2 emissions targets expected in the 2010 revision of Part L are not mutually exclusive.
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FeaturesReducing heat loads: Testing the water at the University of Cambridge
Sustainability and innovation - When the architectural department at the University of Cambridge demanded a sustainable, lightweight building for its students, the designers had to overcome the problem of overheating