All Features articles – Page 164
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week’s products for specification include PV roof tiles, a new non-combustible stone wool core and natural slates used on the first purpose-built gym in England
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FeaturesStavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre: Hit or myth
Renzo Piano’s Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens puts the Ancient Greek concept of an ‘agora’ or meeting place at its heart
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Sage, NYC
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Fernando Villa of Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
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FeaturesOff-site construction: Out of site
This year has seen some great leaps forward for off-site construction. But is it the future of the industry or a cyclical fad?
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FeaturesV&A: Underground art
The V A’s £49.5m subterranean extension had to be built without closing the main museum and without damaging the listed facades of the surrounding buildings. Building reports on how Arup, AL_A and Wates made it without a wobble
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FeaturesTracker: May 2016
The construction activity index fell by a point in May following a brief peak in April, while individual sub-sectors enjoy mixed fortunes
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FeaturesBrexit: The vote that shook Britain
It’s hit construction hard - on the stock exchange, in boardrooms and on sites across the UK, people are starting to rethink an industry that is no longer part of the EU. But what exactly will change and how quickly?
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FeaturesBuilding intelligence: Q1 2016
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that total construction output grew over 2015, but that things are less buoyant for the first quarter of this year
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FeaturesThis week in 1961
As the outcome of the EU referendum is revealed, we revisit 1961, the year prime minister Harold Macmillan announced the UK would be applying for membership to the European Economic Community
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FeaturesSketch of the week: University of Winchester
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Richard Jobson, director at Design Engine
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FeaturesThe construction manager: Last chance to see?
Since its heyday in the 1990s, the construction manager has declined in numbers, due to the loss of its natural habitat of rising inflation and wealthy clients. Building assesses whether time has run out for the once-common role or whether it’s about to bounce back
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FeaturesHansom: Rule, Britannia
As the nation decides whether or not to bind its destiny to Europe’s, we are reminded of the strength of our territorial loyalties - be that to our nation, our home town - or to the desk we’re given to sit at …
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FeaturesBack to the future
Clancy Consulting had to use all its creativity and attention to detail as engineering consultant for the award-winning British Motor Museum to create an innovative building worthy to house the UK’s greatest motor vehicles - including a particularly famous DeLorean
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FeaturesMarket review: Ongoing uncertainty
The UK economy and the construction sector both continue to grow but concerns over the EU referendum have led to things slowing down in recent months
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Commercial
This week’s products for specification include anti-slip decking tiles, a fire protection coating system to protect steel structures, and sound-absorbing acoustic tiles
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FeaturesParental leave: Man about the house
Many professionals in our male-dominated industry say they want to spend more time with their children. So why aren’t new dads taking up their recent right to shared parental leave? We talk to two fathers who took time out of the workplace
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FeaturesOffices of the future: Where now for Don Draper?
The office has come a long way since the days of Mad Men, but what could it look like in 10 or 20 years’ time? Well, hot-desking, wellbeing measures and remote working will all flourish. But alas, there’ll be no return of the drinks cabinet