All Features articles – Page 172
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Brownfield industrial site
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Simon North, director at Cal Architects
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FeaturesThis week in 2001
The biggest greenhouse in the world was two weeks away from opening its doors
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FeaturesMarket review: Slow off the mark
Construction output levels saw a further slowdown in Q4 but were still up on the same period last year. Private housing and infrastructure are the bright lights for the year ahead
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FeaturesCPD 4 2016: Specifying school toilets
This CPD focuses on toilet and washing facilities in schools. It is sponsored by Cubicle Centre
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FeaturesCycle lanes: On yer bikes
London’s £4bn Roads Modernisation Plan aims to radically redesign the way we travel through the capital’s streets
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FeaturesCost model: Private rented sector
The PRS market has found its stride. New occupiers are demanding fresh ideas and high quality. Making the most of this niche asset class requires a careful balance between capital investment and annual yield
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Cladding & curtain walling
This week’s products include prefabricated stone cladding for buildings at the Kew Bridge West development in north London, and sheathing board for a zero-carbon housing development in Peterborough
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FeaturesTfL: Branching out
Transport for London’s plans to develop some 75 sites will make it one of the capital’s biggest developers. Here it names the partners for its £3.6bn development framework
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FeaturesCRASH 20th anniversary and expansion into hospices
CRASH celebrates its 20th anniversary and expands its services to benefit hospices as well as homelessness charities
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Bronx, NYC
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Fernando Villa, design principal at Magnusson Architecture Planning
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FeaturesThe Falkland Islands: Military precision
Replacing former RAF accommodation on the Falkland Islands has meant working in extreme weather conditions and freezing temperatures for the Royal Engineers. And that was only once the 8,000-mile supply chain had been meticulously dealt with
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FeaturesAlmshouses: Charity begins at home
Renovating an almshouse site in Streatham, south London, meant a balancing act between upgrading outmoded 1930s housing and staying true to the Edwardian aesthetic
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Pressure drop
Market conditions remain positive across the country, but boosts to regional activity put the squeeze on local supply chains and tender prices
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Hard Knotts Pass
This week’s sketch is by Tooley and Foster partner Gian Kundi
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FeaturesHoly Cross School: A class of its own
Cullinan Studio’s prefabricated school in Swindon extracts spatial and architectural delight from a lean, compact template and answers today’s challenge of how we can build more schools for less money, while maintaining design quality
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FeaturesUK prisons: Another brick in the wall
When plans were announced to close some of the UK’s worst prisons and build nine new ones focusing on rehabilitation, there was near universal approval. Since then, however, doubts have begun to surface
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FeaturesHinkley Point C: Shovels at the ready …
Construction firms have been poised to build Hinkley Point C since 2007. But nine years later the decision on whether to invest in the £18bn project has yet to be taken
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FeaturesLead times: Oct - Dec 2015
Increases to lead times continue, and many are forecast to rise in the next six months, as workload and enquiries grow. But staffing is still an issue
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Education
Timber windows are installed at Cheltenham Ladies’ College and an extension at Cambridge University features low-temperature underfloor heating in this week’s education products