All Features articles – Page 183
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FeaturesSketch of the week: St John's Wood
This week’s sketch is by Ryder Architecture associate David McMahon
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FeaturesImage of the week: In safe hands?
The mayor of London introduces a safety scheme that will affect construction vehicles supplying sites in the capital
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FeaturesThis week in 2010
We look back five years to the last government’s policy on school building
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FeaturesUniversity challenge
With contractors more choosy about the projects they bid for, and inflation eroding HE’s fixed tuition fee income, can universities remain attractive to the industry?
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FeaturesCPD 17 2015: Specifying colour
Our latest CPD module explores the many factors that influence our perception of colour, and shows how this knowledge can be used to inform interior decoration schemes. It is sponsored by Dulux Trade
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FeaturesThe Plimsoll Building: Close encounters
The incorporation of two schools into a residential building is an example of school designers becoming more responsive to the changing physical and political environment
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FeaturesTracker: July 2015
The construction activity index took a leap upwards after contraction the month before, while the UK composite index saw its largest increase since 2012
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FeaturesImage of the week: When you wish upon a star…
Welcome to ‘Dismaland’, Banksy’s ‘bemusement park’ in Weston-super-Mare
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FeaturesCrossing the line
With the Calais crisis still a hot media topic, the government is on the warpath against construction companies employing illegal workers. But is the sector doing enough to make sure it doesn’t get caught out?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Longcross
This week’s sketch is by Jonathan Hill, chairman of Scott Brownrigg
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FeaturesThis week in 1985
A campaign designed to help familiarise clients with construction is launched
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FeaturesCPD 16 2015: Specifying rooflights
The latest in our series of CPD modules examines the key issues when selecting a rooflight, including the diff erent types of glass and operating systems, as well as relevant standards and testing procedures
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FeaturesA day at the office: Your guide to human happiness
How can you use design to actively influence and improve people’s lives? British Land is using its own headquarters as a test bed for incorporating wellbeing principles that it hopes will foster a happier, more productive workforce.
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FeaturesMarket review: Regaining momentum
July saw construction activity levels pick up, in a reflection of the wider economy during the spring months
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2015
Materials cost inflation falls again but construction weekly earnings continue to outperform those of the wider economy
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Residential
This week’s residential products include timber sliding sash windows for Alain de Botton’s A House in Essex project, and an external wall insulation that better suits the Georgian and Victorian brickwork often found in northern cities
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Newburgh Street, Soho
This week’s sketch is by artist and illustrator Nick Richards
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FeaturesInterview: Geeta Nanda
With government policies that cut rents and extend Right to Buy, housing associations are feeling the strain. But Geeta Nanda of Thames Valley Housing has an alternative approach
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FeaturesImage of the week: Back to the Nest
The track is cleaned at the iconic Bird’s Nest National stadium in Beijing
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