All Features articles – Page 270
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FeaturesRooftop agriculture
Building looks at a relatively new movement using green roofs to plant our food
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FeaturesNext stop for Battersea
A century-and-a-half after the first London underground railway opened, Building looks at how the tube’s extension to Battersea could help regenerate the area
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FeaturesCountry focus: Malaysia
Strong domestic demand means Malaysia’s GDP looks good to grow. But with an election looming and a continuing budget deficit, fiscal stimulus can’t be relied on
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FeaturesGreen for Growth
Building launches its campaign to persuade the government to stimulate investment in green construction
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FeaturesPredictions for 2013
Is anything out there? We search out some bright spots on the construction horizon in 2013
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FeaturesEight projects due to complete in 2013
From Birmingham New Street to Stonehenge Visitors Centre, here are eight projects set to complete this year …
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FeaturesYou're hired: the Apprentice architect
Architect Gabrielle Omar tells Building how being ‘the nice one’ on BBC’s The Apprentice helped her practice get work
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FeaturesBest of Brickonomics 2012
Economist Brian Green has been analysing what the latest construction data means for the industry all year - here are the five blogs that caught readers’ attention most in 2012
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FeaturesBest building projects
Architectural correspondent Ike Ijeh picks out his five most memorable projects of 2012
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FeaturesTop interviews in 2012
From the UK’s most famous practising architect to a reclusive duo in charge of a fast-growing contractor, Building has interviewed a variety of industry characters this year. Here’s our pick of some of our favourites
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FeaturesThe year in covers: A selection of Building magazine's best artwork
Building’s group art editor explains the story behind some of Building’s covers over the past 12 months
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FeaturesSafety blunders: A year of living dangerously
2012 was another vintage year for safety blunder pictures. Here are our top five examples of on-site idiocy
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FeaturesTriumph and disaster: The 2012 review
In 2012, the UK construction industry faced up to an onslaught of cuts, U-turns, stalled projects and financial collapses, while also demonstrating how to put on the greatest show on Earth. Building looks back on an extraordinary year
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FeaturesQuotes of the year 2012
The year’s best quotes from Building, including Berkeley MD Rob Perrins on working with Tony Pidgley, Mott MacDonald’s Keith Howells on Star Wars, and Ray O’Rourke on UK work culture
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FeaturesReview of the year: Acquisitions, restructures and collapses
A look back at the reshuffles of Balfour Beatty, Davis Langdon and in government; plus the major collapses and acquisitions of the year
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most ambitious railway project
The King’s Cross western concourse marked a milestone for the UK railway sector
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most technically ambitious project
Temperatures of 150,000,000ºC are just one challenge the world’s first commercial nuclear fusion reactor faced
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Most austerity-friendly project
There can be few more appropriate models for the straitened times in which we live than standardised schools
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Best boat-inspired building
There were three big boat-related events in 2012 but the award for the best themed building has to go to the Mary Rose Museum
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FeaturesProjects of the year: Biggest false dawn
The new-build City office market promised a lot at the start of the year but projects have since stalled or remain empty