All Features articles – Page 282
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Clay roof tiles
Tile maker Redland’s Rosemary clay tiles have been used to reroof a house in Perth, Western Australia
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FeaturesHeat, Dust and opportunity in Iraq: Back to Basra
Improved security and oil-funded mega projects make Iraq a land of rising opportunity for British companies starved of contracts at home. That’s not to say working there is a picnic … Building reports from the country’s biggest construction site
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Three of a kind: Dublin airport's Terminal 2
Dublin airport’s new Terminal 2 consists of three different elements, straddling a road. What unites the building is the curving roof form - made up of more than 300 flat panel shapes. Stephen Kennett meets the designers
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FeaturesFuturistic suite in Sweden's Ice Hotel
Graduate architect and designer create a temporary ice suite inspired by Disney’s Tron: Legacy
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FeaturesFancy a half at your heritage local?
Historic buildings need to earn their keep these days, whether they’re in the City or the shires. They can’t all be museums or art galleries though, and the new preservers of our built heritage might surprise you
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FeaturesJakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole
Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane’s provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind
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FeaturesCountry focus: Poland
EU funding and infrastructure projects cushioned Poland from the downturn, but the public sector culture of always accepting lowest price tenders needs to change
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FeaturesBest foot forward: Interview with Graham Cash
Most UK contractors are busily diversifying to survive. Not so with BAM Construct, the UK’s third biggest contractor - its boss is determined to stick with what it’s good at: construction
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FeaturesWinging it: Bombardier aircraft factory
Air traffic gridlock over the holidays might have put you off flying for life. But Bombardier is launching a new plane with high-tech carbon fibre wings - first, though, it needed a factory that could be designed in tandem with those wings
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Five projects in 2011 worth getting excited about
The public sector fairy tale is well and truly over - but that doesn’t mean that work in 2011 will completely dry up. Here are five of the most exciting projects of the year ahead.
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FeaturesCasualties and survival tactics for 2011
If 2010 was the year of the wreckage, then 2011 has to be the year of crawling out of it
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Firms, people and government to watch in 2011
Here are some firms, people and government figures to keep an eye on
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Where the work will be in 2011
Construction companies will have to find new markets to carry them through 2011
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Make's Birmingham Cube
Three architecture students give his honest opinion on the new £100m metallic tower
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Make That Christmas single out now
Construction’s first celebrity supergroup record first single - download now and help us raise money for two charity
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Make That's: We built this city
Christmas is a time for dressing up right, having fun, and giving, right? What better way to combine all three than forming a band to cut a charity single?
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FeaturesGreen army: How the Green Deal will work
The government hopes its Green Deal will encourage homeowners to install energy efficiency measures and create an army of 250,000 to do the work. Sounds great, says Iain Withers - but will anyone join up?
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FeaturesAnything but tinsel: High-tech and artistic decorations
Fairy lights, Christmas trees and Santas are bedecking high streets across the country in the time-honoured tradition. But for a hardcore group of artists and designers, Christmas is more about technology than tinsel