All Features articles – Page 289
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FeaturesOffice to residential conversions: New direction
As the value of prime residential soars and the office sector wobbles, commercial developers are hoping to cash in by converting offices to homes. Building looks at the strategies of some of the key players
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FeaturesCost model: Residential
Office-to-residential conversions may become increasingly popular, so what does it cost to turn a commercial space into a home? Ben de Waal and Chris Amesbury of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, look at the conditions needed for success and the key financial considerations
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FeaturesThe 2011 contractors' salary guide
Frozen salaries have got many looking to change jobs, according to this year’s contractor salary survey compiled by Hays Construction. So what’s the outlook for those who have forgotten what a pay rise is? Building peers into the distance for a glimmer of hope
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FeaturesFreeze frame: the BFI's Master Film Store
The Master Film Store, the world’s largest nitrate storage facility, will hold 450,000 canisters of film heritage. But as a nitrate fire is almost impossible to extinguish, the building had to incorporate some rather extraordinary design features. Ike Ijeh swaps his popcorn for sub-zero temperatures
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FeaturesParty conference season: Rate my policy
Party conference season is upon us and this year the agenda is more relevant to construction than ever. Building looks at the likely policies to emerge and invites you to keep tally of their impact on the industry
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FeaturesSpecialist costs: Off-site manufacture
Off-site manufacture is proving cost effective, sustainable and ticks building regulations boxes
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FeaturesDavid Lawther: The long haul
The young-at-heart chairman of ISG says the spectre of retirement is a long way off yet - first he needs to grow the firm, starting with increasing overseas revenue to 50% of the business. Emily Wright probes David Lawther on his plan for the future
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Zumthor’s Serpentine pavilion
Our student panel give their opinions on the Swiss architect’s temporary structure in Kensington Gardens, London’s Hyde Park
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FeaturesHousebuilders furious at RIBA league tables on size of homes
Report names and shames the industry’s worst offenders
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FeaturesRecruiting for a sustainable future
The specialist at Allen & York claims there is a major increase in roles within the sustainability industry
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FeaturesShift happens: Four critical visions of London
Graduate architects explore solutions for pressing issues facing London’s future
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FeaturesView from my office: John Rawlinson
The Faithful+Gould regional director overlooks Birmingham’s last decade iconic schemes
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FeaturesSchool building programmes: Figure it out
Michael has £2bn of PFI money for capital spending on schools. But he also has to update the school estate and provide extra pupil places. How much more money will he need? And - for extra marks - where will it come from? Sarah Richardson works out some possible answersܯ
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FeaturesWestfield Stratford City: Maxing out
Westfield Stratford City in east London - dead handy for the Olympic park - is Europe’s biggest urban shopping centre, a retail behemoth so large it is really a city within a city with more than 300 shops and 2 million ft2 of retail and leisure space. Ike Ijeh goes ...
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FeaturesThe free schools programme: Fancy free
Rachel Wolf, at 26, is in charge of delivering the government’s free schools programme. In the week the first of these schools open, she tells Sarah Richardson about how construction firms can get involved, and the importance (or not) of good design
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FeaturesWorking in Mongolia: Getting warmer
Mongolia is famous for many things, and being a hotspot of construction activity is not among them - but perhaps it should be. Thanks to a booming economy, the country is developing at a rate of knots. Building finds out why it’s well worth braving the cold
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Tel Aviv Museum of Art
Preston Scott Cohen’s Herta and Paul Amir Building gets judged by the student panel
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FeaturesElectrical firms' wage agreements: Fury, mistrust and division
Electrical contractors have ditched a 40-year-old wage agreement, pitching 6,000 workers against their bosses and creating a bitter battle between the industry’s two biggest trade bodies. Can anything be done to stop unrest spreading further? Iain Withers reports
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FeaturesTall building design: Is it safe?
Ten years ago the world watched two of New York’s most iconic towers come crashing to the ground. Since then the industry has changed the way tall buildings are built in an attempt to make them terror proof. Building takes a look
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FeaturesBuilding buys a pint for... PA Group
PA Group discusses its unusual locations for work, Kent vs Essex and the merits of being able to eat absolutely anything