All Features articles – Page 32
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The skinniest skyscraper: 111 West 57th Street
The world’s skinniest skyscraper gloriously embraces the rich legacy of Manhattan’s skyline, but raises questions around sustainability and affordable housing
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Infrastructure update: Energy transition
The 2020s will be the decade when the foundations of the UK’s energy transition to net zero are established. What is involved in this transition, and how are things progressing?
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Low-carbon homes: Why Part L is just the beginning
Christopher Price, technical development manager for Knauf Insulation, looks at what Approved Document L means for carbon reduction in new homes
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Shakespeare North Playhouse: Is this a new theatre which I see before me?
Outside it looks like a modern fortress but inside, Shakespeare North Playhouse, is all Tudor come Jacobean drama – with just a touch of Ken Dodd
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Building progress for a sustainable future: Aggregate Industries launches ambitious 2030 sustainability strategy
The building materials supplier to date, Building Progress for a Sustainable Future, combines former management plans and policies into a strategy to transform the business to 2030
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Seven things you need to know about the new housing and communities secretary
Greg Clark’s appointment to the caretaker role marks his second time in the job - what can we expect from him this time round?
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5 minutes with … Sarah Virgo at Wood for Good
The campaign manager at the timber industry’s wood promotion body is passionate about decarbonising the built environment.
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Cost model: Distribution warehouses
The combined impact of inflation plus materials and labour shortages is stretching developers of logistics centres – yet demand for this building type remains high
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Gareth Lewis interview: how Mace is weathering the economic storm
The chief executive of the firm’s construction arm has been through three recessions but says the current conditions are unprecedented.
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Your free ticket to the home of offsite technology innovation
The construction sector is at a critical crossroads and offsite technology is now recognised as being the most important solution
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Cartel probe leaves demolition sector to recover reputation - and count the cost
The wider industry wants to know things have changed while those at centre of investigation sweat on what final bill will be. Dave Rogers reports
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5 minutes with … Nick Moss at Nick Moss Architects
The practice founder may work in Manchester but he’s a Leeds United fan. He has worked on a string of notable projects in the North-west
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Diverse talent series: using the Construction Talent Retention Scheme in a tight jobs market
How an online platform is trying to help employers faced with record vacancy numbers and high recruitment costs
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5 minutes with … David Hartley at MTX
The Cheshire-based firm’s managing director believes in innovating and challenging convention. When not at work he could well be out on his road bike
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‘I want women to believe a career in this industry is possible’
To mark International Women in Engineering Day, Building spoke to Amy Bunszel, executive vice president for AEC design solutions at Autodesk
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Explainer: key recommendations in the RICS review
What Michael Bichard’s landmark governance report means for the institution
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Five talking points at the BCO’s conference in Manchester
After a two-year hiatus, developers and occupiers gathered to discuss the future of the office - here are some highlights
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The fine art of creating a new campus for the RCA
In their scale and singularity, these flagship buildings designed by Herzog & de Meuron in Battersea strike just the right balance
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Putting a brave face on it: overcladding homes to save energy
As bills spiral, attention has turned to retrofitting. While it can be disruptive and expensive, Energiesprong is quite the opposite
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Planning approvals by value - May 2022
Planning approval values dropped by nearly £2bn from April’s’s £9.69bn to £7.3bn in May according to Glenigan’s sector by sector league table of top spending clients