All Features articles – Page 321
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Roofs for wildlife and recreation
A ZinCo green roof from Alumasc has been used for the roof garden of the Ormeau Bakery apartments in Belfast
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Structural waterproofing system
Iko has added to its range of roofing products with a monolithic anti-root hot melt structural waterproofing system
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FeaturesNelson's ship in a bottle: How did they do that?
The latest fourth plinth artwork is a cute idea, but it took some hefty engineering to make the concept a reality, as one of the team behind it explains (plus he shows us the actual calculations)
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FeaturesJust add sand … Colegio de Las Mesas
No it’s not a mirage, but a dramatic and inventive addition to a college in eastern Spain
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FeaturesAll Black Zinzan Brooke: Alive and kicking
Any man who can calmly kick a 47m drop goal while playing for the All Blacks isn’t going to freak out when his construction businesses come under a bit of strain. Emily Wright talks to Zinzan Brooke, New Zealand’s legendary number eight
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Scott Wilson goes it alone on road to recovery
Chief executive Hugh Blackwood scotches sale rumours as he plans international strategy
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FeaturesBeyond the pale: Renzo Piano's Central St Giles
Controversial it may be, but Central St Giles has cheered up an obscure corner of London with a riot of reds, yellows, greens and oranges – making the rest of the capital look a tad grey.
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China: Infrastructure opportunities
China is the world’s largest infrastructure market, so it’s worth finding out how to do business there. To mark Building’s Global Infrastructure Forum in London this week, Roxane McMeeken reports on opportunities in China and how to win them
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FeaturesPositive thinking: Masdar HQ
The seven-storey Masdar Headquarters, under construction outside Abu Dhabi, will be the world’s first large building that generates more energy than it consumes
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Movers and makers - 14 May 2010
Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture
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FeaturesThe big brother houses: monitoring residents' energy use
Housebuilders can specify all the green technology they want, but what happens when human beings get left in charge of the thermostat? Buro Happold installed sensors to find out, then told Thomas Lane what they discovered
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Low energy blocks
Interlocking blocks from Durisol have been used in the construction of the New Horizon Youth Centre in King’s Cross. Because they are stacked like Lego, skilled bricklayers are not required, which made it easier for the centre’s users to help with the construction
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Bpod: Prefab just got fabber
A concrete volumetric system for multistorey buildings with a unique loadbearing structure
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Thermal break modules
Schöck Isokorb thermal break modules have been used in this extraordinary apartment building and crèche in Vienna, designed by Austrian architect Rüdiger Lainer for developer Heimbau and Eisenhof
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Off-white bricks
Brick maker Wienerberger has launched an off-white brick to complement its architectural range
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Cavity closers
Big Blok cavity closers from Cavalok Building Products have been specified on the Minehead Eye youth and community centre for their ability to span a 300mm cavity
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Regime change UK: Our new coalition government
Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at the consequences of a Lib–Con coalition
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The tracker: On eggshells
Experian Business Strategies reports on a fragile recovery in the market