All Features articles – Page 356
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FeaturesOn your marks
Both Chris Booth and Anthony Brown from Overbury have one aim in mind: to deliver in a fast and complex market. Here, they tell Pamela Buxton how they intend to do it
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So what do you think?
Nobody can ignore the green agenda any longer. But what do people in the industry really think about the environmental issues affecting their business? This Overbury study provides some absorbing answers
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FeaturesThe Building London 2012 team: an awfully big adventure
Meet the Building London 2012 team – seven young people who’ve been given the chance to help build one of the most high-profile and demanding projects the UK has ever seen
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FeaturesHawkins\Brown¹s New Art Exchange: cubism reimagined
HawkinsBrown’s New Art Exchange for the deprived community of Hyson Green in Nottingham is a black box on the outside, a blank canvas for artists inside.
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FeaturesIs Europe losing its nuclear construction skills?
Work has started on Europe’s third generation of nuclear power plants. Problem is, the firms building them are finding it much harder than expected – the Finnish plant in this picture is three years late. Thomas Lane finds out what this means for the UK’s own nuclear plans
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FeaturesVideo: KPF hotels make their mark in Shanghai
RLB Shanghai director Iris Lee introduces two KPF hotels under construction in central Shanghai
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FeaturesVideo: Tour of the Shanghai Tower model
Shanghai Tower general manager Gu Jian Ping and RLB Asia MD Stephen Lai show off the model for China's tallest building
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FeaturesFeeling the chill in Shanghai
It's two degrees below zero and oddly quiet in China's second city – and that's not just because of a ban on honking car horns
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FeaturesMiddle East Q&A: Nick Clayson
Norton Rose's head of Middle East real estate explains why the Dubai property market has gone haywire
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FeaturesMood sours in once booming Dubai
Announcements of lay-offs and projects put on hold have left contractors in the emirate worried
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FeaturesReady for take-off? Heathrow expansion
Fasten your safety belts: the government is about to give the go-head for the £13bn expansion of Heathrow airport. Good news for the construction industry, of course, but, as Dan Stewart reports, the backers of the alternative options are not finished yet
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Cost update: December 2008
After sharp inflation in the second quarter, consumer, input, output and materials prices all peaked and are now on a declining trajectory, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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Airtight schools
Insulation from Saint-Gobain Isover has been used in the first timber-frame school to be built for Powys council
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Antibacterial paints
Paint manufacturer Johnstone’s has developed Microbarr, an antibacterial coating it claims will eradicate 99.9% of surface bacteria in 18 hours
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Anti-ligature windows
A window that maximises ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harming has been developed for hospitals by Kawneer
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FeaturesWhat lies beneath: Grimshaw's conversion of the LSE
Don’t be fooled by the classical Edwardian exterior – Grimshaw’s modern conversion for the London School of Economics is as exciting as it is innovative. By Martin Spring Photographs by Jens Willebrand
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FeaturesCladding panels
A series of cobalt and brilliant blue exterior cladding panels from Trespa UK have been used on The Cube, a new building at Mount’s Bay school in Cornwall
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Door closers
Geze has developed the TS 3000 EC door closer specifically for the education environment
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What it costs: Pervious paving
Sustainable urban drainage systems are a must for school and hospital developments. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans gives the whole-life costs of one solution
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FeaturesMiddle East Q&A: Derek Johnson
Davis Langdon's Middle East head sees much potential in the region and reckons 'what's happening in Dubai will be beneficial in the long term'