All Features articles – Page 372

  • 09:00 Architects' HQ
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    Designing out terror

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Dan Stewart had one day to find out if architects can help protect the country from terrorist attack. Fortunately, he spent it at one of the new government training sessions on designing out terror …

  • Bucholz McEvoy Architects’ £300m Elm Park is a mixed-use sustainable extension to Dublin.
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    Country focus: Ireland

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The Irish economy has doubled in the past decade, and construction has been an important part of that. The emphasis is now moving from housing to infrastructure, says Richard Fitzpatrick of EC Harris

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    Precast Flooring Federation publishes Code of Practice

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    The Precast Flooring Federation has published a Code of Practice for the safe erection of precast concrete flooring and associated components.

  • InterfaceFLOR’s Straightforward range of carpet tiles
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    Carpet tiles

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    InterfaceFLOR’s Straightforward range of carpet tiles has been used at EC Harris’ new London headquarters in the Regent’s Quarter development in King’s Cross.

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    Invista receives EPP certification for carpet fibres

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Invista has received Environmentally Preferable Product (EPP) certification for its Antron Lumena BCF carpet fibres.

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    Flowcrete Group opens base in Durban

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Flooring maker Flowcrete Group has opened a base in Durban, South Africa.

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    Bamboo flooring

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    Urbane Living has launched what it says is the industry’s first sustainable hand-scraped bamboo flooring.

  • The United African Village
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    The United African Village - pioneering sustainability

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    A Group of built environment students at Westminster University are planning to build a village in Ghana based on sustainable technology. Can they turn their plans into reality?

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    Acoustic floors

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    James Jones and Screedflo have launched the Screedflo dB acoustic floor system to prevent noise transfer between party floors.

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    80% increase in 2007 European PVC recycling

    2008-05-09T00:00:00Z

    According to the Vinyl 2010 Progress Report, the European PVC industry recycled 149,500 tonnes of post-consumer PVC in 2007 through Vinyl 2010 projects, an 80% increase on 2006 levels.

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    Glasgow's new riverside transport museum by Zaha Hadid

    2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The uncompromising aluminium roof of Glasgow’s new riverside transport museum gives a hint of the building services challenges that lie within

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    Moscow City Tower: engineering a vertical city

    2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Services at Moscow City Tower will have to overcome huge extremes of climate at its base, let alone its top. Andy Pearson meets the engineer with a mountain to climb

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    Can Sheffield university's Arts Tower become Sheffield's environmentally efficient building?

    2008-05-07T00:00:00Z

    A 1960s tower is to be transformed from one of sheffield’s worst environmental performers into its best by near-invisible facade engineering

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    Where’s the remote?

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Universities have latched on to the benefits of using the internet to deliver courses, says Katie Puckett. But tutors needn’t worry about being replaced by robots just yet…

  • More than 34,000 jobs have gone on Wall Street during the credit crunch
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    Market forecast: Growth slips

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    Tender prices are rising less rapidly as new orders slow, while growth could fall below 1% this year, warn Peter Fordham and Máren Bauldauf of Davis Langdon

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    Fit towns: A Walk on the Wild Side

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    It might sound a bit off the wall, but this urban designer and his family believe town planning can help us stay healthy. Katie Puckett went for an amble with them to find out how

  • Rob Hopkins
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    Rob Hopkins: Eco Worrier

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The era of cheap oil is over and our economic system is doomed, believes environmentalist Rob Hopkins. So is he gloomy? Not a bit of it. It’s such a tremendous opportunity.

  • The Crucible is home to the World Snooker Championship, which culminates in this Sunday’s final.
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    Crucible Theatre: Right on cue

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    If there’s one thing the city of Sheffield, the world’s snooker fans and project manager David Hobson can all agree on, it’s that nothing can stand in the way of the World Snooker Championship next year. Not even its venue’s much-needed revamp. Thomas Lane puts you in the frame

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    Energy performance certificates: don't kid yourself

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    If you think that getting a decent energy performance rating will be a pushover, the chances are you may end up feeling bruised by the experience. Thomas Lane analyses Building’s latest survey of building owners

  • A double-height dining space makes up the reassuring heart of London's Maggie’s Centre. The glowering hospital is almost entirely screened from view.
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    Richard Rogers' Maggie's Centre: Room for Reassurance

    2008-05-02T00:00:00Z

    The site for England’s first Maggie’s cancer care centre wasn’t quite the tranquil spot originally intended, but Rogers Stirk Harbour & Partners worked with bright colours and canopies to create a peaceful retreat