All Features articles – Page 379
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Floor paints
Johnstone’s Flortred range of floor coatings is available in four new bases that have been created for use with its colour-mixing machines.
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FeaturesFloor underlays
Novostrat has added to its Sonic and Comfort ranges of underlays with the introduction of Sonic Gold Excel.
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FeaturesResin flooring
Addagrip has launched Deco, a resin-based floor finish to complement its range of decorative interior floor products.
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Safety flooring
Tarkett has launched Safetred Dimension Wood PU, its latest development in safety flooring.
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FeaturesForbo-Nairn: Walk the lino
The chronically unfashionable floor covering linoleum is making a comeback, with a brand new, super-sustainable and stylish image.
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Underfloor heating
Waxman Energy Solutions has developed the Primary Heat underfloor heating system.
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FeaturesRotunda redux
Glenn Howells used advanced technology to convert a famous Birmingham landmark into flats – and secure a piece of modern heritage in the process
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FeaturesCan Sheffield university's Arts Tower become Sheffield's environmentally efficient building?
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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Moscow City Tower: engineering a vertical city
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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FeaturesGlasgow's new riverside transport museum by Zaha Hadid
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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FeaturesForeign Office Architects' John Lewis in Leicester: Great Drapes
Foreign Office Architects’ new John Lewis department store in Leicester has revolutionised retail design by wearing its curtains department on the outside. Martin Spring admires the stitching
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FeaturesRichard Rogers' Maggie's Centre: Room for Reassurance
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
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FeaturesEnergy performance certificates: don't kid yourself
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
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FeaturesCrucible Theatre: Right on cue
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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FeaturesRob Hopkins: Eco Worrier
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.
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FeaturesFit towns: A Walk on the Wild Side
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
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Growth slips
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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FeaturesWhere’s the remote?
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…
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FeaturesThink 08: a taster
Think 08 will take place at the ExCeL centre London on 7-8 May. Here’s a taster of some of the firms that will be taking part.
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Scottish and Southern Energy spends £15m on 20% Geothermal International stake
Scottish and Southern Energy is spending up to £15m to take a 20% stake in Geothermal International, a supplier of ground-source heating and cooling systems.