All Features articles – Page 487
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FeaturesDream boats
Whether you’re admiring them from the quayside at Cannes or partying on board, you can’t fail to be impressed. Adrian Morgan steps inside the super-yachts of the super-rich and famous
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Catch ‘em young
Nick Jones on how to recruit teenagers using websites, competitions and speed-dating
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FeaturesOne mean city
Big construction in Moscow is a muscle market dominated by players with political connections, fast money and armoured cars. So what chance does a British firm have of getting a piece of the action?
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Features… and a treehouse in the classroom
A new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum shows that children make some of the most inspiring, imaginative and brutally honest clients.
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FeaturesDon't forget your toothbrush...
...or any of these other essential items when you pack your bags for MIPIM
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FeaturesEat, drink and mingle
Want to win friends and influence people at MIPIM? Victoria Madine reveals the golden rules of successful networking
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The man with the golden pen
The pioneer of lightweight and membrane structures, whose 1960s designs still look futuristic today, 79-year-old German inventor Frei Otto has won the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
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"Only a helicopterwould do"
Building’s deputy editor Phil Clark – a veteran of five MIPIMS – relives his favourite Cannes stories
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FeaturesSite seeing
Even the strongest constitution can find traipsing between stands and drinking into the small hours a bit much after a while. So how about playing hooky for an afternoon? Naomi Stungo suggests some great buildings to visit nearby
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But seriously ...
What makes MIPIM such an industry must-do? Elaine Knutt explains why it’s not just the champagne and canapés that keep people coming back
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‘Demolition Dave’ bids for TV fame
Contractor hopes new comedy series will bring down the house and get commissioned for the small screen.
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FeaturesTsunami diary: treading carefully
The work of building shelters and camps for victims of the tsunami is being hampered by a shortage of engineers and building materials, says Arup civil engineer Anthony Peter.
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Costs: Off-site manufactures
The government needs buildings – plenty of them, and fast. Peter Mayer of Building Performance Group asks whether off-site manufacture is the best whole-life-value solution
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Specifier Products
All manner of off-site innovations, including ideas on how to put up a departure lounge in a hurry, how to install a fully serviced washroom in two days, and how to build a school from pre-existing units
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FeaturesOff-site manufacture
This issue’s Specifier takes a close look at the expanding world of modern methods of construction, including a checklist of when to head for the factory and when to steer clear, lifetime costs and, overleaf, the latest products. But first, one London architect’s bid to build the ODPM’s vaunted £60,000 ...
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Sir Robert McAlpine leaps to top with £135m mall job
Bovis Lend Lease is knocked right out of monthly top 30 for January – but still hanging on to annual lead
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A steady start to 2005
This month, Experian’s Business Strategies division records stable activity levels in most sectors and is cautiously optimistic about growth. But civil engineering is on an unpredictable see-saw …