All Features articles – Page 505
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Expert eye
What are developers cooking up in kitchens? James Pilling, senior designer at interior specialist Connections in Design, looks at the growing importance of kitchen design and its relationship with modern lifestyle
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Precious heat
Up until now, housebuilders have responded to demands that they improve the energy efficiency of new homes by simply adding insulation. Next year, they are going to have to do much more …
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Not an ivory tower …
… so much as a giant titanium egg, which Napier University has cooked up to attract students away from Edinburgh’s other universities – with a little help from Building Design Partnership.
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FeaturesRichard McCarthy
The sheer get-up-and-go of the head of the ODPM’s sustainable communities group is proving increasingly valuable – particularly in easing the ‘creative tension’ between government and housebuilders. We got him to sit still for a minute.
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People who need people
This year’s Building/Hays Montrose careers survey found that construction’s workforce is overwhelmingly concerned with the problem of recruitment and training staff. We analyse the statistics
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FeaturesSpecialist Q&A
John Doyle Construction, part of the John Doyle Group, specialises in the construction of substructure, superstructure and infrastructure projects. Stef Stefanou is the firm’s urbane chairman.
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FeaturesWhat a result!
Last week, Wembley stadium opened its doors to the public to win over those who would be the Arch’s stiffest opposition – local residents and fans of the old twin towers. We went along to watch the project engineers rack up some PR points
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FeaturesLafarge’s African mercy run
Charity ship bound for Africa will carry 48-tonnes of cement donated by Lafarge and builders merchant Ridgeons.
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FeaturesKew for a song
Ted Cullinan celebrated a hat trick of gardening jobs by visiting Kew and writing a ditty in honour of partner Robin Nicholson.
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Specifier Products
The latest ideas for adding the final flourish to a building, from sun-shading aluminium louvres to spectacular coloured glass interlayers. Plus, the connectors, cramps and beams that hold it all together
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FeaturesSeven steps to curtain walling heaven
Malcolm Dobson, technical director of Technal, gives his tips on what to look out for on site to ensure the perfect curtain walling installation
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FeaturesBernard Kasriel: Realpolitic
Bernard Kasriel, chief executive of Lafarge, talks about environment-friendly technology, negotiating with suspicious governments and the delicate business of digging enormous great holes
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FeaturesWalker’s big score
The thing is, there must be 50 ways to screw up a £1bn project, and if you can think of 25 of them, you’re a genius. We talk to a man who’s trying to do even better than that …
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FeaturesHow’s this for an executive box?
In a backlash against Brookside-style housing, Stock Woolstencroft has designed a model high-density apartment scheme with a splash of colour that also regenerates a historic area of north London suburbia.
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FeaturesCement: Mixmasters
Those fighting construction’s never ending war against cock-ups on site have just been handed a powerful new weapon: cements that have been precisely blended to do the job that they’re supposed to