All Features articles – Page 508

  • The sharply detailed museum rises beside its own courtyard
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    Dig that museum

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Madrid architect Paredes Pedrosa has uncovered another treasure, a museum in the coastal Spanish town of Almeria

  • Denise Kingsmill
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    The fisher queen

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Denise Kingsmill’s impressive CV got Ray O’Rourke hooked enough to hire her as head of his advisory group on human capital. Now she’s got to do some more bait-dangling to get industry bods on board. She spoke to us about fluff, grit and wrestling with salmon.

  • The prototype Optima home at Pace Group's factory at Milton Keynes. A wide range of cladding materials was tried out on the building
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    Style to go - the unique flatpack home

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    Cartwright Pickard Architects has helped create an off-site flatpack system that promises flexibility and super-quick build time.

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    Sunny outlook

    2004-07-23T00:00:00Z

    In this month's Tracker, Experian Business Strategies reports some of the highest construction activity levels for 10 years and forecasts steady growth for the rest of the summer

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    Appointments

    2004-07-21T15:43:00Z

    All the latest industry moves

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    Ascent 112

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    The astonishing arch that will support the new Wembley National Stadium had to be tilted through 112° to reach its present position. We find out how it was done

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    ‘What happened to Pat cannot be allowed to happen to anybody ever again’

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    On 15 January, Patrick O’Sullivan was killed while working on the Wembley national stadium project. His family tells us that those responsible must be held to account

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    A giant leap for a brickie

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Behrokh Khoshnevis has seen the future of construction, and it involves robotic arms, multiple nozzles and buildings that can be put up in hours in either Basildon or the Sea of Serenity. The University of Southern California professor tells us about the technology that he believes will be commonplace in ...

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    Fast forward

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Way back in 1994, Building asked Sir Michael Latham to explain his controversial Rethinking the Team report. Ten years after its publication, we can see that it marked a watershed in the industry’s culture … but how does its author feel about it?

  • The cantilevered roof directs the wind flow, providing natural ventilation
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    Normans Invasion

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    With the paint barely dry on the viaduct at Millau, Foster and Partners is set to add another iconic building to the southern French landscape

  • John Balsom
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    Jack Pringle

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    Reforming the PFI and tackling the brain-drain of newly qualified architects are the top priorities of the incoming RIBA president. We find out how Jack Pringle plans to navigate the choppy waters of the architecture business.

  • Tom Potbury
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    Law report

    2004-07-16T00:00:00Z

    A Court of Appeal case has just boosted the legal rights, and financial security, of disabled workers

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    Appointments

    2004-07-15T10:34:00Z

    Movers and shakers in the industry this week

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    A 300-year facelift

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    How's this for cosmetic surgery? The latest whispers in the round are that a certain landmark cathedral is getting a nip-and-tuck. But then, it is approaching a rather significant birthday …

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    The doorman's advice

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Roy Wakeman, the new chairman of the Construction Confederation, has come from the bottom of the industry's supply chain – so he's had a good view of where it's failing, and how it can improve.

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    Stoned again

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    This City office block, designed by Arup Associates, shows that good ideas often arrive by roundabout routes, and when they do, they were often thought of hundreds of years before.

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    Get on board

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    When the architect of Walthamstow's bus station had to cut costs on the stunning roof, it needed the whole team to work together in order to reach the destination.

  • Slate Roof
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    Checklist

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Although it is widely admired for its aesthetic qualities, slate is a highly variable product that can pose plenty of problems for the specifier. We explain how to minimise them

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    A report from the escape committee

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Had enough of the longest hours, worst weather and most disappointing football team in Europe? Want to move abroad but can't decide where? Well the 2004 Hays Montrose/Building international salary guide has briefs on nine possible destinations ranked by money, lifestyle and work–life balance

  • Metal roof
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    Costs

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Steel and copper prices have gone through the roof, so specifiers face a test of their mettle. Peter Fordham of quantity surveyor Davis Langdon breaks down the costs of metal roofing