All Features articles – Page 509
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FeaturesFriendly yet hostel
MacCormac Jamieson Prichard may just have achieved a near-impossible feat: to design ultra-high-density single-person housing next to a noisy railway, and actually make it liveable. We went to meet the residents at Friendship House.
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FeaturesHow illuminating
In creating a landmark building for a West Midlands college, D5 Architects had to come up with problem-solving ideas to link the 1960s block next door.
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Just the job
Gordon Headley explains why, after a career as an oil engineer, he became Wilson Bowden's HR director
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FeaturesKing Richard the last?
Rogers, Foster, Farrell, Hopkins, Grimshaw … The long reigns of these signature architects are coming to an end. We look at what will happen when they go
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FeaturesA fare deal
The design team behind the Walthamstow bus station in east London has used its tight budget very wisely.
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FeaturesLowdown on architecture
Guy Source from recruitment consultant Hays Montrose looks at some of the major trends and projects occurring nationwide
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A world beyond conference centres
Stan Hornagold, senior partner at management consultant Hornagold & Hills, gives us some principles to follow if the Thames Gateway development is to succeed
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FeaturesBright young things
Saba Salman asked some of the UK's leading architectural practices what they look for when recruiting graduate architects – and why graduate architects should come and work for them
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FeaturesDown Under
It's the tug-of-love pulling the industry's heartstrings … Is there a long-term home for Bovis with Lend Lease, or could it be snatched by fast-talking, big-spending Multiplex? We review an Aussie soap with a difference.
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FeaturesHouse party
Ministers and MPs mingled with construction leaders at Building's annual reception on the House of Commons terrace, where the industry was praised warmly by Nigel Griffiths
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FeaturesHow to lead the pack
In the competitive world of architecture, it is vital for students to make the most of their opportunities. Saba Salman asked the RIBA's Pamela Edwards for advice on getting - and staying – ahead of the rest
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Just the job
Jean Grobler from South Africa joined Atkins as architectural assistant last June. So what's it like, Jean?
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FeaturesTime machine
Completion dates in contracts are more wishful thinking than statement of fact. But what if you could predict the actual time it takes to construct buildings? We look at an aid that's supposed to transport clients and consultants into a more certain future.
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FeaturesWhere there's a will …
The plot so far: Mild-mannered architect Will Alsop hears cry of distress from northern city in fear of economic life – ducks into alley and emerges as The Regenerator. Armed only with carefully selected fruit and veg, he leaps into action …
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FeaturesSomething about pete
How does a 34-year-old accountant with no real previous get the top of one of the country's largest housebuilders? Well, as we found out, a brain the size of a planet helps …
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FeaturesBeat bullies
Workplace bullying is ruining a growing number of people's lives. We look at how it can be stopped