All Features articles – Page 514

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    Slated

    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Adams of Percy Thomas Architects has been accused of spending £100m on a giant, shell-less mollusc. Here he takes us around his Wales Millennium Centre and explains why the critics don't know their gastropods from their elbows.

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    Nothing doing

    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The Paddington Health Campus was always going to be problematic, but nobody expected it to take so long to do so little, or for costs to rise from £360m to £827m. We tell the inside story of the PFI hospital from hell

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    Local lowdown

    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    The continued boom in London Docklands means the area is attracting construction staff as well as City suits. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports

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    Cost study: Scottish gas headquarters

    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    Built on a former gasworks (appropriately), Scottish Gas’ HQ is an elegant and energy-efficient addition to Edinburgh’s rapidly changing waterfront. Architect Foster and Partners, environmental engineer Battle McCarthy and cost consultant Davis Langdon explain how they did it.

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    Here comes rab

    2004-05-14T00:00:00Z

    A crowd of iconic office schemes is being planned for the City of London. Bennetts Associates' New Street Square is the latest to be unveiled …

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    Appointments

    2004-05-13T11:23:00Z

    Movers and shakers

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    The rules

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    We all know the importance of fire safety and disability access. So why do two sets of regulations appear to contradict each other? Plus, an update on the discrimination debate over metal door handles. Alex Smith reports

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    Products

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    This month, highly intelligent doors and windows that can be customised to suit any size or design – and their applications to some top educational institutions

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    Glazed in glory

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Rick Mather's Lincoln School of Architecture, shoehorned into a small site next to a railway track, is a triumph of design ingenuity. We find out how specifiying the right windows made all the difference

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    Costs

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    We tell you to steel yourselves for the latest price rises in metal doors and windows, and explains how the schools market is on the up and up

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    Checklist

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    With technical advances being made all the time, window specifiers need to keep abreast of the changes. Barbour Index and Building Specifier outline five ways to get the best results

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    All becomes clear

    2004-05-13T00:00:00Z

    Rick Mather Architects knows that when designing a minimalist building, its windows have a great bearing on its appearance.

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    Oliver Letwin

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    The donnish shadow chancellor may look most at home surrounded by dusty tomes, but he's all for rewriting the book when it comes to the civil service. He talks to us about modernisation, decentralisation and, er, oysters.

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    The Lewisham job

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    They designed it so a gang of third graders could have pulled it off. It was fast, it was easy and the score was 30 mill. Only drawback was, it was a police station – but they had a plan for that, too … Gus 'The Hat' Alexander cases the ...

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    Just the job

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Dubai is a great location for both work and play – and with its massive construction boom the opportunities are endless, quantity surveyor Fergus Rossiter tells Building

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    Ways to go

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Are you considering working abroad? Daniel Griggs heads up the international division at global recruitment consultancy Beresford Blake Thomas. Here, he offers some top tips

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    It's getting hot out there …

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Thinking of working abroad but not sure where to look for work? We offer a rundown this year's hottest destinations, where UK-trained construction professionals are definitely in demand …

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    Tonight, at the forum …

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    … Herzog & de Meuron presents Barcelona's latest urban regeneration extravaganza, starring an eye-catching triangular auditorium at a gravity-defying angle. Sit back and enjoy the show

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    Singleton vs empty-nester

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    There are two types of people who are really suited to working abroad. Which one are you – or should you stay put?

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    March passed: The MoD becomes Britain's top client

    2004-05-07T00:00:00Z

    £555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table