All Features articles – Page 514
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Glazed in glory
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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All becomes clear
Rick Mather Architects knows that when designing a minimalist building, its windows have a great bearing on its appearance.
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FeaturesOliver Letwin
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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FeaturesThe Lewisham job
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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FeaturesJust the job
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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FeaturesWays to go
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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FeaturesIt's getting hot out there …
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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FeaturesTonight, at the forum …
… 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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FeaturesSingleton vs empty-nester
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
£555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table
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FeaturesOn thin air
Welcome to the bumpy flight that is consultants' pay, where you can experience vertical take-off one moment and the next find yourself frantically trying to remember how you get the oxygen out of that mask thing. We report on the 2004 Building/Hays Montrose consultants' salary guide.
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FeaturesTony no mates
Say hello to Tony. Tony is a prime minister. But Tony is sad, because even though he has lots of money and the kit for lovely new schools and hospitals, all his friends are too busy to help him to put them together. So Tony might not be ...
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FeaturesGherkin, interior
As the first Swiss Re office workers jostle for the best desks in Foster and Partners' cigar-shaped tower, Martin Spring takes a trip to the top and discovers the design tricks that make it the only green skyscraper in London.
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FeaturesHow to build a model community
Two reports have tried to provide assembly instructions for the ideal sustainable community. We find out if they work.
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March passed: the MoD becomes Britain's top client
£555m garrison makes ministry UK's biggest spender – and puts Sir Robert McAlpine top of contractors' table