All Features articles – Page 532
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FeaturesWho's for dinner?
Building's finance pages are suddenly dominated by talk of takeovers. Housebuilders, consultants and contractors all feel the need to expand their bottom line by eating up their rivals. We look at how what is behind this unprecedented period of consolidation
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FeaturesLateral perspective
Terry Farrell has launched two London housing schemes: one a 16-storey block of flats, the other a handful of £4m homes. He thinks one could be the answer to the South-east's housing shortage. So which would you put your money on? (PS: That is a trick question …)
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FeaturesProject review
Designing and building a £5.5m nanoscience research centre for Cambridge University was an ideal opportunity to create a building that was as futuristic as the technology it contained. Here's how Building Design Partnership and Gardiner & Theobald tackled it.
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The West is the best
We discover that if you're in the South-west, you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about
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FeaturesCost model: Urban design and infrastructure
Proposals for new communities in the South-east, and the redevelopment of existing urban sites will require large-scale investment in site infrastructure. In this month’s cost model, we examine the cost and value drivers associated with infrastructure and site amenities
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FeaturesSmile … things couldn't be worse
After the slow death of the London office market and month after month of steadily worsening statistics, developers in the commercial sector are suddenly feeling a rush of confidence … We find out why
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FeaturesIn Person: Dennis Lenard
Trust an antipodean to want to turn everything upside down. But the new chief executive of Constructing Excellence thinks that's what we have to do to change the industry's image – and he's starting with a fundamental review of his own organisation. We spoke to the man who thinks Australian.
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FeaturesDeoxyribonucleic lighting
This astonishing concept of mirrors coiled into a DNA-type helix and floated in mid-air was intended to sex-up the Albert Hall's restaurant. But constructing it proved so complex that Arup was called in to check it could work.
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FeaturesKunsthaus Graz: You sexy thing
Graz is celebrating its status as Europe’s capital of culture with a dazzling architectural display – and a British contribution is stealing the show. We visited Kunsthaus Graz, a shocking, sensuous, biomorphic art gallery designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier – and still found time to sample the city’s ...
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Local lowdown
The Celtic tiger economy has produced a boom in Ireland's residential sector. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the impact on salaries and benefits
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FeaturesTalking 'bout evolution
The building world has spawned a new breed of executive who speaks of sustainability, accountability and ethical finance. But, according to a KPMG survey, the rest of the construction species still has some growing up to do.
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FeaturesChasing Gehry
When the world's most famous architect came to Dundee to open a cancer care centre, Building naturally sent an ace reporter along to grab an exclusive interview with him. of course, most of the rest of the UK's media did the same. So here's the diary of George ...
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FeaturesThe hanging offices of rotterdam
Where do you build if you don't want to use up your valuable land? In mid-air, of course … We found out how it was done at the latest wonder of the construction world – the gravity-defying De Brug office block in Holland
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FeaturesHow's that possible?
Welcome to Tenerife concert hall – the first ever performing arts building by Santiago Calatrava Esquire, architect, engineer and structural magician …
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They're watching
More and more firms are monitoring workers' emails, calls and internet hits. Tara Cosgrove of Beale and Company outlines what your boss is entitled to know