All Features articles – Page 579
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FeaturesBye-bye blunder
… and, many would say, good riddance. As the demolition of the DoE's former headquarters on Marsham Street begins, Matthew Richards looks back at the lifetime of the ugliest building in the country.
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Outside the box
Housing associations are not, perhaps, best known for lifestyle design or innovative marketing, says Josephine Smit. But here are two schemes, one in Glasgow, the other in east London, that are turning convention on its head
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FeaturesAn inspector calls
Wherever there's an on-site safety breach, Mike Cosman is detective, prosecutor and grand inquisitor rolled into one. Marcus Fairs talks to the new head of operations within the Health and Safety Executive's construction division.
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FeaturesCovered in glory
It looked like Toyota City in Japan might never get a new sports ground when it failed to be picked as a World Cup venue. But instead it has been doubly blessed, gaining not only a spectacular stadium, but one with an ingenious air-powered retractable roof.
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FeaturesSolving the housing crisis
The time-bomb that ticked away behind the mundane statistics of new starts and planning permissions has exploded: the South-east’s housing crisis is now at the top of the political, and news, agenda. So Marcus Fairs asked 10 experts how we can tackle it.
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FeaturesA day on the tiles
When a housing association asked architects to break the mould of traditional housetypes at a Stevenage estate, it never guessed the result would turn so many heads. In the latest in our series of revisits, Fred Rothwell, William Sutton Trust's technical director, finds out how residents Eddie and Tina Wilton ...
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Finishing touches
An added value special looks at a housing scheme making the most of external design, and Trends explores the art of selling less
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FeaturesGo on my sun
Over the past decade, countries such as Germany and the Netherlands have been harnessing solar energy through photovoltaic panels that produce electricity all year round, even on cloudy days. Now, as part of the government's commitment to develop the UK's renewable energy, the state will pay half the ...
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Principles and practice
Ideas on integrated engineering have won Buro Happold building physicist Doug King a key award and will form the basis of his new practice
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Top five alternative management books
The Servant Leader by James Autry (Prima Lifestyles, £17). Based on the teachings of the classical Chinese text the Tao Te Ching, Altree argues that leadership should come from the bottom up.Building the Happiness Centred Business by Dr Paddi Lundi. The story of an Aussie dentist who decided money, business ...
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsBLB Architects has made five appointments. Simon Blakemore, Diana Earls, Chantal Cudd, Anthony Doughty and Sarah Dancaster have joined the Redditch office. In addition, Suzanne Clark (left) joins as marketing manager.Bristol-based building consultant Osmond Tricks has appointed Chris Miles, previously with Watts and Partners and Vincent Cochran, formerly with Parsons ...
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FeaturesThe beautiful games
As the England football squad prepares to fly out to Japan for the World Cup, Building was given a sneak preview of three of the country's spectacular new stadiums built for the tournament.
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FeaturesThe benchmark
Having already had one nightmare with a housing block refurbishment, Hackney council wasn't about to make the same mistakes. Thomas Lane found out how the team applied bitter experience to make its next project a triumph.
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Breakdown
In some areas of Burnley, house prices have fallen by half in the past 10 years. Here, property ownership makes you poorer. The result is a bitter struggle for regeneration funds that the hard right has exploited to win electoral success. Mark Leftly reports on a city staring into the ...
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Building a new breed
Who can the virgin client turn to in times of trouble? Bring on the independent adviser – quick
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FeaturesCost study: Warwick University International Manufacturing Centre
Partnering and value engineering helped slice 5% off time and cost on the third phase of Warwick University’s International Manufacturing Centre. This Movement for Innovation demonstration project is reviewed by Warwick University, Edward Cullinan Architects and Northcroft
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FeaturesTwisted Genius
Dizzy, Swirling, baroque, voluptuous, democratic, freakish, logical, contrversial, sustainable ... or in other words, welcom to Foster and Partners' GLA building.
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Making progress
Where can young engineers sort out any worries they have about their careers and talk about their futures? Roger McLaughlin has the answer
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The Tao of success
Like a frog in a well seeing the sky, the great men of Farrelly Facilities grasped that it is a fool who picks up a sesame seed but loses sight of the watermelon. Victoria Madine finds out how Chinese wisdom translates into happy workers and a great fortune.