All Features articles – Page 587
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FeaturesPiano's forte
With an international track record in performing and visual arts buildings, Italy's Renzo Piano has now converted a sugar factory in Parma, near Florence, into a simple, elegant, no-frills concert hall.
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FeaturesMetropolis now
Berlin's spectacular new parliamentary committee building combines sci-fi and symbolism to help bring Germany's capital into the 21st century
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Support network
Victoria Madine talks to Liz Emeny of services engineer Rybka about her new forum for young professionals in the built environment
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FeaturesThe new traditionalists
Classical architecture is making a bid for recognition. Martin Spring looks at a movement attempting to shake off its retarded image, and overleaf Mark Leftly profiles David Lunts, the man who is about to bring Prince Charles' agenda into the heart of the government
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What price procurement?
The hysteria over online bidding is misplaced – it can reap benefits for the whole supply chain
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2200 housing associations have 5 years to comply with 37 performance indicators. Can they handle it?
In our new regular section on housing, Victoria Madine reveals how housing associations have been given five years to comply with the Egan agenda, and overleaf, Roger Humber bemoans the forced nationalisation of housebuilding
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsAlan Wedlock has joined quantity surveyor Cyril Sweett's consulting team as senior consultant. Simon Rowland, formerly partner at Watson Burton, has joined law firm Dickinson Dees as associate. V&A Project Management has appointed Jimmy Floyd, formerly with Scottish & Newcastle, project manager in its Newcastle office. HousebuildersHomes developer ...
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FeaturesEden better
Aggregates group RMC has the finest, most magical head office of any company in the construction industry. In fact, hanging gardens make it look more like uninterrupted parkland than a headquarters. So why did its owner want to change it? Martin Spring found out.
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Let's make it better
Training consultant Uly Ma talks to Victoria Madine about Project BUILD, a scheme for helping managers improve the working environment
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FeaturesMy kind of town
Why waste time designing a mere building when you can create your own city? When you're done, you can stroll through the boulevards, or even shoot 300 m into the air for a bird's eye view. Andy Pearson ponders on the practicalities of playing God
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Mind your language
As construction sites become increasingly dependent on foreign workers, Matthew Richards asks whether the industry is doing enough to break down a potentially fatal language barrier
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FeaturesThe talented Mr Ripply
An open air museum in Sussex has charted timber-frame from Tudors and traditional cottages to arrive at a new architectural idiom for the countryside
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Our new police state
The government has taken control of housing, and the result is more mergers and takeovers – and a disastrous slump in the number of homes being built
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FeaturesAppointments
ConsultantsHaley Somerset Consulting has promoted David Jenvey associate director within its construction services group.David Upton, director of civil engineer of Upton McGougan, has been appointed vice chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers.Engineering and environmental consultant White Young Green has promoted Simon Martin to associate director, based in the Bristol ...
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Five ways to beat stress
A good night's sleep Medical research confirms what the overworked have always known – the more you sleep, the less stressed you feel. Eighty years ago, the UK slept nine hours a night, but since then it's fallen by 90 minutes. So lie back and snooze like it's the 1920s.A ...
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Cost study: West Lothian College
A brand new campus developed on a greenfield site in Livingston, procured through PFI by trading in the former college site, was the best way to offer West Lothian College real value for money. HBG Construction and architect RMJM Scotland explain how they accommodated both traditional and high-tech styles – ...
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FeaturesDo it the easy way
A three-house terrace in the east end of London, built entirely from aircrete blocks, is the testing ground for a fast, efficient, hassle-free construction system that could revolutionise housebuilding. Andy Pearson finds out whether it lives up to expectations
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The human factor
When the market wobbles, you need key staff more than ever you did when it was booming
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FeaturesThe go-getter
Amanda Clack, the youngest-ever fellow of the RICS, is leading a shake-up of her profession. Here she tells Victoria Madine why project managers do not deserve the bad press they sometimes get from the rest of the project team.