All Features articles – Page 601
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Tender price forecast
The ups and downs at a glance Current trendsup - Tender prices rose 2% over the past three months and 7.5% over the past yearup - Construction activity expanded for the 29th consecutive month in Juneup - Output in 2000 rose for a fifth consecutive year, reaching £69.53bn, or ...
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Women at work
Angela Brady of Women in Architecture talks about the group's campaign to triple the number of female architects in the next few years
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Dear Robert
This month, how to become an architectural technologist, and some advice on tax
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Expressions of power
How powerful people tell others they are powerful people? Well, not with a seven series BMW … We look at today's version of power dressing and other techniques that help you convey an image of power
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Who's got the power?
Industry insiders give their views on who calls the shots and who answers to whom in construction today.
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Icons of power
Who – and what – really makes a difference in the construction industry? Building selects 11 of the 21st century's most powerful icons, from Gordon Brown to a really, really big digger
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The Power issue: Introduction
It's intoxicating, seductive and dangerous. It's about influencing events, controlling destinies and brute, overwhelming force.
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People power
The public is taking the struggle against new roads, airports and greenfield development out of the meeting and on to the street. And with the government poised to streamline the planning system, more confrontation is on its way
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Tower power
From pyramids to the modern skyscraper, power has always found architectural expression. Now, in an era of global capitalism, that expression has reached new heights.
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Seats of power
The representative bodies of Britain's regions have opted for designs that self-consciously display their openness to public influence and scrutiny. So, here's a guide to the architecture of anti-power.
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The powerhouse
With the inexorable rise of the computer, A new breed of building is emerging to house the hardware that modern networks require.
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Let there be light - 16 Club Row, London E1
An almost fully glazed street frontage, inviting passers-by to peer deep into the kitchen-diner, suggests that 16 Club Row is the residence of a professional exhibitionist.
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Let there be light - Cresswell place, London SW10
Banishing the shadows from a narrow mews house in London's Chelsea required a radical internal rethink from Azman Owens Architects.
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Top bananas
Welcome to Building's annual league tables of the top 100 contractors and housebuilders in the UK.
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Cool as a cucumber
Swiss Re's project director has until 2004 to get Foster and Partners' "erotic gherkin" built. But neither this ambitious deadline, nor working in a male-dominated industry can ruffle the unflappable Sara Fox.
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Flavour of the Month
A year ago, construction stocks slid and firms stampeded into services. Now, the City loves the industry. We ask why building's so bullish
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The game of the name
The High Street is laden with brands, and filled with brand-name shoppers. Now construction companies are rebranding themselves in search of similar customer loyalty. We look at the benefits of the corporate make-over
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Gleeson jumps into top spot in quiet month
A Berkshire maternity ward catapults Gleeson into the lead in June, with little change on the other tables
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Just the job
We talk to Kojo O'hene about his move from architecture into property consultancy and why he can't stand quick-fix jobs