All Features articles – Page 96
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FeaturesSustainability: Emissions regulations
The regulations around greenhouse gas emissions come from a variety of international, European and UK sources and are constantly changing
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FeaturesPlastic waste in construction - is the sector doing enough?
Oceans of plastic waste are created each year by the construction industry, and the public is calling for action. So what are construction firms doing to reduce their discarded plastic, and what more could be done?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Hawley Mews, Camden
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Jacqui Macqueen, design director at Goldcrest Architects
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: The legacy of Carillion, the controversy of the Tulip, and the problem of plastic
Listen on our website here or on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or your preferred podcast app
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2015 - Wood if we could
While this week we look at the scourge of plastic waste produced by the construction industry, in 2015 we found out why another key material was surprisingly difficult to recycle
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FeaturesImage of the week: On a roll
A surfer by Brighton West Pier enjoys the unseasonably warm weather as Britain repeatedly smashed February temperature records last week
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FeaturesA tale of two hospitals: how Carillion's unfinished jobs are shaping up
Among the casualties of Carillion’s collapse were two major new hospital schemes, the Midland Metropolitan and the Royal Liverpool. After lying abandoned for months, work is at last restarting on site – but both are now years behind schedule.
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FeaturesOnline poll: Do you like the Tulip?
This week’s poll: Fosters’ Tulip: fleur du mal or bloomin’ marvel?
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FeaturesThe Tulip: a point of contention
In the forest of tall and quirky structures that is the City of London, it’s beginning to seem that nothing is too bizarre to get built. So why has Fosters’ proposed Tulip prompted such a barrage of opposition? And will it nevertheless gain approval?
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FeaturesIn pictures: Famous observation towers around the world
If the Tulip is ever built, it will enter the rarefied group of high-profile observation towers across the world
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FeaturesTracker: January 2019
Activity and new orders are losing momentum overall although the non-residential sector is holding up well
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FeaturesImage of the week: Cross-eyed
The pedestrian section of the Maastunnel in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, was converted into a Tunnel of Love this week to celebrate the tunnel’s 77th anniversary, which fell on Valentine’s Day
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Eric Parry: Drawing exhibition
This week’s #buildingdoodle is by Eric Parry, founder of Eric Parry Architects
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FeaturesCost model: Life sciences buildings
Research methods in the life sciences are developing at an unprecedented rate, so how can our buildings keep up with these developments?
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FeaturesBuilding podcast: Crossrail crisis, regulating construction, and making the built environment beautiful
Listen on our website here or on iTunes, Spotify, Stitcher or your preferred podcast app
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FeaturesCPD 2 2019: Harmonising design collaboration using BIM 360 Design
This CPD, sponsored by Autodesk, will consider how BIM 360 Design is overcoming the challenges design teams face
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FeaturesDoes construction need a national regulator?
Taming the industry’s out-of-control practices could benefit all levels of the supply chain – but who can make that happen?
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FeaturesProjects: Xiqu Centre Opera House, Hong Kong
The Xiqu Centre for Chinese opera in Hong Kong soars above its constrained site with two theatres suspended above public space, by using some ingenious construction solutions
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 - All aboard
Never mind the benefits promised by Crossrail when it’s finally finished, in 2008 Ken Livingstone came up with an idea that could really have transformed Londoners’ lives for the better