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Carbon countdown: How can the UK make the step change required for zero carbon?
Whether you like it or not, the Government’s 2016 target for all new homes to be built to Code Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is set to remain
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Judah's sculpture for Goodwood
Recent architectures graduate from the Royal College of Art comment on the giant Audi loop sculpture at Goodwood
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FeaturesWe’re all going on a (green) summer holiday
Eco-tourism is big business in Cornwall, with green developments popping up all over the county to meet demand from conscientious tourists. So Building packed Dan Stewart off on his hols to find out what the options are for the green tourist – and if it’s all it’s cracked up to ...
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FeaturesA great venue to play: David Byrne's Roundhouse installation
Buildings and musical instruments are usually quite easy to tell apart. That was, until David Byrne got his hands on north London’s Roundhouse
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FeaturesGateway to the world: Thames Gateway Forum 2009
The Thames Gateway Forum in November is attracting delegates from France to China, as global investors eye up opportunities in the South-east’s fastest changing region. You should really be there too …
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FeaturesThe way of all quangos
The Tories are rekindling that age-old election pledge: to burn down the quangos. We’ve heard it all before, but is it any different this time? And if so, which ones would be for the pyre?
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The tracker: Vital signs
The rate of decline continues to slow, especially in the residential sector, but, with demand weak and jobs uncertain, the prognosis still isn’t great. Experian Business Strategies studies the charts
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Heatherwick’s Shanghai Expo British Pavilion
Two RCA postgraduate architects share their different verdicts on the British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo for 2010
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FeaturesHousing associations write off £174m
Falling land and house prices mean 40% more is knocked off associations' assets than last year
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FeaturesGrosvenor Waterside by Make: Don’t tell Charles …
Within spitting distance of the notorious Chelsea Barracks site is this startlingly modern block of flats by Make Architects. Yet, so far, the good burghers of Belgravia haven’t uttered a word against it. And nor has you-know-who. What’s going on?
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FeaturesCost model: Indoor arenas
Even in recessionary times, entertainment creates opportunities and in the live music business, promoters want new, purpose-built venues. Simon Rawlinson and Martin Jennings of Davis Langdon examine how gigs are changing the face of the indoor arena
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FeaturesIs there any such thing as a good framework?
BAA’s decision to abandon framework agreements has led many to fear that other major clients will follow suit. No bad thing, says Stan Hornagold (above right), while Don Ward (above left) couldn’t disagree more …
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FeaturesComplying with Part L: A question of cuts
L is for … Some building types need to shave their carbon emissions a lot. Others, less so. Yet the regulations say they all have to improve by 25%. The last in our series on Part L examines a proposal to fix this anomaly
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FeaturesRefurbishment funding: A long way from home
Assessing the once mighty £21bn Decent Homes programme’s past achievements, and its increasingly uncertain future
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FeaturesCan you do better?
Building and the UK Green Building Council's prestigious Sustainability Awards are open for entries and, this year, there’s also a one-day conference for green experts to debate the latest challenges
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FeaturesRight man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska
After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months
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FeaturesCountry focus: Hong Kong
Despite government investment in public sector projects, the construction industry has been badly damaged by the slowdown in China and Macau
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FeaturesUttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements
L is for … The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...
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FeaturesGreen cement: reforming the carbon criminals
Examining the latest attempts to find greener formulas for one of the world’s biggest carbon criminals – cement