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FeaturesBritish Gypsum high-performance acoustic boards grace Winchester University ceilings
High-performance acoustic ceiling boards from British Gypsum are helping to maintain a calm environment in various areas adjoining the Student Union facilities at Winchester University’s new £9.5m university centre – a regional award winner in the 2008 RIBA Awards.
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Open for business
Office design is increasingly turning to the idea of collaboration – open spaces, with glass partitions and soft seating. Dean Gurden looks at a growing trend
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FeaturesTishman Speyers designer HQ
As a high-profile owner, developer and fund manager, you would expect Tishman Speyer to provide its employees with a premier working environment.
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FeaturesLean mean machine
Open heart surgery, two pacemakers and various ailments are enough to stop most people in their tracks – but not Utopia founder Kevin Mashford. Saba Salman finds out what drives him
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Fire alarm?
Are you up to speed on fire protection? Graham Ridout explores the implications of the regulatory framework and offers compliance tips for owners and occupiers
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FeaturesSustainability: Office refurbishment
David Rees of Davis Langdon reviews the latest thinking on low-carbon design features to improve the energy performance of office buildings
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FeaturesStill going strong
Design consultancy ttsp struck gold at this year's AIS Contractors Awards, designing the ceilings installed by Phoenix Interiors for Nomura, London. Thom Gibbs meets MD Tim Jennings, who has spent 26 years at the firm
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FeaturesViñoly turns a corner – the Leicester Curve
Rafael Viñoly’s UK projects have been derided and delayed, but finally, with the Curve in Leicester, he has got one done and dusted. Thomas Lane finds out whether this ‘inside-out’ theatre will answer the critics
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2008: How to survive the downturn
You don’t have to be Charles Darwin to know that survival is about adapting to your circumstances better than your rivals. Roxane McMeeken looks at how firms have changed their strategies since our last consultants survey, when the market was booming
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Projects by Herzog & de Meuron and Foster
Kingston University graduate comments on Herzog & de Meuron’s Projet Triangle and Foster + Partners’ Virgin Galactic space terminal
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Dubai's reality gap
En route to Cityscape, nothing about Dubai is quite what this visitor expected
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: anonymous delegate
The inside track on Cityscape Dubai by a conference veteran who says it will blow away anyone new to the event
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FeaturesWhat it costs: Green roofs
Green roofs may have environmental benefits, but what do they cost to install and maintain? Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans talks us through the issues
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Paul Savidge
Wintech's group operations director plans to use the exhibition to pick up project-specific enquiries and grow the firm's local business
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Derek Johnson
Davis Langdon's head of Middle East operations rates the show as the year's top business event, advising novices they'll need at least 100 business cards a day
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FeaturesMy Cityscape: Hussam Abdulghany
This Atkins senior architect attends goes to get a feel of the outlook for the year ahead, and also enjoys assessing rivals' schemes
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FeaturesThe wet room
Timber is well suited to the harsh environment of an indoor swimming pool, but at Longwell Green the finish also decided the way the building was constructed, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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FeaturesAluminium guttering
Marley has launched the Alutec Evolve range of aluminium rainwater systems, which it says is light and has a life expectancy of more than 50 years.
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FeaturesWaterproofing systems
Waterproofing systems from Alumasc have been used at Beacon South Quarter, a new retail, commercial and residential development in Sandyford, Dublin.