More Focus – Page 274
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FeaturesBurj Dubai four months behind schedule
Dubai's flagship development, the $4.1bn (£2bn) Burj Dubai, might not be completed by the end of this year, the original deadline.
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FeaturesSnug as a bug in rug
When the Natural History Museum decided it needed to house 20 million insect and plant specimens within one structure, building a giant shiny, ivory coloured cocoon seemed to make perfect sense. Thomas Lane buzzed over to find out more …
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The tracker: Cracks emerge
Responses to this month’s survey were more downbeat than usual, with uncertainty in the wider market starting to make its presence felt, says Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesA scientific monster
This computer centre in Santiago, Chile, may have two heads but then it’s got two skins, too – altogether a bit of a freak
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FeaturesRichard Steer on Mipim
Two years ago Richard Steer wrote in these pages that Mipim was a waste of time, energy and perfectly good booze. This year, he’s quite looking forward to it, thanks for asking. So, what changed?
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FeaturesWhat a mesh!
A Japanese architect and a UK cladding specialist came together to develop the shimmering expanded aluminium veil that has been used to clad the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
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life At the sharp end
Cladding In an explosion, every fragment of glass in a building becomes a potentially lethal missile. Stephen Kennett looks at the best ways to protect ourselves
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FeaturesMellow yellow
The striking shell of the Le Safron festival hall, south-east of Paris, has been clad in the new copper aluminium alloy Tecu Gold.
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Profiled cladding
Euroclad has added to its Elite range of built-up cladding products with a horizontal wall system that features a half round profile outer sheet.
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Minimalist fittings
DR Services is to market Sadev’s range of point fittings and spiders for facades and glass canopies in the UK.
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Insulated roof and wall panels
Arcelor Construction has added the Fidelite insulated roof and wall system to its Arval range of systems.