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FeaturesMetallic finishes
Shackerley has added a range of metallic finishes to the ceramic granite panels of its rainscreen cladding system.
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FeaturesThe Cube route
ETFE specialist Vector Foiltec’s involvement in building an iconic aquatic centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has called for the relocation of its fabrication operation to China, as managing director Ben Morris explains.
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FeaturesWe’ve got it covered ...
As pressure mounts for suppliers to improve energy efficiency, Italian cladding maker Permasteelisa explains how it’s doing its bit for the environment.
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FeaturesThey love me. they love me not. they love me ...
The RIBA went all out in Valentine’s week to give fledgling architecture practices a chance to seduce Olympic decision-makers. Katie Puckett went along to the speed-dating spectacular and found that romance isn’t dead
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FeaturesBetter than the real thing
Can a combination of virtual reality sites and actors playing stroppy carpenters prepare workers for a career in construction? Dan Stewart gives it a try
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FeaturesSuffering in silence
For the 25 years that he was a crane driver, Terry Duxbury endured the job’s unsafe conditions and culture of never speaking out. Here he tells Sarah Richardson about the terrible personal price he had to pay before he found his voice
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FeaturesThe i-wasp generation
Reading University’s Colin Gray explains how construction best practice can be downloaded as easily as music
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A happy new year for Bovis as it tops the charts
Contractor takes the lead with £451m worth of projects in January
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FeaturesCan you read me? Dutch architect MVRDV
Dutch architect MVRDV has divided its modernism-influenced Barcode House into nine distinct strips, each with its own purpose
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FeaturesStop passing the buck
Making the news Sustainability needs to be a priority not a chore, says Sir Jonathon Porritt
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International costs: 2007
It’s a suppliers’ market as delivery delays complicate schedules and demand pushes inflation up. Gardiner & Theobald examines global costs and forecasts in this yearly update
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Features‘My most obvious mistake? Taking out the dampers on the Millennium Bridge’
HOW THEY MADE IT - Despite that minor mishap, Chris Wise is proud of the 20 years’ work he did at Arup. He tells Dan Stewart what he learned – and why the best is yet to come
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FeaturesDead Sea canal: And the dead shall live
Vikki Miller reports on how a canal became an obsession for architects and engineers around the world, including a chap at Foster + Partners
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Features‘Put this job on a CV and it'll set you up for life’
Being there There are some projects that every self-respecting graduate would do just about anything to work on. Dan Stewart meets nine tyros who had the chance to tackle Heathrow T5
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FeaturesA guy called Gerald
A tycoon, a predator, a convict, a philanthropist, a philosopher, a doting father ... even among the outsized characters who make up the property developing fraternity, Gerald Ronson is remarkable. Emily Wright found out just how remarkable
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FeaturesIs Foster on the eve of dominance or decline?
Britain’s greatest architectural practice is planning a massive expansion. But what does it mean for the man who founded the business, the global brand and, of course, the buildings?
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FeaturesSorry, but these rules don’t work
Quantity surveyors are piling pressure on the Home Office to rethink the laws that are keeping foreign workers out of the UK – and sending some badly needed ones back home.
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FeaturesLife, or something quite like it
Second Life is the virtual world that has its own businesses, currency and an exchange rate with real money. And where there’s real money, developers are never far behind. Katie Puckett steps ‘in-world’ as Katarina Rockett (she’s the one with the red bunches) to investigate the world’s first virtual construction ...