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FeaturesAinscow & Millett
She’s the enfant terrible who gave Manchester a whole new vibe. He’s the wunderkind who created a sensation when he quit Bovis Lend Lease. Now they’ve teamed up to tackle the regeneration schemes that others won’t.
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FeaturesWhat it costs: ceramic tiles
Ceramic tiles have come a long way since ancient Egypt. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans considers the options
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FeaturesMaximising daylight: Working on sunshine
Daylight improves productivity and wellbeing in the workplace, so theoretically it could help the brainwork at Edinburgh University’s new science facility. But how do you get a good helping of daylight in grey Scotland? Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports on an innovative brise-soleil
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Frame-free glazing system
Glass specialist Schott has extended its range of Pyranova fire-resistant glazing so that glass panels can be butt-jointed without using framing elements.
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Natural look for rainscreen
The Stancliffe Stone Company has launched a rainscreen cladding system featuring natural sandstone panels.
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Colourful panelling options
Fibreglass Grating has launched a range of composite, colour-tinted translucent screening and cladding panels.
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Apartment blocks
Marley Eternit's fibre-cement rainscreen cladding panels were selected by Heat Architects for the conversion of two 1950s light industrial buildings into apartments.
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Steel sheet finishes
Stainless steel maker Ugine & Alz has introduced a range of finishes to the UK.
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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