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FeaturesA very Merry Quizmas - highlights from this year’s Building Quiz
Building’s inaugural Christmas quiz was a riot of bantz, brilliance, beer, and Beyoncé (though sadly not in person)
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FeaturesTest yourself: Building Quiz 2018
Here are some of the questions from the Building Quiz - test your colleagues or just yourself to discover your quizzing prowess
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Features2018 in construction: Building's review of the year - part two
So, what did Santa’s last round of offerings bring the industry? It’s not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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Features2018 in construction: Building's review of the year - part one
So, what did Santa’s last round of offerings bring the industry? It’s not been a stocking full of pleasant surprises
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FeaturesBuilding's Projects of the Year 2018 - part 2
Ike Ijeh rounds up the year’s architectural excitements
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FeaturesBuilding's Projects of the Year 2018 - part 1
An embassy, a giant greenhouse, a metropolitan retail redevelopment, a Scottish museum and a totemic tower. Ike Ijeh rounds up the year’s architectural excitements.
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FeaturesCost update Q3 2018
A quarterly analysis of changes to the main construction cost indices, material prices and labour costs shows continuing upward movement
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FeaturesInterview: Dar's Andrew Loudon talks to Building
Dar may still be an unfamiliar name to many, but the Beirut-based owner of Currie Brown, Elementa and Perkins+Will has ambitions to grow its operations rapidly in the UK, Brexit notwithstanding
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FeaturesHackitt review and regaining trust: ‘The industry has created a monster’
With the government’s formal response to the Hackitt review of building regulations and fire safety expected soon, a panel of industry experts at Building Live discussed their own responses – and how trust in the sector can be won back
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FeaturesCities love to build arts venues to trigger urban regeneration - but it doesn't always work out
It’s called the Bilbao effect: a city engages an architect to build an arts venue in the expectation that urban regeneration will follow. Alas, it doesn’t always turn out this way
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FeaturesBD Live’s first ever live design competition: A new quarter for Canada Water
Architects competed at Building Live with plans for the London development’s retail space
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FeaturesTracker: October 2018
Civil engineering activity built further on its September gains after four months of decline, while non‑residental was the only sector in which activity failed to grow last month
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FeaturesProjects: Blackfriars Circus, London
Maccreanor Lavington’s Blackfriars Circus for Barratt Homes does everything a scheme centred on a 27-storey residential tower can do to engage with London’s architectural heritage
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FeaturesEconomics: Infrastructure – railway upgrades
Chris Pike and Simon Rawlinson of Arcadis examine the contribution that innovative engineering can make to delivering better outcomes for all users
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FeaturesHousebuilding by numbers: how many homes should London be building?
Is mayor Sadiq Khan’s plan to build 65,000 a year anything more than wishful thinking?
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FeaturesBrexit: what's at stake for the supply chain?
We’ve all got Brexit jitters, but few have them worse than those in the industry who rely on materials coming in from Europe
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FeaturesInterview - Sir Stuart Lipton talks to Building
Developer Stuart Lipton is among the biggest names in the business – and has no intention of leaving it any time soon
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FeaturesTesting times: are specialist contractors the answer to construction's innovation woes?
In an industry starved of innovation, specialists are often the pioneers in research and development – and now the government has pledged £170m to help them. But those at the technical forefront still face obstacles.
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FeaturesProjects: University of Birmingham's Collaborative Teaching Lab
A new teaching laboratory at Birmingham university takes a pioneering approach to design, applying a collaborative working ethos never before tried in a university setting
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FeaturesBuilding Awards 2018: Personality of the Year
Read about this year’s winner of the Personality of the Year Award