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Comment
Annable of the yard
A reader wrote in recently to express concern about the garden arrangement of our Ecoterrace refurbishment (21 November, page 47).
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CommentOkay, we've stopped
In your piece about Philip Turner’s digital life (7 November, page 110) you printed a picture of Talking Heads’ Remain in Light, whereas he referred to Stop Making Sense.
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NewsShanghai hits the heights
Construction work has started on what will eventually be the tallest building in China and the second tallest in the world.
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SOM counter-sues Jacobs over £4.7m Qatar dispute
Architect Skidmore, Owings & Merrill is counter-suing engineer Jacobs over a multibillion-pound engineering scheme in Qatar.
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Features
Antibacterial paints
Paint manufacturer Johnstone’s has developed Microbarr, an antibacterial coating it claims will eradicate 99.9% of surface bacteria in 18 hours
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Anti-ligature windows
A window that maximises ventilation while minimising the risk of self-harming has been developed for hospitals by Kawneer
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Door closers
Geze has developed the TS 3000 EC door closer specifically for the education environment
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Airtight schools
Insulation from Saint-Gobain Isover has been used in the first timber-frame school to be built for Powys council
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LED lighting
Lighting designer and supplier Havells Sylvania has added to its Concord portfolio with the launch of Planate – a range of slim modular LED panels designed to provide a high-quality alternative to fluorescent lighting solutions
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FeaturesCladding panels
A series of cobalt and brilliant blue exterior cladding panels from Trespa UK have been used on The Cube, a new building at Mount’s Bay school in Cornwall
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FeaturesNatural ventilation: Second wind
A Cambridge university research team decided traditional natural ventilation strategies were just not up to scratch and came up with a new approach. Stephen Kennett reports
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NewsCitywatch: Into the lion's den
As most housebuilders edged north on Tuesday, Persimmon was the exception to the rule and had fallen 2% to 206p by lunchtime.
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EP in £10m media college rescue
English Partnerships has rescued the development of a £50m higher education college on the £5bn Greenwich Peninsula scheme after housebuilder Taylor Wimpey backed out of a land deal, writes Dan Stewart.
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BDP ditched on £150m Birmingham job
Building Design Partnership has been replaced by a local architect on a £150m university scheme in Birmingham.
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NewsMinister of estate
Consultant EC Harris has won a contract to survey the 34 buildings of the parliamentary estate in London.
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Appointments: EC Harris names new rail sector leader
Also: Redrow chief executive joins Home Builders Federation board
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NewsPorritt joins Willmott Dixon
Influential environmental leader takes up directorship at contractor