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Communities department energy claim greeted with disbelief
Energy assessors have questioned the claim this week by the communities department that the average commercial building almost meets the latest energy regulations.
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FeaturesSolar-powered LED cladding: Great wall of China
Beijing’s ‘media wall’ brings to life Simone Giostra’s concept of a narrative facade. Stephen Kennett looks at how this unique, decade-in-the-making concept merges art and artifice onto one illuminated electronic showstopper
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FeaturesSandwich panel facades
This sandwich wall facade by Hunter Douglas was used on an extension to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
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Ceramic facade panels
Shackerley is extending its ventilated rainscreen offerings with a range of terracotta and unglazed ceramic tiles.
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FeaturesAluminium perforated cladding
Manchester’s Chill Factor, the UK’s longest indoor ski slope, has more than 5,000m2 of Kalzip aluminium cladding, as well as perforated facades and profiled sheets.
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Insulated wall panels
SpeedDeck Building Systems has added two new thicknesses to its Vitesse architectural wall range to provide enhanced U-values and thermal efficiency
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Aluminium-timber facades
Senior Aluminium Systems (SAS) has launched a new facade range called Hybrid
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FeaturesSteel cladding
Corus Colors has introduced the next generation of its pre-finished steel roof and wall cladding system
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CommentWonders & blunders
IM Pei’s Suzhou Museum is a masterly modern take on Chinese traditional buildings, says Pak Hung Lai, whereas the Shanghai Convention Centre is just, well, balls
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The Great Leap Forward: China Olympics special
Chinas written history goes back 5,000 years, so you cant really talk about the birth of a nation, but thats essentially whats happening. Everywhere you look, cities are being rebuilt and reorganised. They are now bristling with hypermodern towers, studded with shopping malls and linked by a host of new ...
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Housing target must increase by 100,000 a year, says watchdog
Government advisers urge expansion in housebuilding despite price falls
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Mergers contribute to housing association expansion
Associations grow by half but efficiency claims hard to prove
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NewsBarratt makes 1,000 staff redundant
Troubled housebuilder tells staff it is shedding 15% of 6,500 workforce, closing two divisions and merging eight others
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Three vie to build Birmingham library
Carillion, Laing O'Rourke and Sir Robert McAlpine on the shortlist for £193m library
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NewsCampaigners slam government decision on crane register
Calls for national register of tower crane to improve safety standards have been formally rejected