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CommentWebmaster review: Benoy website
International architect Benoy’s website, Benoy.com, does the job well but has one rather surprising feature
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NewsSpecialist joinery
Gold AwardThorpes of Great Glen – for its installation at Jones Lang LaSalle, LondonThis project comprised the supply and installation of specialist joinery to the management/executive floor and two general office floors. A wide range of finishes were used in this development, including veneer, page lacquer, PU paint, laminate, glass, ...
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NewsOperable walls
Gold awardStyle Moveable Partition Specialists – for its contract at Gensler’s London HQTwo Skyfold vertically rising operable walls were installed within Gensler and Associates’ international new headquarters.Skyfold was specified by Gensler to maximise the floor space within its meeting rooms by stacking the system within the ceiling void. This provides ...
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Join my Hub
In reference to your article “OFT clears housebuilders – but raises zero-carbon fears” (26 September, page 11), while it is true that zero carbon could potentially prove a barrier for small housebuilders, we strongly believe it is also an opportunity.
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Government Gamesmanship
Before Peter Whitbread condemns the whole Olympic team for what he says is a budget overrun of £90m on the media centre (26 September, page 34), he should be aware of government budgetary practice. I will try to put the whole process in context.
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Any answers?
Is there someone out there, perhaps a genius in “price indexing” , who might be able to help me with this pricing exercise:
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FeaturesViñoly turns a corner – the Leicester Curve
Rafael Viñoly’s UK projects have been derided and delayed, but finally, with the Curve in Leicester, he has got one done and dusted. Thomas Lane finds out whether this ‘inside-out’ theatre will answer the critics
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NewsCountryside in the East End
Countryside Properties has submitted a planning application for the first phase of the £3.7bn Canning Town and Custom House regeneration project in east London.
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Falling completions
The number of new homes will fall below 100,000 next year, according to a RICS survey.
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Market renewal
The green light has been given to the redevelopment of the New Covent Garden Market site in Vauxhall, London, following a review of the business case by the government.
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Boiler safety warning
The Health and Safety Executive has warned housebuilders to check gas boiler flues for poisonous gas on all new and existing properties and those that are being built or on the drawing board.
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Apollo’s refurb wins
Contractor Apollo Property Services Group has won £46m of refurbishment work from social landlords including Hillingdon Homes, Old Ford Housing Association and Family Mosaic.
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Broken homes
The UK’s housing system is broken and needs to be reformed, the Chartered Institute of Housing has warned.
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Town planning boss
The Royal Town Planning Institute has appointed Sara Drake, currently managing director of the Home Builders Federation, as its first managing director.
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FeaturesTop 250 Consultants 2008: How to survive the downturn
You don’t have to be Charles Darwin to know that survival is about adapting to your circumstances better than your rivals. Roxane McMeeken looks at how firms have changed their strategies since our last consultants survey, when the market was booming
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NewsComing up on the outside…
The bookies are dreading an Allford Hall Monaghan Morris victory in this weekend’s Stirling prize, with Paddy Power predicting a “four-figure loser” if Westminster academy (above) takes the gong.
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Lehman Brothers collapse submerges London fit-out firm
The London arm of fit-out company TDA Interiors has been pushed into administration as a result of the collapse of American bank Lehman Brothers.