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NewsT5 site sealed after worker is crushed to death
Employee at subcontractor Schindler killed by counterweight while working on top of lift shaft
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NewsGleeds TV takes to the airwaves
Gleeds has taken an unorthodox step in its international expansion by launching its own global television station.
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FeaturesAluminium panels
Alcoa Architectural Products’ Reynobond panels have been used for a new Decathlon store in Antibes, France.
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NewsNouvel joins Foster team planning Italian new town
Superstar architects use RIBA international conference to announce second collaboration
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FeaturesHere’s one we made earlier
Make’s City of London information centre had to look as distinct from nearby St Paul’s cathedral as possible, which led the architect to search for a cladding supplier with a flair for origami
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FeaturesA tale of a tile
The compressing of clay dust to form a small tablet that can be baked and painted was a Victorian invention that became a Victorian obsession. Stephen Kennett tells us how one modern council set about emulating their achievement
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FeaturesAir and moisture protection for timber frame
Saint Gobain Isover has launched what it calls an “intelligent climate membrane”, designed for timber-frame construction.
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Tile effect cladding
Stormking has introduced a tile effect cladding system that it says has the authentic look of traditional wall tiles.
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Insulated render
Telling Lime Products and Pittsburgh Corning have collaborated to produce an insulated render system.
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Decorative cladding
Marley Eternit has launched the Natura range of fibre cement decorative cladding panels.
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Distressed bricks
Hanson Building Products, the UK’s largest brick maker, has launched a range of clay bricks with textured, distressed faces and marbled earth tones.
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Curtain walling
Kawneer has enhanced its AA100 curtain walling system with the launch of structurally glazed and horizontally capped options.
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Fibre cement facades
Facades company James Hardie has added Color Plus to its fibre cement-based building products.
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FeaturesWhat to remember: Cladding
Unlike, say, a brick wall, an office building’s cladding is a sophisticated system that requires careful thought, assiduous testing and examplary workmanship. Peter Caplehorn of Scott Brownrigg explains
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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Fulcrum Consulting
We’re in the Old China Hand, which is a 30-second dash across the road from Fulcrum’s Clerkenwell office.
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CommentDifferent classes
If a government adviser on education design spent a day in a modern school for boys with emotional problems, what would she learn?
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FeaturesRafael Viñoly
Following the news of the death of Rafael Viñoly aged 78 here is our interview with the world renowned architect, first published in November 2007
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Wonders & blunders
Simon McWhirter picks two lots of housing: one a happy and healthy sustainable development, the other a decrepit and depressing tower block