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NewsA healthy turn-out
These are the winners of Building's inaugural Health and Safety Awards 2004, organised in association with the Health and Safety Executive. A 730-strong crowd attended the gala presentation dinner at London's Hilton Hotel on Park Lane on 19 May, which was hosted by Building publisher Adrian Barrick. Among the ...
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NewsDe Gaulle's designer
Terminal 2E at Charles de Gaulle, which was completed in June, was the last airport building to be designed by Paul Andreu before he retired as chief architect of Aéroports de Paris.
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NewsSunny Spitalfields
London's largest office-based solar roof panel installation is to take place in the next few weeks at developer Hammerson's final phase of the Spitalfields redevelopment in east London.Architect Foster and Partners, working closely with engineers Arup and Hoare Lea, was keen to incorporate the solar technology into its office building ...
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NewsNice and squeezy
Reid Architecture and consultant Arup have designed a headquarters and production facility for the UK's largest juice producer, Gerber Foods Soft Drinks in Bristol. The design can extend and evolve as company operations develop. Phase one has gone on site and is due to be completed in May next year, ...
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CommentA reader writes: The big squeeze
Architect Charles Thomson endorses George Santayana's view that those who forget the lessons of the past are condemned to repeat them. So here's a reminder
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Quite a spread
A total of 71 lucky housing associations and their partners are enjoying a feast of sizeable two-year funding allocations from the Housing Corporation. The move away from scheme-by-scheme grant funding to working with a smaller number of preferred partners gives those partners the security and the clout to deliver new ...
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NewsFeeling blue
Feeling blue: Is there a market for urban houses? Yes, according to Crest Nicholson, which sold the first eight houses released at Park Central in Birmingham within days. The housebuilder will be developing 200 houses as part of the 1400-unit scheme, designed by Gardner Stewart Architects. The scheme to transform ...
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Doorstepping
Jonathan Spencer gave up a career with housebuilder Saxon Homes to sail around the world. Once back on terra firma he set up his own company. So have his experiences given him a different outlook on business?
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FeaturesHave you got the message?
Miller Homes is smoothing the homebuying process by texting its customers regular reports of how building work is going. It brings a whole new meaning to the term mobile home …
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Planning approvals
In the high-pressure South-east, approvals are holding steady, whereas London makes a big leap from 165 in March. Maybe the government's wish to increase housebuilding in the South can come true after all
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New-build completions
Private sector completions are up again this month, but only just. Once again, the South-east is in the vanguard of build activity. Merseyside continues to lag behind in spite of Steve Morgan’s interest in Liverpool FC.
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Buyer demand
SmartNewHomes reports that the number of buyers looking for apartments has decreased, whereas detached and semi-detached houses are growing in popularity. So much for the urban loft lifestyleMethodologyThe New Homes Demand Index is based on enquiries recorded on the SmartNewHomes.com website and records the price people are willing to pay ...
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FeaturesInside: Expert eye
As one of the housebuilding sector's best-known flooring brands, Amtico has to keep abreast of the twists and turns of consumer tastes. Kate Bliss, general manager of UK residential business at the company, spots a few trends and offers some useful tips
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FeaturesOutside: Now/Next
The big issue now and for the foreseeable future is getting more affordable housing built in the South. Off-site manufacture is the government's preferred solution, but the industry fears it is a high-cost route that is incompatible with low-cost housing. Who's got it right? To settle the argument, Homes asked ...
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Products
Blowing hot and coldXpelair has launched Digitemp, a combined cooling and heating air-conditioning unit for the domestic market. The product range cools, dehumidifies and heats air using an air-to-air reverse heat pump, and is available in a 2.1 kW and 2.4 kW cooling capacity. A single unit can serve a ...
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Wembley prepares to make its mark
Multiplex will hope that a successful lifting of the Wembley arch will draw a line under a troubled start to 2004.
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T5 Supplement
A template for the future How heathrow terminal 5 has rebuilt the building industry