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NewsCity in the sky
Viennese architect Coop Himmelb(l)au has won an international design competition for the £100m headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.In the winning design, twin 40-storey towers are connected by an atrium conceived of as a "vertical city" of hanging gardens, cafeterias and lounges. It is criss-crossed by numerous ...
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Held hostage
The appellant, Mowlem plc, had contracted with the respondent local authority, Bath & North East Somerset District Council, to carry out restoration works to the Heritage Spa Buildings in Bath. A dispute arose over responsibility for problems in the paint coating that had been applied to four pools as part ...
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The Peabody prognosis
With job cuts, bust budgets and development in the doldrums, modular pioneer the Peabody Trust could be in a terminal state of decline – but then it could just be suffering a hiccup
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Flight and fight
The new museum pavilion at RAF Hendon is home to some supreme examples of aeronautical engineering. To create a building fit for planes such as the Hawker Harrier and Sopwith Camel, architect Feilden Clegg Bradley came up with a roof made of materials associated with aviation – stainless steel and ...
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FeaturesLifetime costs: roofing
Metal prices have gone through the roof – which means the cost of your copper covering is sky-high. So which material is best value? Alex Smith reports, Davis Langdon & Everest crunches the numbers
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FeaturesPlanes, brains and panels of steel
Those clever architects at Feilden Clegg Bradley didn't take the easy route to their RAF museum pavilion in Hendon. Alex Smith divebombs on the challenges of cladding a semi-circular roof in stainless steel and lining it with tensile fabric
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Products: roofing
Topping off our roofing special this week, we have insulation to keep Hatfield eggheads toasty, a curvy roof making waves in Manchester and some seriously sexy shakes in Bath – plus an expert shares his specification penchants and bugbears
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FeaturesHousing Futures 2024
Building Futures, a joint initiative between CABE and the RIBA, has just produced Housing Futures 2024, a set of reports that speculate on developments in British housing to 2024.
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NewsPersimmon sets tough targets in growth drive
Housebuilder wants seven businesses to each build at least 600 units, as it posts record pre-tax profit of £325m
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Anyone fancy a fight?
The New Engineering Contract's non-confrontational aims are making it increasingly popular – but a dispute over whether it allows late claims would be handy
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NewsMcAlpine vs McAlpine
Battle for the McAlpine brand name turns nasty as Alfred is accused of having a 'poor payment record'
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CommentBrief encounter: What did Wilcox mean?
Judge Wilcox's decision in London vs Waterman seemed to float the idea that adjudication should be restricted to simple cases. Is that really what he suggested?
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The McAlpines in court: An exercise in self-preservation
The McAlpines jealously guard their privacy. When Building sought to profile the clan in 1999, we were only able to communicate through an exchange of hand-written letters.
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NewsSafety campaigners plan march on Wembley stadium
March will draw attention to PC Harrington employee who fell to his death when a crane collapsed
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Rok walks away from Galliford Try
Contractor Rok has finally lost interest in buying Galliford Try, several months after its £113m offer was rejected.
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Holyrood: 15,000 design changes since 1999
Bovis Lend Lease, construction manager on the £430m Scottish parliament, has had to handle 15,000 design changes since 1999
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WYG strikes 43% off Ballast losses
Multidisciplinary consultant White Young Green has managed to claw back £150,000 of the money it was owed by failed contractor Ballast.