All articles by Thomas Lane – Page 3
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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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NewsSelfridges scaffolders take a bow
The scaffolding on this Stonewest project is as striking as the West End store's famous window displays
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FeaturesBailey’s cream: Strathclyde HQ
When M&E specialist NG Bailey set out to build its new headquarters in Strathclyde, it wanted to show what it could do to a standard spec office. Its control over the project enabled it to bring in a building of the finest green credentials
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NewsViñoly's Colchester arts facility: what went wrong?
The US architect’s visual arts centre has joined an inglorious list of public projects that have paid a high price for lofty ambitions. As the local council desperately searches for funding to complete the stalled project, Thomas Lane finds out what went wrong
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CommentPublic madness
Not another one! That is the initial reaction to the news that the Rafael Viñoly-designed visual arts centre in Colchester languishes unfinished while its contractor and client squabble over the escalating budget.
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FeaturesBattersea Power Station: the story continues
Yes, it’s on again, folks – the rescue and renovation of one of London’s most famous landmarks, that is. This time it’s Treasury Holdings’ turn to make what it can of the art deco power station. Thomas Lane looks at the scale of the job and the chances that this ...
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NewsHotel made from shipping containers swings into view
Shipping container system by George & Harding and Buro Happold is said to be 25% faster to build than conventional build
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NewsFirst international standard on whole-life cost analysis
Estimates from different cost consultants can be compared for the first time
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FeaturesRelocating Dorset’s Clavell Tower
It was a race against time to save a tiny piece of heritage on the Dorset coastline by painstakingly moving it away from the cliff edge stone by stone.
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FeaturesCan timber frame sites ever be safe?
A fire that ravaged a timber-frame building in Edinburgh last month was the latest in a series of similar incidents that have blighted the industry over the past few years. Thomas Lane examines what is causing this worrying trend and what is being done to curb it
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NewsHSE to crack down on site fire risks
The Health and Safety Executive is planning to reduce the risk of fires on sites by clamping down on dangerous working practices, writes Thomas Lane.
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NewsBRE to launch new Green Guide
The latest Green Guide to Specification launching on Friday contains 1000 more green specifications and will be online
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Features20 Fenchurch Street: Demolition mission
When Keltbray was given the task of taking down a 25-storey building in the City to make way for Rafael Viñoly’s Walkie-talkie, it found that conventional demolition techniques were of no use.
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Features12 weeks in the cooler
Temperatures of 55°C below zero, no privacy, strictly rationed alcohol … and they’re only a third of the way through the job. Thomas Lane finds out what it’s like to spend a ‘summer’ on site at the Halley VI Antarctic research station
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Government instigates Building Regulation revolution
Two years after it began, Building’s Reform the Regs campaign ends in victory
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NewsFirst images: Design for Eiffel Tower visitor platform
Sereno Architects doubles visitor capacity at top of Paris' tower as part of 120th anniversary celebrations
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NewsHilary Benn on "the green struggle"
Hilary Benn, the old-fashioned, decent, eminently trustworthy minister for climate change, seems genuinely engaged in the green struggle. But Thomas Lane wonders if that will really be enough to meet the government’s carbon reduction targets.
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NewsImages: Stephen Lawrence Centre attack - what's the cost?
Building went to David Adjaye's new Stephen Lawrence Centre to assess the damages caused by yesterday's racist attack
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NewsCall the paving police!
Making it illegal to pave over front garderns with non-permeable surfaces is a good idea, but who will enforce the legislation?