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FeaturesCurtain walling
Aluminium glazing specialist Technal has supplied facade systems for the latest project in the second phase of the Chelsea Football Club Training Academy campus in Surrey
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FeaturesConcealed closers
Perko Powermatic controlled, concealed door closers from Samuel Heath have been used on the Redland music school in west London, designed by the Manser Practice
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FeaturesCanary contrary
Boris Johnson, mayor of London, has used his powers to determine a planning application in the capital for the first time
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FeaturesKfW Banking HQ: Eco de Cologne
The Anglo-German practice Sauerbruch Hutton has released images of its almost completed 38,000m2 extension for the KfW Banking headquarters in Cologne
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FeaturesAluminium windows
Curtain walling, windows and doors from Kawneer have been used to add colour to the Stonebridge Hillside Club in east London
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FeaturesTim Byles: 'We're firing on all cylinders'
There鈥檚 no doubt the pace has picked up since Tim Byles took over the running of the 好色先生TV Schools for the Future programme. But with all the uncertainties of the economy and next year鈥檚 election, will he be able to keep up the momentum?
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FeaturesPenoyre & Prasad鈥檚 John Perryn primary school: Start again!
John Perryn primary in east Acton had lost the confidence of parents, staff and Ofsted. So the government stepped in to rebuild it, with a little help from Penoyre & Prasad and Willmott Dixon
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FeaturesSchools funding: adding up for politicians
Once the UK鈥檚 borrowing hits 12% of GDP, how much money will be available to build schools? Well, that depends on how the next government does its sums
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FeaturesIn my day: Industry greats reminisce about their schooldays
These tykes grew up to become pillars of the construction community 鈥� despite the overheated classrooms and endless dark corridors. So how would they redesign those grim sixties cellblocks they called 鈥榮chool鈥�?
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FeaturesMixed ability: assessing the BSF programme
How has the 好色先生TV Schools for the Future programme been doing since we last assessed it one year ago?
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Rogers' Bodegas Protos winery
Two postgraduate architects from the RCA on the RIBA Stirling prize architectural award nominated scheme
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FeaturesProcurement update
During the boom, clients turned to frameworks just to get firms to do their work. In the recession, many are asking if they鈥檙e still needed
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FeaturesSo long, Sunand: the outgoing RIBA president reflects
Regrets? He鈥檚 had a few. But then again, too few to mention 鈥� unless pushed. Sunand Prasad, the outgoing president of the RIBA gives Dan Stewart a list of his achievements while in office, and fighting Prince Charles was only one of them
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FeaturesHoming in on zero-carbon
The Tarmac Homes project is a pioneering initiative which aims to develop a 鈥榖lueprint鈥� for affordable and scaleable zero-carbon housing. But, how does Tarmac plan to build a home at the highest levels of the Code for Sustainable Homes and what are the considerations for material specification and on-site waste ...
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FeaturesJoin the global restructure
Countries from Mexico to India are seeking UK expertise to help renew their transport, power and communications networks. 好色先生TV鈥檚 Global Infrastructure Forum in November will tell you how to get involved 鈥�
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FeaturesGreen guide misuse could steer zero-carbon housing off course
A guidance note is always open to personal interpretation
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FeaturesDiversity in construction: transforming lives
If a job candidate isn鈥檛 white, male and able-bodied, the construction industry doesn鈥檛 seem to want to know them. So a training organisation called NET Ambitions is trying to get employers to diversify. Emily Wright talked to three people whose lives have been transformed
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Carbon countdown: How can the UK make the step change required for zero carbon?
Whether you like it or not, the Government鈥檚 2016 target for all new homes to be built to Code Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes (CSH) is set to remain
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FeaturesMy Dubai hell: David Marks breaks the silence on payment problems
Many UK firms are owed money by Middle Eastern developers, but few are willing to talk about it. Roxane McMeeken spoke to one man who was prepared to break the silence
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FeaturesHackney-sur-Mer: Levitt Bernstein鈥檚 Queensbridge Quarter
Dalston, a less-than-glorious corner of east London, is beginning to look as if it might be able to tempt well-heeled Londoners to give it a go 鈥� thanks in part to Levitt Bernstein鈥檚 Mediterranean-styled Queensbridge Quarter