All Features articles – Page 323

  • Gerry Judah's sculpture for the Festival of Speed
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    First impressions: Judah's sculpture for Goodwood

    2009-08-21T09:00:00Z

    Recent architectures graduate from the Royal College of Art comment on the giant Audi loop sculpture at Goodwood

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    The tracker: Vital signs

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The rate of decline continues to slow, especially in the residential sector, but, with demand weak and jobs uncertain, the prognosis still isn’t great. Experian Business Strategies studies the charts

  • A visitor gets to grips with the keyboard
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    A great venue to play: David Byrne's Roundhouse installation

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTVs and musical instruments are usually quite easy to tell apart. That was, until David Byrne got his hands on north London’s Roundhouse

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    We’re all going on a (green) summer holiday

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    Eco-tourism is big business in Cornwall, with green developments popping up all over the county to meet demand from conscientious tourists. So ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV packed Dan Stewart off on his hols to find out what the options are for the green tourist – and if it’s all it’s cracked up to ...

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    The way of all quangos

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The Tories are rekindling that age-old election pledge: to burn down the quangos. We’ve heard it all before, but is it any different this time? And if so, which ones would be for the pyre?

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    Gateway to the world: Thames Gateway Forum 2009

    2009-08-14T00:00:00Z

    The Thames Gateway Forum in November is attracting delegates from France to China, as global investors eye up opportunities in the South-east’s fastest changing region. You should really be there too …

  • Thomas Heatherwick’s British Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo 2010
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    First impressions: Heatherwick’s Shanghai Expo British Pavilion

    2009-08-13T09:00:00Z

    Two RCA postgraduate architects share their different verdicts on the British Pavilion at Shanghai Expo for 2010

  • Banknotes
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    Housing associations write off £174m

    2009-08-13T08:33:00Z

    Falling land and house prices mean 40% more is knocked off associations' assets than last year

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    Refurbishment funding: A long way from home

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Assessing the once mighty £21bn Decent Homes programme’s past achievements, and its increasingly uncertain future

  • Hairy dog and bald cat
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    Complying with Part L: A question of cuts

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    L is for … Some building types need to shave their carbon emissions a lot. Others, less so. Yet the regulations say they all have to improve by 25%. The last in our series on Part L examines a proposal to fix this anomaly

  • The aluminium panels create a front elevation somewhat reminiscent of a badly played game of Tetris.
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    Grosvenor Waterside by Make: Don’t tell Charles …

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Within spitting distance of the notorious Chelsea Barracks site is this startlingly modern block of flats by Make Architects. Yet, so far, the good burghers of Belgravia haven’t uttered a word against it. And nor has you-know-who. What’s going on?

  • The Dublin 02 was designed by architect Populous and opened at the end of last year. It was created from an old warehouse on the quayside
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    Cost model: Indoor arenas

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    Even in recessionary times, entertainment creates opportunities and in the live music business, promoters want new, purpose-built venues. Simon Rawlinson and Martin Jennings of Davis Langdon examine how gigs are changing the face of the indoor arena

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    Is there any such thing as a good framework?

    2009-08-07T00:00:00Z

    BAA’s decision to abandon framework agreements has led many to fear that other major clients will follow suit. No bad thing, says Stan Hornagold (above right), while Don Ward (above left) couldn’t disagree more …

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    Can you do better?

    2009-08-04T15:08:00Z

    ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV and the UK Green ºÃÉ«ÏÈÉúTV Council's prestigious Sustainability Awards are open for entries and, this year, there’s also a one-day conference for green experts to debate the latest challenges

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    Timber panellised system

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Framework BSL, the manufacturer of pre-engineered panellised building systems, has supplied a timber panellised system for the construction of an art centre at King Charles I School, Worcestershire

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    Movers and makers

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Latest news from the world of construction product manufacture

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    Right man for the job: Mats Williamson of Skanska

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    After last week’s interview with former Skanska boss David Fison, his successor Mats Williamson tells Tom Bill how he was flown in to drag the contractor back into the black – in just 12 months

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    Country focus: Hong Kong

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Despite government investment in public sector projects, the construction industry has been badly damaged by the slowdown in China and Macau

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    Uttlesford: the council trialling consequential improvements

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    L is for … The government has twice shied away from including consequential improvements in reforms to Part L. Now one small council in Essex has shown that not only can it be done, but it can even be popular. In the second in our series on the Part L ...

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    Green cement: reforming the carbon criminals

    2009-07-31T00:00:00Z

    Examining the latest attempts to find greener formulas for one of the world’s biggest carbon criminals – cement