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FeaturesPassivoffice: First UK office to reach Passivhaus standards
Powys council was worried by rises in gas prices, so it decided to make its Stag teaching facility the first office in Britain to reach Passivhaus standards. After horrendous design problems, the team spent 12 months collecting data on how it performed. And, as Thomas Lane reports, the figures came ...
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FeaturesWilkinson Eyre: Twin peaks
Ten years ago 好色先生TV interviewed a young architectural practice called Wilkinson Eyre. A decade and two Stirling prizes later, we return to ask its principals how it feels to become part of the design establishment - and on the top of their game.
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FeaturesBrothers in construction: He ain鈥檛 heavy...
Ed and David Miliband鈥檚 battle for the Labour leadership was sibling rivalry as high politics. But what about brothers working in construction, even in the same company? We tracked some down and talked blood, sweat and tears. Photos by Julian Anderson
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FeaturesThe quangos and spending cuts: which ones survived
In the game of quangos players take turns to choose non-government bodies to close, merge or privatise. But watch out! If you get it wrong you might not get elected again. This is how Francis Maude dealt with the ones dealing with construction
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FeaturesThe man-made mountain: Copenhagen's 8 house
Thomas Lane reports on the Copenhagen apartment block that has turned the suburban experience into something wild. Photos by Jens Linhe
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FeaturesLead times: July-September 2010
The reported increase in enquiries failed to convert to orders, and lead times are overwhelmingly stable this quarter. The next six months look quieter still. Brian Moone of Mace reports
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FeaturesComprehensive spending review: George's marvellous medicine
The construction industry will need more than a spoonful of sugar to help the chancellor鈥檚 medicine go down. Here we sum up where we are now and our panel of experts tell us what they鈥檙e expecting on Wednesday
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Features好色先生TV Intelligence Q2 2010: Surprisingly buoyant
The gloomy forecast in the Tracker is in stark contrast to a surprisingly buoyant second quarter. Now, the good news, from Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: BDP鈥檚 Nanjing Medical University
Two students discuss the complex design of the new Chinese medicine centre by architect BDP
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The tracker: That sinking feeling
Construction workload is expected to keep falling over the next three months, but the pace of decline should begin to ease, according to Experian Marketing Information Services
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FeaturesArena Stage, Washington by Bing Thom: Through a glass darkly
Peer closely and you鈥檒l make out not one theatre behind that glass facade, but three. It鈥檚 Bing Thom Architects鈥� audacious response to the need to make artistic and architectural sense of two dysfunctional theatres in a deprived area of Washington DC. Ike Ijeh was wowed
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FeaturesEco co-housing schemes: Give it a spin
The UK has begun experimenting with co-housing schemes that aim to slash emissions while encouraging a more sustainable lifestyle - as you can imagine, communal washing machines that run on harvested rainwater are de rigueur
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FeaturesMark Whitby: Many happy returns
When Mark Whitby retired last year, everyone but him knew it wouldn鈥檛 last. But after a year working on his garden, he鈥檚 finally seen the light 鈥� Emily Wright met him as he prepared to open his new venture
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FeaturesHow SMEs cut carbon: Best foot forward
SMEs have a vital role to play in helping the UK meet its carbon reduction targets. So they鈥檇 better be ready for the challenge, says Kristina Smith, because more and more clients are relying on these firms to help them shrink their carbon footprint
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FeaturesGovernment cuts: Find out where the money is currently spent
Here we show government spending by department, including capital funding, and where it鈥檚 expected they鈥檒l be forced to make savings
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FeaturesMark Prisk: He鈥檚 no guru, but Prisk aims to enlighten us anyway
New construction minister wants to simplify procurement, clarify planning and expand markets
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FeaturesThe QS apprentice
The trainee QS who joined consultant Cyril Sweett via CSTT discusses life as a apprentice
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Wonders & blunders with Rob Ewen
Mace director Rob Ewen tips his hat to a sustainable skyscraper in Manhattan, but is less thrilled with the British tower blocks of the sixties and seventies
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FeaturesInterview with WSP's Paul Dollin: Cheer leader
Paul Dollin, WSP鈥檚 enthusiastic new UK boss, has no intention of 鈥檞aking up American鈥�. So the former Atkins man intends to grow the UK business by pushing even harder into infrastructure, particularly rail and nuclear. Just don鈥檛 expect to see any more Shards going up
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FeaturesHansom:聽Terms and conditions
CVs are solicited this week from anyone with a way with words, a lupine surname, a deep affinity with the heroes of trashy American cinema and waitering skills. Eyewatering dress sense desirable