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FeaturesSurviving Mipim without champagne
Mipim looks set to a frugal affair this year, with fewer big boats, less free champagne and virtually no Russian oligarchs. 好色先生TV gets some tips on doing Cannes on the cheap
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FeaturesDon't sweat it: Arup's National Physical Laboratory
好色先生TV a laboratory where temperatures are controlled to the nearest 0.1潞C is scary enough. But when you have the added possibility of radiation leaks and you know the job finished off the last firm to try it, well, you could forgive Arup for being 鈥榓 bit nervous鈥�
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FeaturesProfiled cladding
Euroclad鈥榮 Elite Systems have been used on the 拢6.4m redevelopment of the historic market site in Minehead, Somerset
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FeaturesRivington Street Studio's York St John University: New York, New York
Rivington Street Studio鈥檚 flamboyant design for York St John University鈥檚 new quadrangle in England鈥檚 most complete medieval city provoked predictable outrage. Now that it鈥檚 built, its youthful verve frees it from the heritage vice
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FeaturesRainscreen panels
Eurobond鈥檚 Rainspan rainscreen support panels have been used on the refurbishment and extension of the Emersons Green Sainsbury鈥檚 store in Bristol
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FeaturesComposite panels
Kingspan Insulated Panels has added the KS1000 LV Louvre and KS1000 CW CurveWall to its architectural wall panel range
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FeaturesUnderground, overground: the ICE award winners
From tunnels under the Thames to tree-top walks in Kew, London was the scene of some impressive feats of civil engineering in 2008. Yesterday, the ICE celebrated the best of them
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FeaturesThe world construction outlook
In the old days, before the world banking meltdown, firms looked abroad for expansion opportunities. These days they are economic migrants. Davis Langdon looks at the best places to flee
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FeaturesSerbia: Construction's new hope?
Alright, it hasn鈥檛 got the shops, the offices, the hotels or the gleaming infrastructure 鈥� but then, that鈥檚 precisely why the so-called 鈥楤alkan Tiger鈥� is such a find for UK construction
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FeaturesThe return of the glazed terracotta tile
Like an old punk band that reunites for one last gig, glazed terracotta tiles 鈥� famous for their early appearances on Victorian pubs and tube stations 鈥� are making a comeback. Stephen Kennett gives a big hand to two completed schemes that are shaking up the streets of London
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Standing seam profiles
Rigidal鈥檚 Ziplok standing-seam profile has been used for cladding on a car park in County Durham
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Louvred panels
Arcelor Mittal has introduced its Recif range of louvred metal cladding for facades in the UK
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Decorative aggregates
Long Rake Spar, suppliers of decorative aggregate, has launched a new coloured natural dashing aggregate, free from iron sulphide, the usual cause of long-term discolouration on rendered walls
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PV rainscreen cladding
SFS Intec has introduced the ALW fixing system to the UK. Used widely across Europe to construct glazed rainscreens, the system is now compatible with photovoltaic panels to enable the creation of a facade that generates electricity
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FeaturesGovernment spending: what Gordon Brown won't be doing for you
Delays to parts of the Learning and Skills Council鈥檚 拢5bn college building programme could stretch for up to a year
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FeaturesChilling and chilli in Mexico City
The relaxed attitude of Mexico's business community belies the huge opportunities here 鈥� and the dangers of the local delicacy
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FeaturesMove over Dubai, here comes Mexico
With Mexico predicted to become a global economic leader by 2040, the Latin American nation is definitely one to watch for construction firms
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FeaturesFirst Impressions: Projects by Zaha and Coop Himmelb(l)au
Another 鈥橣irst Impression鈥� panellist, this time Michelle Sweeney, graduate from the School of Architecture at the University of Manchester, on five new schemes
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Merger mystery: Where have all the deals gone?
Buyers wait for sellers to run out of options 鈥� and drop their prices 鈥� before re-entering the market