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Optima provides acoustic privacy for law firm
Optima has provided glass and drywall partitions for law practice Halliwells’ new office in Spinningfields, Manchester.
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Planet puts finishing touches to Foster-designed academy
Planet Partitioning has completed an interior fit-out for the Foster + Partners-designed Folkestone Academy.
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Lindner installs panels at T5
Lindner and Lindner Schmidlin have supplied and installed a range of products at Heathrow’s Terminal 5 for client BAA.
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Rockfon tiles for Cardiff optometry site
Over 7,000m2 of Rockfon Koral ceiling tiles have been installed within the School of Optometry and Vision Sciences at Cardiff University as part of a L20m scheme to create a sustainable building.
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Paragon completes £2.8m University of Manchester project
Commercial design and fit-out firm Paragon Interiors has completed a £2.8m contract with biotechnology company Renovo, a University of Manchester spin-off.
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Phoenix installs Armstrong ceiling system at Virgin centre
Interior fit-out firm Phoenix Interiors has installed a range of ceiling systems at Virgin Atlantic’s newly refurbished training centre, The Base, in Crawley, near Gatwick Airport.
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Sitec Interiors completes fit-out of Maguire Jackson
Sitec Interiors has completed a full turnkey fit-out from a shell and core construction at estate and property agent Maguire Jackson in Birmingham.
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Troax’s art deco storage
Troax UK has supplied wire mesh storage enclosures at a new art deco development of studio flats in North Harrow.
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Duvale wall system for execs
Having won the project to refurbish six floors of the Wesleyan Assurance Society’s Birmingham base, City Office Interiors chose Duvale’s GS100 movable wall for the executive 7th floor.
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SAS provides ceiling for Eurostar station
The Grade I listed structure presented design challenges
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British Gypsum high-performance acoustic boards grace Winchester University ceilings
High-performance acoustic ceiling boards from British Gypsum are helping to maintain a calm environment in various areas adjoining the Student Union facilities at Winchester University’s new £9.5m university centre – a regional award winner in the 2008 RIBA Awards.
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Open for business
Office design is increasingly turning to the idea of collaboration – open spaces, with glass partitions and soft seating. Dean Gurden looks at a growing trend
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Tishman Speyers designer HQ
As a high-profile owner, developer and fund manager, you would expect Tishman Speyer to provide its employees with a premier working environment.
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Lean mean machine
Open heart surgery, two pacemakers and various ailments are enough to stop most people in their tracks – but not Utopia founder Kevin Mashford. Saba Salman finds out what drives him
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Fire alarm?
Are you up to speed on fire protection? Graham Ridout explores the implications of the regulatory framework and offers compliance tips for owners and occupiers
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Sustainability: Office refurbishment
David Rees of Davis Langdon reviews the latest thinking on low-carbon design features to improve the energy performance of office buildings
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Still going strong
Design consultancy ttsp struck gold at this year's AIS Contractors Awards, designing the ceilings installed by Phoenix Interiors for Nomura, London. Thom Gibbs meets MD Tim Jennings, who has spent 26 years at the firm
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Viñoly 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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Top 250 Consultants 2008: How to survive the downturn
You don’t have to be Charles Darwin to know that survival is about adapting to your circumstances better than your rivals. Roxane McMeeken looks at how firms have changed their strategies since our last consultants survey, when the market was booming