All Retail articles – Page 15

  • High-quality tile flooring sets off the display models at the BMW dealership in High Wycombe
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    Cost model: Car showrooms

    2007-03-09T00:00:00Z

    Those temples to the automobile can be lavish enterprises, with double-height glazing, blazing lights and costly stone floors. And that’s before you even get into the realms of internet cafes and branded clothing. Maxwell Wilkes of Davis Langdon offers an unbeatable all-in price

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    Cost model: Mixed-use city-centre schemes

    2005-12-09T00:00:00Z

    Mixed use is increasingly the name of the game for town-centre developers. But can uses such as retail and residential really mix? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the practicalities and costs of mixed-use city-centre schemes

  • One small, skinny mollusc please
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    Marks Barfield cafe: One small, skinny mollusc please

    2004-11-05T00:00:00Z

    Marks Barfield’s latest scheme is an invertebrate cafe that has attached itself to Birmingham’s Bullring centre – where it is providing weary shoppers with a shell-like retreat

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    Gateshead M&S by John Pawson: Nothing to shout about

    2004-03-05T00:00:00Z

    Marks & Spencer’s efforts to rebrand itself as a sophisticated purveyor of aspirational housewear has led it to put a super-minimalist John Pawson house in its Gateshead store. We ran a jaundiced eye over the results …

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    Fellowship of the bullring

    2003-08-29T00:00:00Z

    Or, how three developers, one city council and a handful of architects transformed a reviled 1960s concrete lump into the apotheosis of cool design. Martin Spring tells the story.

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    Canary Wharf retail: Shop smart

    2003-06-19T00:00:00Z

    It’s not all about the offices or even about lunch for the people in them. Canary Wharf is now a retail destination – complete with 51,000 m2 of high-street favourites and stylish boutiques

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    Cost model: Supermarkets

    2003-06-13T00:00:00Z

    Supermarkets are among the UK’s top 10 construction clients. In this cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green Wall examine the costs, specification and procurement of new build and existing stores

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    Shop till you drop

    2002-11-29T00:00:00Z

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    Cost model: Shopping centres

    2001-10-05T00:00:00Z

    As government planning policy drives retail developments back into city centres, the design and construction issues of urban schemes have never been more complex. In this month’s cost model, Davis Langdon & Everest, in association with architect Geoffrey Reid Associates, sets out the key issues and examines the advantages, disadvantages ...

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    Cost model update, March 1999

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    In its second cost model update, Davis Langdon Everest examines how the prices of four key building types – business parks, hotels, offices and supermarkets – have been affected by change

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    Cost model: Supermarkets

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a new series, supermarkets provide the focus for an in-depth look at the typical costs for constructing them and the time required to design them, build them and procure the components and services.

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    Cost model: Town centre pedestrianisation

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    Upgrading run-down city centres by pedestrianising streets and introducing hard and soft landscaping has become a popular and cost-effective improvement option. In the 12 of this continuing series of cost models, QS Davis, Langdon & Everest costs four alternatives: model design and planning criteria; procurement options and a guide programme; ...

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    Shopping Centre Refurbishment - Cost model, October 1998

    1998-12-31T00:00:00Z

    The opening of mega-malls such as the Trafford Centre in Manchester and The Mall at Cribb’s Causeway, Bristol, has set new standards for high-quality retail environments. This has increased the pressure on existing shopping centres to upgrade their facilities or lose market share. Davis Langdon & Everest examines design and ...