Sonia Soltani
FeaturesStyle council
OFFICES 鈥� Ealing borough council wanted to migrate 2,500 staff from an archipelago of offices into its headquarters, and turn that into a sexy, sustainable civic centre for the good burghers of west London. Sonia Soltani reports on how it did the job, with a little help from Pringle Brandon
FeaturesHarmonic progression
RHWL鈥檚 Arts Team has refurbished and extended Frank Matcham鈥檚 Victorian nonpareil, the Belfast Grand Opera House. Sonia Soltani reports on how the two styles have been made to work together
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At last Paris wakes from its slumber
Paris may not be celebrating the Olympics in 2012 but presidential hopeful Nicolas Sarkozy is promising to build a string of sensational new buildings
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Eastern promise
Sonia Soltani looks at where development money is going in eastern Europe and how much of it is really for regeneration
FeaturesAnthony Minghella
The director鈥檚 latest film stars Jude Law as a designer whose life twists out of control after he opens an office in King鈥檚 Cross. Sonia Soltani finds out what happens when Hollywood tackles love, crime and regeneration
FeaturesThis season鈥檚 must-have
Sonia Soltani on the glamorous cladding transforming shopping centre car parks
FeaturesLakesmere: We've got it covered
Lakesmere is your one-stop shop for wall cladding, roofs and glazed building envelopes. Here, director Chris Horsfall tells Sonia Soltani how it designs, installs and maintains its systems, and explains the trouble with architects 鈥�
FeaturesSpecifier - Regulations
SBEM, the official Part L software, was meant to make it easy to calculate the energy efficiency of any building, even ones like this. In fact, it struggles with anything more complicated than this. So what are the alternatives?
FeaturesA light topping
Kicking off this week鈥檚 Specifier, Sonia Soltani found out why the intricate larch structure has been shortlisted for a Wood award
FeaturesDown on the farm
Sonia Soltani reports on how a York council building is demonstrating the eco-credentials of an unlikely building material 鈥� straw
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鈥極ne day a 拢1m house will be sold on this site鈥�
If ever there was a place ripe for regeneration it must be the former Ravenscraig steelworks. Sonia Soltani looks at the dreams for Scotland鈥檚 largest brownfield site 鈥� and the legal challenge that might prove a nasty wake-up call
FeaturesWarming to it
Geothermal energy 鈥� With the construction industry on the lookout for sustainable energy sources, geothermal energy is increasingly becoming the preferred option on projects
FeaturesHow good are extranets?
It may seem that project extranets are an accepted part of project best practice, but not everyone鈥檚 using them and not everyone likes them. Sonia Soltani weighs up the pros and cons
FeaturesNow we understand
The simple aim of persuading every member of a project team to use the same format for documents can have a huge effect on time and morale.
FeaturesWho鈥檚 in charge now?
鈥� or, how a group of bright young staff members at cost consultant Davis Langdon found themselves teaching the old board new tricks.
FeaturesGermany 1 England 0
鈥� but it鈥檚 the USA and Canada that take the title. As our 99% Campaign continues, Sonia Soltani explores the energy efficiency grants and tax incentives on offer around the world
FeaturesUnder surveillance
First, Sonia Soltani reports on the new systems that integrate CCTV, access control and more besides 鈥�
FeaturesCutting-edge peace of mind
Who fits it 鈥� Advanced Integrated Systems鈥� projects include courts and airports, so it knows a thing or two about security. Below, Sonia Soltani finds out how it stays ahead in an ever-changing marketplace.