All Building articles in 01 June 2012
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FeaturesKisho Kurokawa's Maggie's Centre
Before he died in 2007, the legendary Japanese architect Kisho Kurokawa sketched out a swirling, ‘dragon-tailed’ cancer care centre in Swansea. Now the UK’s 13th Maggie’s Centre has been completed in titanium-studded concrete by Garbers & James
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FeaturesSolving the panel puzzle
The Maggie’s Centre certainly provided a stern test of the capabilities of precast concrete supplier Thorp Precast. The job involved creating 56 precast panels, and although many of these were similar, very few were identical.
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FeaturesThe ‘cosmic whirlpool’ and other Maggie’s Centres
When writer and garden designer Maggie Keswick Jencks was diagnosed with breast cancer in 1993, together with her husband, the architectural writer Charles Jencks, she set about her creating a charity project to provide cancer sufferers with expert support within a more sympathetic built environment.
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NewsMitie buys Norwegian facilities managment business
Employees of Dalkai Energy and Technical Services to transfer to the support services giant
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NewsSouth African tower set to be Africa's tallest building
Tallest tower would be double the height of the current tallest buildign in Africa
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NewsFormer Berkeley director settles unfair dismissal case for £5m
Carey accepts settlement for age discrimination claim but loses out on potential £10m share options profit
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NewsAFR back in the black
Half-year results see all of global architecture practice’s regions return profit
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NewsBDP unveils plans for Oldham Town Hall
Architect designs “light-box” facade for iconic building
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NewsNetwork Rail ups construction spend by £600m
Olympics, King’s Cross and electrification projects contribute to increased spending
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NewsMalaysian developers win £400m Battersea race
S P Setia-led joint venture selected as preferred bidder for iconic London site
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NewsWYG slips into operating loss
Consultant says it is ahead of schedule following huge 2011 restructuring
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NewsEDF: 'Local authority rules "straitjacket" Hinkley construction'
Power company accuses councils of seeking to impose unworkable rules and restrictions on nuclear construction project
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News£100m Crossrail station thrown into doubt by deal delay
Government and Berkeley Group need to reach deal for Woolwich station fit-out
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NewsF+G wins work on Kuwaiti infrastructure programme
Consultant to review and redesign project managment of multibillion dollar programme
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NewsIPPR: 'Green Deal for manufacturers needed to meet CO2 targets'
The government has been urged to roll-out the Green Deal to manufacturers or risk missing its carbon emissions targets
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NewsConstruction growth 'slowed in May'
Residential building and civil engineering are slowest growing sectors, CIPS figures say
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NewsSupermarket Morrisons details expansion plan
Chain could open 60 new stores in southern England in next three years
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NewsCapita Symonds unveils perspex ‘BIM school’
Consultant releases images of distinctive school in Blackburn
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NewsDamien Hirst unveils Ilfracombe development plans
World’s wealthiest artist to create new neighbourhood at seaside town