All Building articles in 2003 issue 47
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FeaturesUSA Today
Earlier this month, CABE chief executive we visited three US cities to see what Britain could learn from American planning and urban development. His trip diary reveals why both countries cast an envious eye on the other, and unearths the secrets of New Urbanism, Bush-whacking and the planning authority run ...
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News
Steamy scene
This is the first phase of an office conversion at the Round Foundry at Holbeck, Leeds, a grade II-listed building. When the scheme is completed it will provide 1000 m2 of space for tenant SMC Gower Architects. The work has been carried out by Building Design Partnership. The Round Foundry ...
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Features
Pulp that paper trail
Flood damage is tough enough to repair without getting bogged down in faxes and reports. We explain how wireless technology has saved one company from drowning in paperwork
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Comment
Private space vs open plan
Paul Morrell ("Are you being served?", 17 October, page 41) commented that we ought to know how much well designed offices aid productivity.
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Comment
Not in my name
I was less than impressed with your wild editing of my letter to make a politically correct point (7 November, page 35).
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FeaturesNew York, New Look
Manhattan: Where modern office blocks come big and dumb. But now, suddenly, design is sexy again, clients are making a brand new start of it and European architects are being given a chance. We start spreading the news …
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Comment
To be remote, be intimate
In relation to your article "Good Morning, Vietnam" (5 September, pages 38-41), I would like to point out that many outsource companies are trying to produce information without knowledge or experience of the UK.
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Comment
Welcoming our guest workers
David Blunkett's imperious asylum policy – outlined in the Queen's Speech – may have profound implications for construction.
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News
Be my guest
David Blunkett's asylum policies are tough but they should help the construction industry to legitimise its workforce and improve pay and conditions for skilled foreign labourers.
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Comment
Granting a sultan's wish
Architects are capable of anything – as long as they're given unlimited funds, resources and co-operation, and have no competition. Ah, them were the days …
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Features
Good on paper
The quality of your CV could make or break your job chances. Hays Montrose offers some suggestions on how to make yours an asset not a liability
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Comment
Sound and fury
I got the impression from your article "When walls have ears" (5 September, pages 56-57) that the industry was suggesting a radical new approach, but a method of robust standard details has been working successfully in Scotland for years under the term "deemed to satisfy".
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Comment
Flights of fancy
I was astounded by the impracticality of the proposed revamp of terraced houses by Shed KM featured in your article "Sex in Coronation Street" (7 November, pages 48-50).
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NewsRogers' flight of fancy
BAA has unveiled this Richard Rogers Partnership design for a £50m control tower at Heathrow. At 87 m, it will be twice as high as the one it will replace. Arup is structural engineer, Amec is M&E contractor, Laing O'Rourke is handling the foundations, Mace is construction manager and Warings ...
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NewsMoayedi makes his excuses and leaves
Jarvis chairman blames press as he steps down from rail contractor.
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FeaturesThe great escape
This year's Building/Hays Montrose careers survey finds a workforce eager to escape the shackles of nine-to-five employment to find a more flexible lifestyle.
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News
My friend Paris: Enigmatic, shocking, one in a million
Every so often, one comes across a person who is larger than life, one in a million. Such a man is my friend Paris Moayedi.
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Comment
The ugly duckling test
Here's some fresh case law to help us understand Carter vs Nuttall, one of last year's causes célèbres: it's all about distinguishing between water fowl