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Building studies
Jakob + Macfarlane's Lyon office: The cube with a hole
Cuboid buildings may be all the rage but Jakob + Macfarlane’s provocative office block in Lyon is one of a kind
Make's £100m Cube: Birmingham cubed
The Second City’s Jewellery Quarter inspired the facade of Make’s astonishing Cube development. But as with any box of jewels, its real treasures are inside
Nomura’s office fit-out
Invesment bank Nomura wanted its £100m, 400,000ft2 offfice fit-out completed in eight months, the problem was finding a contractor able to work at that pace. Building finds out how Como, Mace’s fit-out arm, managed to race to the finish line
Empire State Building window refurb: The empire strikes back
Manhattan’s Empire State Building is leaking air and carbon by the tonne. But a project to reduce heat loss and solar gain from its 6,514 windows has raised its green credentials - and drastically lowered its energy bill
Cost models
Cost model: Small projects
With low availability of space and pressure to reduce costs, more small projects are being built - especially with high demand for affordable housing, care homes and office fit-out. Peter Fordham, Simon Hughes and Paul Donlen of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, cost it up
Design visuals
Make's Broadgate scheme goes to planning
Broadgate development by British Land and Blackstone include four City trading floors for UBS
Libya media HQ: Did you see ...?
London-based Architecture & Urbanism Studio has designed the new headquarters for Libya’s national television broadcaster, LJBC
Mace agrees deal for Shard neighbour
Sellar Group has finalised a £130m deal with Mace for the second phase of the London Bridge Quarter project which includes Renzo Piano’s Shard
Doing civics: Doncaster offices
Cartwright Pickard Architects’ Doncaster Civic Offices has been awarded planning permission
