All Building articles in 2001 issue 01 – Page 2
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News
CABE's new commissioners
Paul Morrell and Brian Boylan have been appointed commissioners at the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment
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Features
These buildings are rubbish
Literally. Doncaster's Earth Centre is made of used radiators, old cement and reclaimed timber – and it's the cutting edge of design.
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Features
Building for a Sustainable Future: Construction without Depletion
Building for a Sustainable Future: Construction without DepletionInstitution of Structural EngineersSETO£3096 pagesThis is a concise listing of all the quantifiable design and analysis tools the engineering profession must start using to minimise their collective environmental impact. The book is worth buying just for the embodied energy tables in the appendix. ...
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Preferred Tube bidders to be named by end of month
GLA underground chief to hold last-minute talks but insiders confident that deals will be announced quickly.
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Comment
Breaking down barriers
The Association of Consulting Architects has launched a standard form that aims to write partnering into the contract. This is the first of two articles assessing its chances of, in effect, legislating for virtue.
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News
Wembley: back in the melting pot
The architects of the Wembley National Stadium have proposed to cut its £628m cost by delaying the fit-out of parts of the scheme.
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Features
The New Autonomous House
The New Autonomous HouseBrenda and Robert ValeThames & Hudson£18.95256 pagesThis book summarises the achievement of the Vales, the UK's best practitioners of sustainable architecture, and shows how homes could approach self-sufficiency even on urban plots. Brenda and Robert Vale illustrate what is possible today with a rare mixture of practicality ...
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MacCormac and Arup chief Michael head honours list
Architect Richard MacCormac and engineer Duncan Michael are among industry players honoured in 2001
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Comment
A sustained argument
First person - Green skyscrapers are all the rage, but until their ecological claims can be proved, we should regard them with scepticism.
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Features
A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Design
A Green Vitruvius: Principles and Practice of Sustainable Architectural Designprepared for the European CommissionJames & James£25145 pagesA worthwhile and easy-to-use listing of the complex design methodologies that should be considered by any architect working towards more sustainable building solutions. I suspect the real problem is that there are just too ...
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Features
Appointments
ContractorsBrook Nolson has been appointed business development director in the Leeds office of Willmott Dixon Construction. Gordon Grant has joined the group as an IT specialist.Taylor Woodrow has appointed Adrian Auer group finance director.HousebuildersDavid Griffin has been appointed construction director in the South Midlands division of Charles Church. Neil Sivens ...
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Features
The all-powerful
Everything about the Maitreya Buddha being built in northern India is impressive. It costs £100m, is three times the height of the Statue of Liberty and is designed to last 1000 years. Oh, and it's sustainable, too.
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Features
Sustainable Architecture – European Directives and Building Design
Sustainable Architecture – European Directives and Building DesignBrian EdwardsArchitectural Press£35277 pagesThis is the book that explains to the building industry why construction really needs rethinking. It is ideal for all those efficiency-oriented Eganites who want to work out what the next agenda is, and where the carrots and sticks are ...
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Energy and Environment in Architecture – A Technical Design Guide
Energy and Environment in Architecture – A Technical Design GuideNick Baker and Koen SteemersE&FN Spon£37.50224 pagesThe low-energy strategies explained in the first half of this book illustrate how simple design decisions can save energy. The second half shows how each design tool can be quantified from first principles using a ...
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News
£450m Asda programme
Supermarket group Asda launched a £450m building and renovation programme this week, which will include the construction of 9 superstores in the UK
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Architects wanted for M4I trials
The Movement for Innovation has called for more architects and other consultants to joins its new Respect for People trials.
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Morrison wins £325m deal
Contractor Morrison AWG has won a £325m 10-year facilities management contract with North Lanarkshire council for 50 000 houses, schools and libraries.
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Fairview clinches MBO with £307m offer
Housebuilder finalises buyout as Bryant and Beazer announce mega-merger.
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Crest clinches £135m Birmingham deal
Developer pips Amec, Crosby and Miller to win latest contract in Birmingham's regeneration bonanza.
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