All Building articles in 26 July 2019
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Comment
Are lenders becoming more confident about offsite?
Stephanie Canham considers the changing climate on funding issues for MMC and modular construction
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Features
Cost model: Reinventing retail assets
In the face of tough market conditions, landlords, developers and owner/occupier retailers are looking at new business models
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Projects: The story of The Tide, the Greenwich Peninsula High Line
The new part-elevated park in Greenwich Peninsula is remarkable for its use of prefabrication and parametric 3D modelling. But will it wash with the public?
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Features
From the archive: 2018 - A fresh look at the Big Apple
The UK version of New York’s High Line has a lot to live up to, as shown by an interview about the famous regeneration project
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Offsite: Could schools soon be built in a fortnight?
A consortium of firms aims to create a standardised way to construct hundreds of school buildings a year – and the Department for Education is right behind them
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Comment
Time to practise what we preach on development diversity
With only finite space available, there is an urgency to ensuring that we maximise the development potential of constrained sites
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Have we taken outsourcing too far?
This move towards total outsourcing begs the question – are we giving away too much?
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Features
Keeping a historic face on it – retained facades
Szerelmey Restoration has specialized in facade retention projects for many years, including Lion Plaza, Threadneedle Street
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Sketch of the week: Hospital extension in Sheffield
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Duncan Finch, director of Avanti Architects
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Construction industry gossip: Cry freedom!
T T chief couldn’t face helping himself at a Tom Jones concert, our newsdesk receives a strange cold call, and a zoo wants bears to live alongside wolves
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Features
‘We like to give people a chance, to give them a go’: Stanhope’s Paul Lewis and Tony Wall talk to Building
Stanhope’s Paul Lewis and Tony Wall are preparing for the next phase in the firm’s three-decade history
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5 minutes with… John Robertson, founder and director, John Robertson Architects
John Robertson tells Building about painting, kite surfing and modern art
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Image of the week: Going swimmingly
“Gateway”, an intricately designed swimming pool by Portuguese artist Joana Vasconcelos, is unveiled in Edinburgh
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Comment
Retentions: Is the endgame in sight?
Rudi Klein offers an update on the plan to reform retention practice in the construction industry with a brand-new system
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News
Government launches talks for ‘built environment’ sector deal
Comes 12 months after launch of Construction Sector Deal
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Comment
Tall buildings: Housing versus heritage
In the first of our new series on the legal considerations of constructing tall buildings, Joanna Bassett considers the issues around planning permission
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News
Stanhope puts £400m pricetag on British Library job
Scheme due before Camden planners next year
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Green lobby bids to appeal Heathrow go-ahead
Formal case will be heard if court finds in Friends of the Earth’s favour