All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 18
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NewsGove to rule on plan by Tebay service station owner to build supersized version in Cheshire
Howells-designed scheme to be giant version of Westmorland Family’s outpost in Cumbria
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NewsPlans to overhaul central London ‘flatiron’ office given OK
Two floors to be added to 1880s built Flitcroft House
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NewsGreen light for Bruntwood’s £60m tech plan for listed Glasgow tower
Met Tower scheme will deliver more than 200,000 sq ft of office space
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FeaturesCost comparison: Tower construction in Toronto and London
T&T Alinea compare recent high-rise history in two global cities whose skylines have undergone dramatic change, including the costs of a typical tall office building in each
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NewsGreen light for £300m Wembley housing scheme
Plans to deliver 500 homes were amended to meet second staircase rules
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NewsRSHP working up plans for the City’s fourth tallest tower
Cheesegrater architect appointed by developer Brookfield to design 240m-tall replacement for Multiplex’s 99 Bishopsgate headquarters
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NewsArgent set to start work repairing cladding on King’s Cross block built by Kier
Contractor has come up with solution to deal with facade issues at Tapestry Building, developer says
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NewsIn pictures: Beard completes £38m transformation of Rhodes House in Oxford
Scheme includes three new basements, solid stone spiral staircase and all-glass pavilion
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NewsBam lands deal to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Firm also working on new home of MasterChef TV show in city
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NewsOld Royal Liverpool University Hospital to be turned into health campus
Facility was replaced by 640-bed hospital last year
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NewsSellar’s £1.5bn Liverpool Street station revamp finally on verge of being made public by City planners
Application was originally submitted in May but has been held up since
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FeaturesCost model: Low-carbon office developments – new-build vs refurbishment
Multiple pathways are emerging to support the development of low-carbon offices, whether through new-build or, increasingly, reuse and adaptation
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NewsBerkeley overhauls 1,300-home Oval scheme with second staircase revisions
Developer’s approach includes linking already consented stair cores with corridors
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NewsBDP submits masterplan for Swansea eco-homes
Proposals would see 159 timber frame council homes built
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Why margin compression remains a concern
Against a poor economic backdrop, construction output is holding up in every sub-sector except housing. However there are still reasons to be worried.
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, 1930
New York’s tower craze restarts following a 15-year lull as two of the city’s most famous towers race to become the world’s tallest
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NewsProduct industry entering a ‘brave new world’ due to new liabilities, CPA chief says
Peter Caplehorn told Building the Future panel that industry must push towards digitalisation to back up future claims
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The construction of New York’s Woolworth Building, 1911-13
How Building charted the rise of the Big Apple’s tallest pre-First World War skyscraper
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NewsAston Villa delays events space plan to accelerate start on £100m stadium expansion
Villa Live scheme next to ground mothballed under plan to quicken up North Stand work
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NewsThree more green lights on Stanhope’s £700m Oxford science campus
Fletcher Priest, Wilkinson Eyre and Gort Scott behind designs for more than 40,000sq m of life sciences and office space at Oxford North site