All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 19
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FeaturesUnlock the potential of residential spaces with sliding door solutions
Sliding doors are now more popular than ever due to their flexibility and functionality, wirtes Paul Smith, Head of Specification Sales at Häfele UK
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FeaturesProcurement update: a guide to housing joint ventures
A slowdown in the for-sale housing market has resulted in a surge of interest in partnership models aimed at delivering affordable housing
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NewsGreen light for two Canada Water office schemes
Southwark council approved 24- and 11-storey blocks designed by BIG and HWKN
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 25: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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NewsLiverpool to appoint team to masterplan city’s historic waterfront
Council looking for placemaking specialists to guide development over the next 15 years
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NewsKPF’s 35-storey Shoreditch tower approved
Office scheme to transform Old Street Roundabout’s Inmarsat Building
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NewsTrocadero hotel roof extension started without planning permission
Westminster Council retrospectively approves scheme but describes unauthorised works as “highly regrettable”
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NewsSpurs submits plans to boost height of hotel tower next to stadium
Partially built scheme has been dormant for four years
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FeaturesDoes the latest RAAC research mean remediation could be easier and cheaper than all the panic suggests?
A Loughborough University expert has identified the primary cause of failure – and suggests RAAC has the potential to be safe if properly managed
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NewsResearch reveals properly installed and maintained RAAC can perform better than originally intended
Problems centre on reinforcement positioning at the ends of RAAC planks
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CommentThis year’s Stirling shortlist is in tune with these times
The final six projects in contention for the 2023 prize are all marked by an underlying seriousness and a tendency towards simple forms and materials, writes Ben Flatman
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NewsPlans for luxury Westminster care home to be approved next week
Horseferry Road scheme to include hydrotherapy pool, library, art studio and quiet rooms
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NewsInspector approves Poplar sex club plans on appeal
Proposal for more than 100 homes above all-night fetish club were rejected last year
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NewsStanhope unveils revised design for City’s tallest tower
Rejig of 1 Undershaft to split building into four vertical blocks with multiple roof gardens
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NewsArchitect behind two closed Caledonian schools left projects over concerns with firm’s approach
Practices HLM and Stride Treglown behind trio of shuttered schools break silence as government launches investigation into collapsed contractor
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NewsLiverpool FC planning for delay to Anfield Road stand opening if Buckingham goes under
Club said it would work to protect existing jobs on scheme
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NewsGovernment launches wider probe into Caledonian Modular after school closures
Poor workmanship blamed for structural defects at three schools as DfE alerts other government departments
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NewsThird Caledonian Modular school told to close over safety fears
Schools in Somerset and Northamptonshire add to list of modular schools forced to rejig autumn term plans
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NewsWillmott Dixon wins £15m Passivhaus school job in Hampshire
Scheme to complete for 2025 academic year
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NewsEnvironment Agency objecting to huge mixed-use scheme in Oxford because of flood risk worries
Developer insists solution will be found for Hawkins Brown proposals as EA recommends refusal