All Buildings, Design and Specification articles – Page 25
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FeaturesCost model: Building brownfield
Regenerating previously used land offers multiple environmental, social and cost advantages but there are many factors to consider
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FeaturesCost model: Labs in the sky
Record levels of investment into the life science sector and an increasingly limited supply of space have encouraged laboratory buildings to enter the high-rise realm
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News£100m Crystal Palace stadium expansion heads back to planning committee
Selhurst Park scheme recommended for approval for the second time four years after it was first OK’d
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FeaturesThe future of insulation
Manufacturers must create the next generation of products to deliver the homes of tomorrow, writes Paul Barrett, head of product management at ROCKWOOL
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Features22 Bishopsgate: Looking down on the neighbours
Its grand height and formal aloofness may give it an air of superiority but the ‘vertical village’ goes out of its way to make people feel at home. Thomas Lane reports
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NewsLendlease’s ‘fat’ Elephant & Castle office block thrown out after hundreds of objections
Building deemed too large for south London site
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NewsControversial Elephant & Castle office block set for green light
Southwark planning officer recommends scheme for approval despite more than 400 public objections
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FeaturesProcurement update: applying the enterprise model to infrastructure
To deliver the UK’s ambitious and complex infrastructure investment programme, the way forward lies in integrated teams and enterprise-based delivery
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FeaturesSchool procurement and design quality
Richard Wise, partner at Ryder Architecture, discusses the procurement and timescales involved in the school design process and the resulting impact on design quality
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FeaturesSoaring energy prices? That’s not a problem in my ecohouse
Forget everything you thought you knew about building design if you want to achieve net zero. I built a house that heats and cools itself naturally
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NewsIn pictures: New images of Fosters’ 2022 World Cup final venue
Boots hit the ground at arena which will host final of this year’s tournament in Qatar
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FeaturesThings can only get hotter – so we must tackle overheating in buildings
With climate change making heatwaves more frequent, intense and long-lasting, what can be done to mitigate overheating in buildings?
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NewsIndustry asked to review proposals for products competence standard
Regulators will ‘no longer tolerate an industry that does not evidence its competence’, Constuction Products Association warns
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FeaturesOverheating in residential buildings: A modern-day concern
It’s important we tackle this issue now and future-proof our systems to keep properties healthy and habitable going forward
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FeaturesBattersea power station: conquering the Everest of real estate
It has been compared to climbing the world’s highest mountain but the redeveloped Battersea power station is now, finally, complete
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FeaturesCosting Steelwork 21: Market update
A market update from Aecom, BCSA and Steel for Life that provides guidance on costing structural steelwork
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CommentDeveloping schools fit for the future
The industry needs to put more of a focus on developing schools fit for not only our future but the next generation’s future as well
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FeaturesCost model: School buildings
Amid rising prices, schools developers must strike a balance between meeting cost expectations and providing fit-for-purpose, sustainable buildings for the next generation of learners
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Features Why other sectors should follow healthcare in embracing modular
Why we see modular construction increasingly gaining favour
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NewsBig names in hunt for £200m makeover of historic Berkeley Square block
Current Lansdowne House was built in 1980s and has heritage stretching back to 1760s