Buildings, design and specification – Page 4
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Gareth Lewis interview: how Mace is weathering the economic storm
The chief executive of the firm’s construction arm has been through three recessions but says the current conditions are unprecedented.
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Five talking points at the BCO’s conference in Manchester
After a two-year hiatus, developers and occupiers gathered to discuss the future of the office - here are some highlights
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The fine art of creating a new campus for the RCA
In their scale and singularity, these flagship buildings designed by Herzog & de Meuron in Battersea strike just the right balance
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Putting a brave face on it: overcladding homes to save energy
As bills spiral, attention has turned to retrofitting. While it can be disruptive and expensive, Energiesprong is quite the opposite
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Cost model: Cancer care centres
The challenge is to deliver cancer centres that provide highly effective, technologically advanced care and support as well as research and education
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Cooking up a Storm in Dubai
The world’s first rollercoaster integrated into a building’s structure gives thrill seekers the ride of their lives
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Productivity: Perspectives on digitalisation with Alinea, AHMM and Lendlease
To identify the opportunities and obstacles in the digitalisation process, Alinea asked a range of specialists for their perspectives
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Inside Google’s global HQ: a temple to post-covid working culture
Google’s new campus in Silicon Valley opened last month. Tom Lowe spoke to Heatherwick’s Eliot Postma about how the concept was developed
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Solving the industry’s green problem: inside Drees & Sommer’s new energy-plus HQ
German firm demonstrates its commitment to circular design in Stuttgart as it eyes UK expansion
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Bloom and 80 Charlotte Street: bellwethers for the future London office
Firms need to offer workplaces staff want to be in – collaborative, healthy spaces and smart technology. Here’s how two schemes pulled it off
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To refurb or rebuild: what next for Old Trafford?
Man United has big decisions to make about its ageing stadium. Dave Rogers asked experts behind other iconic ground developments for advice
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Gove intervention on ITV studios leaves many wondering which scheme is next in firing line
Communities secretary flexes political muscle on 72 Upper Ground, with worries that more developments will be stalled by minister’s decisions
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Speedier construction through frame standardisation
The Seismic consortium has engineered a standardised frame solution for schools that claims to be 75% faster than traditional construction
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Does the key to cutting carbon lie beneath your feet?
The flat floor slab has been the default option for years but they contain the bulk of a building’s embodied carbon. What are the alternatives?
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Cost model: Impact of building regulation changes
Changes this June to the Building Regulations Parts L and F will raise standards on decarbonisation and ventilation. What are the cost implications?
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The Forge: a platform for transforming office construction
Landsec and Bryden Wood have devised an office prototype that aims to be quicker, more sustainable and cheaper than conventional methods
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Cost model: High-rise residential
Residential towers are on the rise again as the industry addresses sustainability, fire and overheating issues
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California dreamin’ brings a skatepark to Folkestone
Inspired by the bowl skating of 1970s America, Folkestone’s multistorey skatepark – a world first – is set to transform the UK’s skating scene forever
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The scheme now approaching the finish is Crossrail: All aboard the Elizabeth line
We take the 10-minute journey from Paddington to Liverpool Street with the railway’s boss Mark Wild
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Lessons of the Nightingales: how covid changed construction
A range of pandemic-prompted innovations have changed industry practice for good. Josephine Smit talks to those who led the way