All Buildings articles – Page 37
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FeaturesTall buildings: Height vs heritage
London’s lack of a coherent tall buildings policy has led to controversial ‘carbuncles’ such as the Walkie Talkie crowding its skyline
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FeaturesThe Plimsoll Building: Close encounters
The incorporation of two schools into a residential building is an example of school designers becoming more responsive to the changing physical and political environment
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FeaturesA day at the office: Your guide to human happiness
How can you use design to actively influence and improve people’s lives? British Land is using its own headquarters as a test bed for incorporating wellbeing principles that it hopes will foster a happier, more productive workforce.
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FeaturesWilmcote House: Thermal vision
The flaws of Portsmouth’s Wilmcote House may have been indicative of 1960s social housing, but now its mass adoption of Passivhaus principles could see it used as a model for sustainable retrofit
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NewsBuyers wanted for Government's Kings Cross stake
The government has started the process of selling its 36.5% stake in King’s Cross developer King’s Cross Central Ltd Partnership
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NewsFinal plans in for Allied London's huge Manchester scheme
Allied London has completed its planning submissions for the entire St John’s masterplan in Manchester
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NewsBrookfield Multiplex lands £275m Abu Dhabi mall contract
Brookfield Mulitplex has won the £275m contruction contract for a new shopping centre in Abu Dhabi
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NewsHSE asked to 'urgently' investigate Earls Court asbestos claims
London Assembly members have requested the HSE “urgently” investigate the Earls Court redevelopment over asbestos concerns
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NewsBattersea Power Station developer relocates affordable homes
Developer submits proposals relocating affordable homes to outskirts of main development over concerns of delays from infrastructure projects
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FeaturesHeathrow: Growing Pains
As Heathrow’s controversial third runway tries to chart a route through the political turbulence ahead, does it have anything to learn from its expanded international rivals?
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NewsBouygues UK bags £42m Barking regeneration scheme
Bouygues UK wins first construction contract from Gascoigne Estate regneration masterplan
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NewsGalliford Try wins £66m HSBC retail bank HQ
Galliford Try has won the £66m contract to build HSBC’s new Birmingham office
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NewsCost of Watford mall revamp jumps 48%
Client Intu says cost of mall refurbishment and extension has soared following Bam’s departure
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FeaturesYork Art Gallery: Show time
Architects working on the £8m refurbishment of York Art Gallery have peeled away decades of callously inappropriate interventions to unlock a wonderland of architectural secrets
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NewsSavills plots £40m Croydon scheme
Savills’ investment management arm has purchased an industrial site in West Croydon
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NewsHammerson posts 9.2% drop in profit
Hammerson has reported a drop in its pre-tax profit for the first half of 2015.
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FeaturesGatwick: Ground control
BIM is central to the success of Gatwick airport’s massive £1.2bn capital investment programme
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NewsEngineer picked for Chelsea FC's 'gothic skin'
SME appointed as facade engineer on high profile project
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NewsPlans in for major Mayfair hotel
Hopkins submits plans for client Grosvenor for Hyde Park Corner hotel
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2015: Winners
This year’s Housing Design Awards show that the sector’s return to strength has brought with it bold and experimental design, with council housing and housing for older people in particular taking some unexpected forms