All Features articles – Page 139
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Projects of the year: 2017 in review
Source: Riverfilm / Martin Richardson PLP Architecture’s 22 Bishopsgate This year’s striking schemes include AL_A at the V A museum, Foster + Partners’ Bloomberg HQ, and Herzog de Meuron’s triumph over chaos in Hamburg
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Christmas charity challenge: Piece of cake?
Construction skills, design flair and collaborative teamwork: we are talking, of course, about cake decorating. Three brave teams came to compete in Building’s very sweet Christmas challenge
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Costing Steelwork - coming soon: Retail Buildings
Coming soon: Costing Steelwork: Retail Buildings, January 2018
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Innovation debate - in association with Clearbox
Are you looking to implement innovation or technology in your organisation?
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What to specify: Residential
A quadruple-glazed rooflight for a Passivhaus, underfloor heating in a converted dairy, and technical mortars suited to balcony repair are among the featured products and schemes
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Peter Rogers: The long view
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer, speaks on his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently
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Video: keynote interview with Peter Rogers
Peter Rogers, the ebullient developer behind high-profile London towers such as 22 Bishopsgate, tells Chloë McCulloch about his passion for the industry – which he predicts he will leave only horizontally – and what he thinks it should be doing differently.
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Sketch of the week: Pitfield Street in Hackney, London
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Emily Newton, an associate at Assael Architects.
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Roundtable event - going digital: why not?
A recent report by the Global Industry Council has identified a number of challenges to the adoption of new technologies in the construction industry. Building and construction software expert Aconex gathered representatives from across the sector to discuss first-hand experience of these issues and how they are best overcome.
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Building Live 2017 in pictures
A selection of photos from November’s Building Live conference, held at 155 Bishopsgate in London
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Building Live 2017: Over to the floor
This year’s Building Live conference coverd topics with far-reaching implications for the future of the industry, but what did conference delegates have to say?
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CPD 28 2017: Smoke ventilation and rooflights
This CPD, sponsored by Lamilux, examines the standards, certification and other factors to consider when designing or specifying smoke vents
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Cost update Q3 2017
Price pressures continue to be caused by weak productivity aggravated by Brexit negotiations, while exchange rates improved as the Bank of England prepared to raise interest rates.
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Online poll: Future migration rules
This week’s poll: Is the FMB right to call for future migration rules to prioritise key occupations rather than income or skills?
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Projects: Hope for the slope
On a narrow, sloping site in Muswell Hill, architect pH+ has responded imaginatively to a host of site constraints to produce a compelling example of how London’s awkward little corners can help tackle the capital’s housing shortage.
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Online poll: Cutting the cost of construction
This week’s poll: The government has ask the sector to cut the cost of construction by a third in 2025. Is that realistic?
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It's not all about London...
Regeneration of regional city centres outside London is seeing construction companies such as Szerelmey GB engaging with local Clients and Developers to deliver projects within a highly collaborative framework. Szerelmey GB delivers award-winning external, internal and hard landscaping projects in natural stone, brick and faience across the country.
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