All Features articles – Page 187
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FeaturesProjects for 2016: Rio Olympics
The sporting spectacle will return in 2016 with some typically impressive architecture
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FeaturesPredictions for 2016: Matthew Bonning-Snook
Helical Bar’s director makes his predictions for the year ahead
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FeaturesPredictions for 2016: Ann Bentley
Rider Levett Bucknall’s global chairman considers the year ahead from a consultant’s perspective
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FeaturesPredictions for 2016: Andy Steele
Osborne’s chief executive looks at 2016 from a contractor’s perspective
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FeaturesPredictions for 2016: Paul Monaghan
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris’ director looks at 2016 from an architect’s perspective
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 3
Part 3 of Building’s end-of-year TV guide features Christmas blockbusters – the biggest tales of 2015
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Christmas card
This week’s sketch is by Lesley Hally at LA Hally Architect
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FeaturesBuilding Christmas challenge: A touch of frost
Five construction figures and two Building journalists sculpt landmark buildings. Who kept their cool and who felt a nasty chill?
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FeaturesThe projects that shaped 2015
It’s been a bumper year for both major and more modest buildings, from the Walkie Talkie to Vaudeville Court - but are they wonders or blunders?
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This week in 2010
Five of the industry’s best-known names try their hand at making a Christmas number one
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 2
Part 2 of Building’s end-of-year TV guide features a year in quotes and remembers those the industry said goodbye to
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FeaturesReview of 2015: Part 1
Building’s end-of-year TV guide picks out the people, stories and events that were unmissable over the past 12 months. First off, Christmas specials
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FeaturesMarket review: The season of goodwill
Some important announcements in last month’s Spending Review were set against a boost to contract awards and some healthy growth predictions
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FeaturesNormal service resumed?
Following a turbulent 12 months of engineering delays, in-fighting and inadequate planning, Network Rail’s fortunes seem to have turned following George Osborne’s increase to capital spending and Sir Peter Hendy’s reconfigured spending programme. So has the company got away with it?
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FeaturesSketch of the week: the Burj Khalifa
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by John Gouldsmith at Probyn Miers
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FeaturesParis summit: Feeling the heat
At this week’s UN Climate Change Summit, the UK could no longer boast of having the greenest policies in the room. So after several months of Conservative policy changes, how is the country measuring up to its own targets?
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FeaturesIntergenerational housing: Side by side
One answer to the question of how to house the rapidly ageing UK population is to use an intergenerational model, that mixes housing for all ages, from young to old
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FeaturesInfrastructure: Tunnelling
Significant investment in rail, water and energy infrastructure will drive a strong pipeline in tunnelling for the next decade across the UK. The design and engineering of tunnels can mitigate their impact and optimise construction
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Residential
Manufacturers are full of ideas for nifty products to specify on residential projects, whether it’s interactive shower controls, security doors or floor adhesives