All Features articles – Page 240
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FeaturesChoosing low-carbon windows
There is more to a low-carbon window choice than whether you opt for double or triple glazing
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FeaturesLiving in a box: housing standards
The typical UK new-build home is about as roomy as a rabbit hutch, according to the RIBA. But housebuilders argue minimum space standards would put the brakes on construction. Now the government is re-examining the case
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FeaturesInterview: Stephen Hodder, RIBA
The new RIBA president on helping architects reboot their relationship with clients
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FeaturesLosing faith in Brazil
After the success of the Olympics, UK construction looked to reap the rewards in Brazil. So what happened?
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FeaturesCost update Q2 2013
The annual building cost index continues to rise, with wages going up slightly. However, metal prices are generally falling. David Holmes of Davis Langdon, an Aecom company, reports
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FeaturesLibrary of Birmingham: The borrowers
Mecanoo’s £189m Library of Birmingham is a triumph - once you get inside
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FeaturesPutting a boss on a building site
Are construction bosses any good at building? Kier MD Graham Howe volunteered to spend time on site to find out
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FeaturesHow real is the construction recovery?
It looks like a recovery, so why isn’t the industry jumping up and down with joy? Building reports on the reality behind the statistics
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FeaturesInterview: Dave Smith, Blacklist Support Group
The blacklisted engineer on his fightback against the industry - and why he also has the unions in his sights
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FeaturesSomerstown Central Community Hub
A council estate cut in two by a dual carriageway has been reconnected by a community hub spanning the divide
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FeaturesInternational costs 2013
China, Japan and Australia are the big movers in EC Harris’ annual survey of global construction costs produced with Langdon and Seah. Simon Rawlinson and Magda Skalska-Burgess analyse the trends
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FeaturesPleasure piers: The test of time
Six of the best UK seaside piers that have survived adversity
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FeaturesMy Olympic legacy
Six leading figures who worked on the London Olympics explain how the experience is shaping the work they do now
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FeaturesHalcyon days of yore
Hansom remembers some of the best industry gossip over the last five decades including a Bovis party in 1975, a parachute-jumping QS and a fervent timeshare pitch
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FeaturesGrand Tour: Breakthroughs in sustainability #6
Geoffrey Bawa’s house in Sri Lanka is chosen as the last destination for our grand tour of the world’s most sustainable buildings
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FeaturesGrand Tour: Breakthroughs in sustainability #5
Why the Visitor Centre at the Brooklyn Botanic Gardens deserves a place on the grand tour of sustainable buildings
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FeaturesGrand Tour: Breakthroughs in sustainability #4
A grand tour of the world’s most sustainable buildings leads us to the Co-op HQ in Manchester
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FeaturesGrand Tour: Breakthroughs in sustainability #3
Bournville Village in Birmingham is chosen for the grand tour of sustainble buildings for its basis in community needs
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FeaturesGrand Tour: Breakthroughs in sustainability #2
Industry figures’ grand tour of the world’s most sustainable buildings takes us to Le Hive in Paris