All Features articles – Page 366

  • Hearst Tower, New York
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    Global preoccupations

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Richard Kauntze takes us on a whirlwind tour of the world’s best buildings – for occupiers

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    Frameless rooflight

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The Rooflight Company has launched Neo, which it claims is the world’s first frameless rooflight.

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    Flexible roof seal

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Thompson’s 10-year roof seal has been developed to provide weather protection for complete roofs or large areas of remedial sealing.

  • John Plender
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    The economist

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    John Plender, Financial Times sage and chairman of Quintain, predicts the future of the market at this year’s BCO conference. Interview by Claer Barrett. Portraits by Dominik Gigler

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    Double trouble

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Analysts predict a double or even triple dip for the UK’s office market as the credit crunch deepens. Claer Barrett reports

  • This £1.3m surgery in Swaffham, Norfolk, is the kind of project that will now be assessed under BREEAM Healthcare.
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    Doctors’ orders

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    For the developers of its hospitals and surgeries, the Department of Health has prescribed a good dose of BREEAM to keep it fit for the future

  • Nick Ridley
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    What a difference a year makes

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Twelve months after the last BCO conference, the issues dominating thinking in our market – climate change and sustainability within the built environment – remain the same.

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    World of difference

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    As different assessment models vie for attention around the world, BREEAM is aiming to make life easier for multinationals across Europe.

  • Lucy Scott
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    Crunch without frontiers

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    The health of the occupier remains a concern for global property markets, says Lucy Scott

  • Trading spaces: the huge carbon footprints of most dealing rooms are at odds with banks’ corporate social responsibility policies
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    Power crazy

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    How can banks’ trading floors, with their walls of power-hungry heat-generating screens, reduce their carbon load? Katie Puckett reports

  • David Chipperfield
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    The courage of David

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Stirling Prize-winning architect David Chipperfield has a fast-growing reputation in the offices world. Interview by Elaine Knutt. Portrait by Michael Collins

  • loggerheads with Unesco over whether its proposals for the £397m Gazprom tower in St Petersburg will fit with the city’s world heritage site status
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    Country focus: Russia

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    With spending on construction rising rapidly and the Winter Olympics on the horizon, Russia is a happy hunting ground for building opportunities. Just beware the risks involved, says EC Harris’ Mike Pearce

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    Construction's next generation: here’s what we think

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Construction’s next generation has a lot on its mind – training, sustainability, recruitment, not to mention the OFT inquiry …

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    Composite roofdecks

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Ward Insulated Panels has launched Topspan – an insulated structural roofdeck system.

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    Clay roof tiles

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Redland has launched machine-made clay tiles with a handmade appearance – the Rosemary Craftsman and Rosemary Classic range.

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    Large-format clay roof tiles

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Sandtoft’s Cassius large-format clay tiles have helped a major housebuilder to maintain the aesthetics of a pretty Welsh borders village.

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    Construction in chaos

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    After a fat few years, falling order books, rising materials prices, a skills shortage and volatility on world markets are a recipe for a perfect construction storm. Katie Puckett reports

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    Maggie's Centre in London by Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners has designed the first Maggie’s Centre in England and, thanks to its dramatic oversailing canopy roof, it provides both seclusion and a bold statement to the outside world. Stephen Kennett reports

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    Europe on the brink

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    A contagion of European Union legislation could be enough to push office markets throughout the continent into crisis. As the BCO gathers in Brussels – the capital of Europe – for its annual conference, Mark Shepherd weighs up the threat. Illustration by Noma Bar

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    Welcome to BREEAM

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    A beginner’s guide to the essential tool for sustainable environments