All Features articles – Page 377
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FeaturesSnug as a bug in rug
When the Natural History Museum decided it needed to house 20 million insect and plant specimens within one structure, building a giant shiny, ivory coloured cocoon seemed to make perfect sense. Thomas Lane buzzed over to find out more …
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FeaturesMaking BREEAM robust
For too long, designers have been able to get top BREEAM ratings by adding recycling space and bike racks. Now the green assessment tool is toughening up its act with mandatory levels for energy and water use – and a new rank above ‘excellent’.
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FeaturesBurj Dubai four months behind schedule
Dubai's flagship development, the $4.1bn (£2bn) Burj Dubai, might not be completed by the end of this year, the original deadline.
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FeaturesHe’s arrived early: Neil Edginton's career path
At the tender age of 30 Neil Edginton is in charge of Build Ability, the contractor that’s delivering Birmingham’s £75m Cube. He tells James Clegg about how he got there, what’s next and how he upset the BBC by playing Eagles covers
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£750m eco-city for Bradford
Plans for a £750m zero-carbon student village in Bradford backed by developers and two higher education institutions were launched at Mipim.
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FeaturesA scientific monster
This computer centre in Santiago, Chile, may have two heads but then it’s got two skins, too – altogether a bit of a freak
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FeaturesRichard Steer on Mipim
Two years ago Richard Steer wrote in these pages that Mipim was a waste of time, energy and perfectly good booze. This year, he’s quite looking forward to it, thanks for asking. So, what changed?
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FeaturesWhat a mesh!
A Japanese architect and a UK cladding specialist came together to develop the shimmering expanded aluminium veil that has been used to clad the New Museum of Contemporary Art.
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FeaturesMellow yellow
The striking shell of the Le Safron festival hall, south-east of Paris, has been clad in the new copper aluminium alloy Tecu Gold.
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Insulated roof and wall panels
Arcelor Construction has added the Fidelite insulated roof and wall system to its Arval range of systems.