All Features articles – Page 384
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FeaturesMoby Dock
Liverpool’s year of glory as European Capital of Culture is launched this weekend at the city’s brand new arena and convention centre. The 41,000m2 leviathan combines an exhibition hall, auditorium and arena that are all immense in scale. And it takes pride of place on the riverfront next to the ...
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Prefabricated toilet cubicles
Cubicle Centre has developed the Malvern range for washroom refurbishments.
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FeaturesHow to be a patron of the arts
No refurbished corporate headquarters is complete without its specially commissioned artwork – and 11-12 St James’s Square in west London wasn’t to be outdone.
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FeaturesMorey Smith architects: Give it the works
The office space behind the modest Georgian facade of 11-12 St James’s Square would presently cost you £140 for every square foot you rent.
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Features‘It’s a free for all’
Although much of Liverpool is being transformed by immense projects, they don’t always fit well with the city’s social and architectural history. Martin Spring joins Ken Martin, architect and local guru to find out why
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Acoustic control
The London offices of insurer Friends Provident have been fitted with a sound control system by Acoustic Comfort.
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Liverpool lost 40% of its jobs between 1972 and 1991 and so, unsurprisingly, its population has been in long-term decline. It still is.
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FeaturesGlobal PV Production up 50%
With solar energy usage on the increase globally, it's predicted a third of all new electricity production installed each year will be PV by 2015
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FeaturesJenga!
The structures were high and expectations even higher as some of the UK’s leading experts in the design and construction of tall buildings gathered for the Jenga Christmas challenge. In an afternoon of flair, passion and beer, only those with nerves of steel and hands of iron could survive. Readers ...
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The tracker: A little festive cheer
Despite the threat of higher borrowing costs, the industry is yet to encounter liquidity problems and firms remain optimistic about future employment, reports Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesThe year everything changed
It was the year of grabbing bites and juggling calls and searching for windows. The year we all got richer and busier and hung around by the lifts taking furtive calls on our mobiles. And it was the year that all that ended and we just wanted to cower under ...
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FeaturesOne with nature
Landscape and structure meld into one in German architect’s 3deluxe’s first permanent building
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Mechanical ventilation
Passivent has launched an automatically controlled mechanical extract ventilation system suitable for multi-occupancy buildings such as student accommodation and nursing homes.
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FeaturesMood lighting
Research suggests levels of autism have increased 10-fold in the past decade, with around 90,000 children in the UK now suffering from it. The Yeoman Park School in Nottingham is one of about 7,500 autism specific education facilities in the country.
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Humidification
Hygromatik has launched an hygienic air handling unit humidification system.
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FeaturesFight for the skies
Building’s campaign to prevent crane collapse is coming up to its first anniversary. Here, Olivia Boyd recalls the tragedies that triggered it, and looks at whether our skylines are any safer now