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CommentGovernment intern system: Slow learners
Have you ever logged on to graduatetalentpool.direct.gov.uk?
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What it costs: Tiled cladding
Tiles, shingles and slate can provide traditional and thermally efficient covering for external walls. Peter Mayer of BLP Insurance considers the options
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FeaturesPutting on the glitz: Brass cladding
More and more architects, enamoured of the golden lustre of brass, are choosing it as a cladding material, while others love it just because of the way it weathers
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FeaturesPanel system
Eurobond’s composite panel system has been used on an £11m “Lifestyle” building at Stoke-on-Trent college’s Cauldon Campus
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Movers and makers
Solar Gard, which makes solar control films, has launched the Capsol audit tool, which measures the impact of solar gain on office buildings. Capsol, and Solar Gard’s complementary consulting service, can be used to predict the results of retrofitting solar control window film
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FeaturesTextured panels
DuPont has launched a range of decorative panels with 3D patterns for interior decor
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Fibre cement cladding
Marley Eternit’s Natura Plus fibre cement cladding has been used on the 3 Assembly Square building in the Cardiff Bay Waterfront
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Prefabricated walls
Szerelmey has launched a lightweight prefabricated wall structure combined with external stone cladding that it says speeds up construction and cuts costs
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Aluminium frame system
Technal, the architectural aluminium specialist, has launched its Modal facade system for low-rise buildings
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Brick slips
Hanson has launched the Structherm Fastbrick, an a insulated real brick slip cladding system that aims to combine the advantages of modern construction techniques with the appeal of traditional brickwork
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FeaturesAluminium cladding
James & Taylor has supplied the aluminium cladding for the exterior of Jamie Oliver’s first independent restaurant in Canary Wharf
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My digital life: Niall wright
What are you listening to? Rolf Harris and his didgeridoo. And in particular his Six White Boomers song - a great festive tune.What’s your favourite website? YouTube makes me chuckle. There's a really funny video on there of a man cycling into a puddle. And the one with two cats ...
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NewsView from my office: Paul Lomas-Clarke
The Knowles director dreams of an empty sandy beach on an isolated Greek island…
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NewsDozens of zero-carbon schools to be built by 2016
Pilot green schools planned in all English regions as part of implementation of newly published Zero Carbon Task Force report
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NewsCapita Symonds' €30m Budapest stadium
Consultant will provide multidisciplinary services on 22,000-seat venue
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Emerging Architecture - Until 27 February
Explore work by young architects from the annual Architectural Review Awards.
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RCA architecture students work in progress - 3 to 9 February
Work in progress exhibition by students from Architecture at the Royal College of Art.Some work will be for sale or commission.
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Ron Arad's Google-box in Belgium
Architecture students from Nottingham Trent and the Royal College of Art on the Belgium shopping centre
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NewsBovis Homes signs £150m banking deal
Four-year revolving credit facility with five-bank syndicate has improved terms thanks to strong balance sheet and housing upturn