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NewsThe Kensington blimp
This is not a huge white airship but the roof to this year’s summer pavilion for the Serpentine gallery in Kensington Gardens, west London.
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NewsShadow environment minister backs 99% campaign
Building’s 99% Campaign gained further ground in Westminster this week after receiving the backing of shadow environment minister Greg Barker.
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CABE reveals Better Public Building Awards shortlist
CABE this week unveiled the 14-strong shortlist for the prime minister’s Better Public Building Awards.
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Top consultants guide
Architects, cost consultants, engineers, surveyors, project managers – this is your chance to get your company listed in our definitive guide to the industry’s top consultants.
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NewsPalestras pod
Architect Sheppard Robson’s interior design group, ID:SR, has unveiled this concept for the London Development Agency’s offices in Will Alsop’s latest building, the Palestra.
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EC Harris picks its team for PFI schools work
EC Harris has bolstered its chances of joining the City Academies framework by signing up five builders and six signature architects to work with it.
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Clissold Leisure Centre
In a recent article published in Building magazine (29 July 2005), we incorrectly stated that Leisure Connection Limited had been dismissed as the operator of the Clissold Leisure Centre and three other leisure centres situated in the London Borough of Hackney.
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Widespread pessimism over pension provision
Two-thirds of Building readers fear their pension will not guarantee them a decent standard of living.
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NewsHSE to focus on migrant workers
The Health and Safety Executive is preparing a campaign to improve the safety standards of migrant workers in construction.
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CABE: Half of schools are badly designed
Funding for new schools should be withheld if design proposals are not up to scratch, government design watchdog CABE recommended this week.
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NewsAn almighty job
The community behind the Alpha Course branch of the Church of England has appointed Foster and Partners to expand St Paul’s Church, in Brompton, west London.
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FeaturesThere’s more than one way to skin an office
The latest products and whole-life costs, notes on intelligent facades and the special love between an architect and its concrete supplier. But first, Sonia Soltani on the teams defying skills shortages to install extraordinary facades
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FeaturesWhat to specify: cladding and curtain walling
From banks to cinemas, and from theatres to homes, the latest cladding and curtain walling products can work wonders anywhere
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FeaturesWhat to remember: facades
Facades have got so intelligent these days, they can control your building’s airflow, heat transfer, lighting and acoustics. Barbour and Scott Brownrigg explore the options for specifiers
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FeaturesCosts: Curtain wallings
Curtain walling looks simple, but it’s a complex network of systems and components. Peter Mayer of Building LifePlans examines the whole-life costs and performance of all of them
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FeaturesHow we work together
Or how an architect found its ideal supplier … This week Sonia Soltani tells the tale of Pascall + Watson and Belgian concrete firm Decomo
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NewsThink of the children
Housing targets for London Thames Gateway keep rising. But a focus on quantity not quality means families lose out says the chief executive of the London Thames Gateway Partnership
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NewsJohn Laing submits tunnel collapse claim against Tesco
Formal claim is submitted by operator of Chiltern Railway line following last year's tunnel collapse at Gerrards Cross