All articles by Sonia Soltani – Page 3
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FeaturesJust the job
Young engineer Roger McLaughlin tells Sonia Soltani what he has learned on his many European travels
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FeaturesThe fast and the furious
Alain de Botton (right) discusses his new book on design with philosopher Robert Adam.
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FeaturesDoors and windows
How do you turn an old tyre factory into a swanky office and leisure destination? As Sonia Soltani discovered, if you're Shed KM, you stick a beautiful glass box inside the existing brick box. The result kicks off our doors and windows special
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Archive TitlesWhat's up dock?
Well, shops, a school, a GP surgery, a community centre and 1300 low-rise homes, that's what. And they've been there ever since the 1980s when developer Bellway ignored all sensible advice and built the now thriving Hull community on a derelict docklands site. Photographs David Levene
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FeaturesA Dagenham Wonderland
Shiny pixelated bricks, mirrored blocks, multi-height openings and sliding doors that give surprising views from all angles - DSDHA's John Perry Children's Centre would delight Alice, herself
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FeaturesYoung, gifted and in the black
It might seem like an unglamorous option, but housebuilding is becoming the sector to work in. Increasingly young executives are enjoying increasingly fat pay packets and perks, according to the first ever Building/PSD housebuilders' salary survey. Illustration by Jamie Jay
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FeaturesLovers in the air
Inspired by Valentine's Day and the promise of free champagne, the latest in our series of Projects Reunited is less about reuniting old friends than celebrating those special unions that have stood the test of time. We took four happy couples that met through the construction industry for a trip ...
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Archive TitlesHow do we get from this ...... to this?
With the toughest challenges to the Decent Homes programme still to come, the pressure is on to find ways of meeting the 2010 deadline - including a bigger role for the private sector. But the 1980s regeneration of the Redriff Estate in London Docklands may already hold the answer.
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FeaturesDoing good by stealth
The new chief executive of the Prince’s Foundation is a quiet American. But Hank Dittmar’s lack of showiness is well suited to a charity that is aiming to slowly and subtly transform urban England.
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FeaturesDaniel Libeskind
As rumours circulate of year-long delays and complete redesigns at Ground Zero, we talk to the man responsible about why his long, bitter struggle with rival architects, the New York press and the site owner (among others) is a sign that things are going pretty well …
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FeaturesFast breeder
The nuclear power industry will spend at least £60bn over the next 30 years, and a lot more if, as seems increasingly likely, it starts building new reactors. So how can contractors join the new atomic age?
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FeaturesNot so quiet
The Priory may sound like a place for calm reflection or celebrity detox, but Monahan Blythen’s latest project is in fact a funky playschool for the toddlers of Great Yarmouth
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Features… and a treehouse in the classroom
A new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum shows that children make some of the most inspiring, imaginative and brutally honest clients.
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News
CSCS set to play leading role in Clarke’s immigration plans
Industry scheme could act as ‘preferred template’ for Home Office’s Australian-style immigration policy
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Features
Can paris be beaten?
The bookies, the population of Paris and the Queen of England all think that the French are about to add the 2012 Olympic Games to their sporting triumphs. We met the people behind the bid and found out why they’re so confident …
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Features
Regeneration in practice: Manchester
One of the city’s most crime-ridden housing estates is being given a John Prescott makeover, complete with signature architect and PFI funding. We report on how Plymouth Grove is going from war zone to des res
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FeaturesThe naked project manager
Philip Ashton PhD may be a reluctant televison star, but he’s happy to embrace the publicity Channel 4’s Bricking It has given young people in construction. We meet project management’s answer to Jamie Oliver.
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FeaturesVive la France!
Building’s round-up of the 300 biggest European contractors reveals that French firms Vinci and Bouygues have stormed to the top. Sonia Soltani went to Paris to meet the men responsible for the Gallic triumph.
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NewsDTI looks for firm to end National Physical Lab fiasco
Three years after it was due to be handed over, DTI takes over disastrous PFI project and puts it out to tender
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NewsCostain chief wins top honour
Stuart Doughty, chief executive of Costain Group, was among the construction industry figures on the New Year’s honours list
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