All Features articles – Page 173
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Sketch of the week: Snooker club
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Patrick Ward, a director at Haysom Ward Miller Architects
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This week in 2006
Four remaining bidders for the role of Olympic delivery partner for the London 2012 Olympics were given their last chance to bag the £5.2bn project
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Baylis Old School: Brute strength
While many brutalist schools are being knocked down, one in south London is making a virtue of its architectural heritage and converting into housing. Photographs by Edmund Sumner
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What to specify: Residential
This week One Lusty Gaze gets a soil and waste system, Orchard Village receives aluminium curtain walling and Hansgrohe releases its chrome plated overhead shower
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Market forecast: Not the whole story
As we look at the Q2 figures, people are ready to blame Brexit for plunging the UK construction economy into a darker period. But the reality is more complex. Michael Hubbard of Aecom reports
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Image of the week: Ready for the starting whistle?
The Olympic Rings inside the beach volleyball arena
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Sketch of the week: Churchill College, Cambridge
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Meredith Bowles, director at Mole Architects
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Rio 2016: The best of Rio
The 32 venues that will host the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are a mix of futuristic new build and ambitious reconstruction. Ike Ijeh takes us on a tour of the architectural highlightsÂ
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This week in 1996
Activists moved onto a barren piece of land in south London to protest the need for affordable housing
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Interview: Richard Saxon
Richard Saxon, chair of the Joint Contracts Tribunal, speaks to Ðǿմ«Ã½ legal columnist Francis Ho about new kinds of contracts, the competition, and where he thinks the industry is heading
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Rio 2016: Blood, sweat and tears
What with the economy nosediving, an all-consuming construction scandal, massive budget overruns and by the seat of their pants venue delivery - it’s a wonder the Rio Olympics are happening at all
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The North goes south
The idea of establishing a northern powerhouse has lost a powerful supporter with the departure of chancellor George Osborne. Is there the will and momentum now in Whitehall to keep the project going?
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Tracker: June 2016
The construction activity index ended Q2 at a level of 60 points, five points higher than a month earlier
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CPD 14 2016: Hybrid systems for domestic heating
Using case studies from a monitoring study of recent installations, this module explores the benefits of heating systems that combine a boiler and an air-to-water heat pump. It is sponsored by Daikin
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West Ham's new home: Who forgot the roof?
At a cost of £700m, nearly three times the initial estimate, questions are being raised about the price tag of the former Olympic stadium
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Sketch of the week: The Citadel
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Joe Tattoni, FAIA, principal at Ikon.5 Architects
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This week in 2006
A female reporter posed as a worker on site to test the theory that only men could master the art of a labourer
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Olympic Games: Keeping the legacy alive
Has the LLDC managed to adhere to the legacy promises that won the UK the Olympic bid in the first place?