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FeaturesSustainability: The new normal
To launch the programme for next year鈥檚 show and its central question of redefining sustainability for the construction industry, Ecobuild gathered a panel of experts to debate the question of what sustainability means to them, and to our industry
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2016: Winners
This year鈥檚 entries reveal some interesting trends in housebuilding in the UK such as a reduction in common space, urban design principles being applied to greenfield sites and the successful use of custom build
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FeaturesThis pensions crisis can only get worse
Consultants that offered generous final salary schemes decades ago are now suffering the consequences of shouldering huge pensions deficits
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Knightsbridge Crown Court
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle is by Ron Slade, one of the founding structural engineers of WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff
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FeaturesImage of the week: Badges of honour
A giant poppy is carved into the hillside at the Fovant Badges memorial near Salisbury in Wiltshire
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FeaturesThis week in 1991
British developers didn鈥檛 take advantage of investment opportunities in the newly dissolved Eastern Bloc
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: Land regeneration for housing
We consider the complex, multidisciplinary nature of land regeneration and how housing need and government policy are driving increased demand
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FeaturesResurgent regional cities
Developers and employers are looking outside the capital鈥檚 overheated market for opportunities in regional cities. Joey Gardiner goes beyond the northern powerhouse and looks at the prospects for Bristol, Birmingham and Glasgow
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FeaturesWhat to specify: Roofing
This week鈥檚 products for specification include PV roof tiles, a new non-combustible stone wool core and natural slates used on the first purpose-built gym in England
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FeaturesStavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre: Hit or myth
Renzo Piano鈥檚 Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Centre in Athens puts the Ancient Greek concept of an 鈥榓gora鈥� or meeting place at its heart
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FeaturesSketch of the week: The Sage, NYC
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Fernando Villa of Magnusson Architecture and Planning PC
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FeaturesOff-site construction: Out of site
This year has seen some great leaps forward for off-site construction. But is it the future of the industry or a cyclical fad?
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FeaturesV&A: Underground art
The V A鈥檚 拢49.5m subterranean extension had to be built without closing the main museum and without damaging the listed facades of the surrounding buildings. 星空传媒 reports on how Arup, AL_A and Wates made it without a wobble
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FeaturesTracker: May 2016
The construction activity index fell by a point in May following a brief peak in April, while individual sub-sectors enjoy mixed fortunes
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FeaturesBrexit: The vote that shook Britain
It鈥檚 hit construction hard - on the stock exchange, in boardrooms and on sites across the UK, people are starting to rethink an industry that is no longer part of the EU. But what exactly will change and how quickly?
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Features星空传媒 intelligence: Q1 2016
The latest figures from the Office for National Statistics show that total construction output grew over 2015, but that things are less buoyant for the first quarter of this year
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FeaturesThis week in 1961
As the outcome of the EU referendum is revealed, we revisit 1961, the year prime minister Harold Macmillan announced the UK would be applying for membership to the European Economic Community
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FeaturesSketch of the week: University of Winchester
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Richard Jobson, director at Design Engine