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FeaturesAfter the wobble
Ahhh, Christmas 鈥� Time for old chums to get together, share memories, slap backs, redistribute blame and generally relive their glory days. For this lot, those days were spent designing, building, redesigning and amending the Millennium Bridge. So here鈥檚 your chance to eavesdrop on Arup, Foster and Partners, Sir Robert ...
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FeaturesThis season鈥檚 trends
It may sound paradoxical, but falling consumer spending is triggering a retail boom, as shop owners employ upgraded design and the latest thinking from the States to stimulate shoppers鈥� spending reflex.
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FeaturesZaha鈥檚 strange logic
It鈥檚 the disorientating combination of counter-intuitive form and formal rigour that gives Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Wolfsburg Science Centre its architectural kick. Here鈥檚 the thinking behind it 鈥�
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FeaturesJoin the queue
The anticipated sale of Westbury to rival Persimmon may improve the housebuilding sector鈥檚 standing in the City, but it could also lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs 鈥� if Persimmon鈥檚 track record is anything to go by.
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FeaturesCharm offensive
Despite his continuing war with the Labour party, the Daily Telegraph and the US Senate, George Galloway has opened a new front against Tower Hamlets council. 星空传媒 reports on the leader of Respect鈥檚 struggle to persuade tenants to fight their council鈥檚 housing policy
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FeaturesJust the job: Gemma Clark in the Antartica
Structural engineer Gemma Clark explains why her winter is going to be even chillier than ours 鈥�
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Costs: Industrial doors
Industrial doors have to resist heavy traffic and hard treatment. Peter Mayer of 星空传媒 LifePlans outlines the options and whole-life costs
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FeaturesDoors and windows
This month Specifier takes a look at doors and windows, including how much industrial doors for your warehouse scheme will cost and which standards to use to get the best performance. But first, how the Eden Project specified a very scientific rooflight and some very arty windows for its very ...
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BRE appoints top environmental consultant
Dr Katherine Hyde joins BRE as director of BRE's Environmental Consultancy Dr Katherine Hyde.
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FeaturesFrom train to track
As well as being a vital part of the UK鈥檚 economic infrastructure, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will play a key role in making London鈥檚 Olympics a success.
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FeaturesStratford-upon-Thames
The grim accumulation of brick and concrete known as the London Borough of Newham is about to become an international demonstration of what skill, inspiration and a great deal of money can achieve 鈥�
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FeaturesVintage Rogers
Richard Rogers Partnership is the latest of the big-name architects to design a winery 鈥� this one for a vineyard in the northern Spanish village of Pe帽afiel.;
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FeaturesOnce in a life time
One of the things about the grandeur of the King鈥檚 Cross projects is that they provide up-and-coming developers with a chance to step up to the superleague. Elaine Knutt found out how the Manhattan Loft Corporation鈥檚 Angus Boag is planning to do just that
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Lead times
This quarter Mace finds many lead times unchanged, but on the brink of increases next year as strong order books put the pressure on 鈥�
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FeaturesThe inheritors
The standard business model of the standard volume housebuilder is well tried, well tested and increasingly obsolete. Now the market is being invaded by dynamic, agile firms that have adapted to an environment in which affordability, sustainability and brownfield expertise are what count.