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FeaturesYoung ones
The Chartered Surveyors Training Trust is recruiting wannabe surveyors from as young as 16
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FeaturesMaking a stand
The five most eagerly awaited cricket matches for a generation are about to begin at Lord鈥檚 and will reach their climax at the Oval 鈥� which has been splendidly revamped for the occasion.
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FeaturesDo you want to join my tribe?
Henry Pitman is the Eton-educated businessman who founded Tribal as the universal solution to the public sector鈥檚 property problems. And he wants you to help him
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Homage to Klee
Renzo Piano鈥檚 Paul Klee Centre in Berne, Switzerland, takes inspiration from the rolling scenery behind it 鈥� a response to nature of which the Swiss artist would heartily approve
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FeaturesRuncorn鈥檚 Guggenheim
Okay, so it鈥檚 not Gehry, and this isn鈥檛 exactly Bilbao 鈥� Nevertheless, Runcorn鈥檚 sensational Brindley Arts Centre, designed by John Miller + Partners, could well have comparable regenerative properties 鈥� and it looks great.
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FeaturesShould i stay or should I go?
What would you give to live in country with a warm climate, shorter working hours and a choice of beaches for the weekend? How about two-thirds of your current salary and a year spent studying a foreign language? Hmmm 鈥� We present the 星空传媒/Hays Construction & Property international salary guide ...
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FeaturesGive us shelter
As global warming takes hold, and daytime temperatures start to rise, and air-conditioning becomes ever more controversial and expensive, more and more emphasis will be placed on what buildings are made from
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FeaturesUnder fire
How good is structural steel at resisting fires in high-rise buildings? The destruction of the Windsor Torre skyscraper in Madrid and the latest findings into the collapse of the World Trade Centre throw new light onto this crucial question.
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FeaturesL stands for Elcon
A concrete building system that died a death in Britain in the 1970s, and then proved immensely popular in the rest of the world, is about to be given a second chance
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FeaturesWhole-life costs: Office design
In the second of our series, David Weight of Currie & Brown looks at the differences in whole-life costs between a deep-plan, air-conditioned base office building and a shallow-plan scheme that is naturally ventilated
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FeaturesHousebuilders looking for commitment - The Rake鈥檚 Progress
Mercedes鈥� showcase for its cars at the old Brooklands racing circuit in Surrey copies the stylish slants and angles of its cars 鈥� all of which was achieved with 拢3.5m worth of high-tech insitu casting 鈥�
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FeaturesBright young homes
Gone are the grey high-rise flats of old 鈥� tenants on the Elmington Estate in south London now enjoy award-winning brick terraced housing designed by a team of top architects
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FeaturesSpecial brew
As work draws to a close on the third and final stage of Barratt鈥檚 three-year, 拢60m Brewery Wharf apartment development in Leeds city centre, Paul Russell examines the challenges that were overcome to create this striking monument to contemporary urban living
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Laing O鈥橰ourke topples Bovis from its throne
Bovis Lend Lease鈥檚 rule of annual contractor鈥檚 league is usurped by Laing O鈥橰ourke鈥檚 拢1.4bn contract wins
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FeaturesThe Genius of Botta
A retrospective of the work of architect Mario Botta, whose geometric forms 鈥� often expressed in brick 鈥� are celebrated across the globe
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FeaturesBond patterns in brickwork
In his second article on brick bonds, Mike Hammett focuses on their decorative potential
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FeaturesBetter yet
The Concrete Centre has welcomed a new standard covering the performance of innovative housing. Particularly so as concrete looks set to match the criteria with ease.
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A building in a bag
Two students at the Royal College of Art have come up with a brilliant idea for erecting durable, lightweight housing in disaster areas using a footpump and a sackful of 鈥楥oncrete Canvas鈥�
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FeaturesThe space age is over
鈥� Long live the age of the brick. At least, that鈥檚 what they鈥檙e all saying at Stonebridge Estate in north London, where 鈥榝uturistic鈥� concrete slabs have been demolished in favour of liveable brick-built homes