All Features articles – Page 503

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    Travellin' man

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Charlie Hughes of Smart Futures discusses air miles, broken backs, Saddam Hussein and sustainability with us.

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    It's just, like, so L.A

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    A brick housing and commercial scheme in Fulham, west London, is evoking California with its multicoloured, polka-dotted facade and crazy shapes. We explain how architect CZWG is showing us the way to go west

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    No place like home

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    How Brady Mallalieu's award-winning St Catherine's Foyer has used warm brick to create a homely and welcoming place that helps give Dublin's homeless youngsters a better start in life.

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    The gain in panes

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    After seven years in development, the European Window Energy Rating System is ready to roll, and it's intended to be a better test of performance than U-values. We report on a scheme that's coming soon to a glazed area near you

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    Geometry and form

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Captivating new buildings from the four corners of the globe, all of which dare to be bold with brick

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    Stuck in the eighties?

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Remember the decade that taste forgot? Dennis Lenard reckons that the construction industry never left it. We ask some key figures if the industry really is frozen in time

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    Brickwork innovation, Latino-style

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The late Uruguayan-born structural engineer Eladio Dieste (1917-2000) achieved world fame with his advances in contemporary structural brickwork, particularly as a medium to compete with concrete.

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    Understanding brick mortars

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    In the first of a two-part series, Michael Hammett breaks down brickwork mortar, with top tips for the perfect mix depending on what you're building – and where

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    Beauty is but skin deep

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    … especially on these iconic buildings, made infamous by latent defects. The question is, why do problem projects keep getting built – and how can the industry learn from its mistakes?

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    April's no fool

    2004-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The April survey from Experian's Business Strategies division reports an increase in the industry's activity levels, with employment prospects and tender prices set to follow in the same direction

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    Appointments

    2004-06-17T11:25:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week

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    The rules

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    A sustainablitiy task group recommends a new building code and demands specifiers use more recycled materials. Plus, why housebuilders must shell out to comply with noise pollution standards.

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    Practice made perfect

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    It's easy to mistake David Morley Architects' clear-glazed NHS walk-in centre for a shop front. And that's the intention. We walked in to check it out, and he didn't even need an appointment …

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    Local lowdown: London

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Celebrities are searching for quick-thinking, tight-lipped site managers, but they aren't the only clients hiring in London. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose reports

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    Life on the line

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Rats. Diseases. Pitch dark. 130° heat. Airless, confined spaces. No water. Entombed under 30 m of concrete. Endless tunnels. All night, every night. This is not a recurring nightmare, it's a job. We took a journey to the end of the night with the track replacement boys.

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    Green and gold

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Transforming a dilapidated sliver of suburbia into award-winning, sedum-roofed housing was easy enough on paper. The hard part was pruning the specification to preserve the eco-friendly design – within budget.

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    Costs

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Eco-friendliness can be your budget's worst enemy. But help is at hand with Davis Langdon's cost indicator table, BRE's online tool to calculate cost–energy trade-offs, and XCO2 Consibee's sums on zero-heating homes

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    Cost model: Football stadiums

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Developers are in the grip of football fever, building iconic stadiums that will revive out-of-town areas. We look at the challenges in design, security and crowd control and highlights the retail and hospitality potential

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    Checklist

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    Photovoltaic panels can give a building instant green credentials, improve its insulation levels and add design flair. Specialist supplier Solar Century offers a nine-point plan to make the most of British sunshine

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    Ðǿմ«Ã½ in two dimensions

    2004-06-11T00:00:00Z

    This year's Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy was themed – by David Hockney, no less – on drawing, a discipline in which architects excel. We discovered the delights of Gallery VII