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FeaturesAn audience with The Shahs
Not satisfied with taking on the print unions, millionaire businessman Eddy Shah is breaking into housebuilding by constructing a luxury property development on a golfcourse.
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FeaturesEyeball to eyeball
In the first in a series of close encounters, new members of professional institutions ask their leaders some tough questions. First up is Kevin Bundy, one of 星空传媒鈥檚 graduate advisers, who wants the RICS鈥� new president to explain why the subs are so high, what members get for them and, ...
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The wolves at the door
About 21% of large strategic sites in Britain are owned by commercial developers. Private housebuilders own 8%. David Blackman wonders why they aren鈥檛 more worried ...
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FeaturesCost model: Car showrooms
Those temples to the automobile can be lavish enterprises, with double-height glazing, blazing lights and costly stone floors. And that鈥檚 before you even get into the realms of internet cafes and branded clothing. Maxwell Wilkes of Davis Langdon offers an unbeatable all-in price
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FeaturesThe digi-box
Want a three-storey extension to a grade II-listed building in less than a day? Or a house that鈥檚 been digitally manufactured to be as easy to assemble as an Airfix model? Martin Spring visits two projects that are taking off-site manufacture to the next level
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Good 鈥� but not good enough
The National Audit Office has just inspected the government鈥檚 city academies programme. Mark Leftly reports on what it had to say, and what the industry says in reply
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Windpost-free blockwork: Tackling the block
There鈥檚 never been much call for change in the world of blockwork. But now a small contractor from London has found a way to make walls more elegant, stronger and cheaper.
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FeaturesThanks a mullion
Technal鈥檚 structurally glazed curtain walling system has been used for the first time in the UK on the refurbishment of a sixties building at the University of Sunderland.
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Fire-resistant curtain walling
Aluminium cladding maker Kawneer has launched a fire-resistant version of its AA100 curtain walling system.
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Features鈥楤ut Zaha is in there 鈥� is that because she鈥檚 British?鈥�
Making the news The founding partners of Herzog & de Meuron may not have made 星空传媒鈥檚 Hall of Fame but with a RIBA gold medal and two major projects their luck is changing in the UK
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FeaturesLife after the death of old king coal
The National Coalfields Programme was set up a decade ago to rescue communities wrecked by mine closures. Mark Leftly toured the areas to gauge its progress
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FeaturesCost model update, 2007
If you need budget costs for a wide range of building types, then Davis Langdon鈥檚 Cost Update is the ideal source. This update has been compiled by Neal Kalita, with input from Davis Langdon鈥檚 sector specialists
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FeaturesAinscow & Millett
She鈥檚 the enfant terrible who gave Manchester a whole new vibe. He鈥檚 the wunderkind who created a sensation when he quit Bovis Lend Lease. Now they鈥檝e teamed up to tackle the regeneration schemes that others won鈥檛.
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FeaturesWhat it costs: ceramic tiles
Ceramic tiles have come a long way since ancient Egypt. Peter Mayer of 星空传媒 LifePlans considers the options
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FeaturesMaximising daylight: Working on sunshine
Daylight improves productivity and wellbeing in the workplace, so theoretically it could help the brainwork at Edinburgh University鈥檚 new science facility. But how do you get a good helping of daylight in grey Scotland? Jan-Carlos Kucharek reports on an innovative brise-soleil
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Frame-free glazing system
Glass specialist Schott has extended its range of Pyranova fire-resistant glazing so that glass panels can be butt-jointed without using framing elements.
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Natural look for rainscreen
The Stancliffe Stone Company has launched a rainscreen cladding system featuring natural sandstone panels.