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Colourful panelling options
Fibreglass Grating has launched a range of composite, colour-tinted translucent screening and cladding panels.
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Apartment blocks
Marley Eternit's fibre-cement rainscreen cladding panels were selected by Heat Architects for the conversion of two 1950s light industrial buildings into apartments.
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Steel sheet finishes
Stainless steel maker Ugine & Alz has introduced a range of finishes to the UK.
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FeaturesMetallic finishes
Shackerley has added a range of metallic finishes to the ceramic granite panels of its rainscreen cladding system.
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FeaturesThe Cube route
ETFE specialist Vector Foiltec鈥檚 involvement in building an iconic aquatic centre for the 2008 Beijing Olympics has called for the relocation of its fabrication operation to China, as managing director Ben Morris explains.
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FeaturesWe鈥檝e got it covered ...
As pressure mounts for suppliers to improve energy efficiency, Italian cladding maker Permasteelisa explains how it鈥檚 doing its bit for the environment.
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FeaturesThey love me. they love me not. they love me ...
The RIBA went all out in Valentine鈥檚 week to give fledgling architecture practices a chance to seduce Olympic decision-makers. Katie Puckett went along to the speed-dating spectacular and found that romance isn鈥檛 dead
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FeaturesBetter than the real thing
Can a combination of virtual reality sites and actors playing stroppy carpenters prepare workers for a career in construction? Dan Stewart gives it a try
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FeaturesSuffering in silence
For the 25 years that he was a crane driver, Terry Duxbury endured the job鈥檚 unsafe conditions and culture of never speaking out. Here he tells Sarah Richardson about the terrible personal price he had to pay before he found his voice
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FeaturesThe i-wasp generation
Reading University鈥檚 Colin Gray explains how construction best practice can be downloaded as easily as music
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A happy new year for Bovis as it tops the charts
Contractor takes the lead with 拢451m worth of projects in January
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FeaturesCan you read me? Dutch architect MVRDV
Dutch architect MVRDV has divided its modernism-influenced Barcode House into nine distinct strips, each with its own purpose
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FeaturesStop passing the buck
Making the news Sustainability needs to be a priority not a chore, says Sir Jonathon Porritt
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International costs: 2007
It鈥檚 a suppliers鈥� market as delivery delays complicate schedules and demand pushes inflation up. Gardiner & Theobald examines global costs and forecasts in this yearly update
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Features鈥楳y most obvious mistake? Taking out the dampers on the Millennium Bridge鈥�
HOW THEY MADE IT - Despite that minor mishap, Chris Wise is proud of the 20 years鈥� work he did at Arup. He tells Dan Stewart what he learned 鈥� and why the best is yet to come
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FeaturesDead Sea canal: And the dead shall live
Vikki Miller reports on how a canal became an obsession for architects and engineers around the world, including a chap at Foster + Partners
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Features鈥楶ut this job on a CV and it'll set you up for life鈥�
Being there There are some projects that every self-respecting graduate would do just about anything to work on. Dan Stewart meets nine tyros who had the chance to tackle Heathrow T5
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FeaturesA guy called Gerald
A tycoon, a predator, a convict, a philanthropist, a philosopher, a doting father ... even among the outsized characters who make up the property developing fraternity, Gerald Ronson is remarkable. Emily Wright found out just how remarkable