More Focus – Page 381

  • The site at the busy heart of Heathrow
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    We have take-off

    2005-03-04T00:00:00Z

    On a miniscule site that gives new meaning to the phrase ‘close to the flightpath’, the team building Heathrow’s new air traffic control tower found an ingenious way to hoist the control room 87 m into the air.

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    Specifier Products

    2005-03-03T17:55:00Z

    In our cladding special this week, glass for flush facades or fighting fire, frameless glazing systems, multicoloured render or steel panels and 30 storeys of curtain walling in Liverpool – plus the latest news

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    Checklist

    2005-03-03T17:49:00Z

    Aesthetic and energy-saving requirements are resulting in increasingly sophisticated cladding specifications. Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg dispense some words of advice

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    Costs: Stone facades

    2005-03-03T17:40:00Z

    So do you go for natural or reconstructed stone for your stone facade? Which will offer the best whole-life value? Peter Mayer of the ǿմý Performance Group breaks down the options

  • St Mary’s Hospital has been reclad using Rheinzink, a zinc–titanium alloy sheet.
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    Cladding: The walls of St Mary’s

    2005-03-03T17:31:00Z

    This week we’ve got cladding well and truly covered, with an array of impressive products to make your facades beautiful and efficient, a breakdown of the whole-life costs of natural stone vs concrete finishes and eight steps to the perfect specification. But first, how the stainless steel at St Mary’s ...

  • Modern method of confection
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    Sweet taste of victory at Junior Open House

    2005-02-25T13:35:00Z

    Hansel and Gretel style house inspired by Willy Wonka wins school kids' design competition.

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    Catch ‘em young

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Nick Jones on how to recruit teenagers using websites, competitions and speed-dating

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    Appointments

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week

  • Improvement to schools, resulting in high-quality schemes such as this primary school in Cheshire built by Willmott Dixon, is a significant cost driver
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    Cost model update, February 2005

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    In this special cost model update, Davis Langdon looks at 18 building types – including offices, stadiums, theatres, schools, hospitals, housing and supermarkets – and adds the latest figures and current cost drivers

  • George Ferguson, RIBA president
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    I am fashion

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Jonathan Meades used his first column of the year to bemoan the passing of the “traditional” architect – the flamboyantly bow-tied, floppy-haired chap in deafening tweeds and yellow socks who mostly lived in the 19th holes of golf courses on a diet of gin and tonic, occasionally venturing forth to ...

  • David Chipperfield
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    Big in Japan (and China, the USA, Spain, Italy, Germany…)

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    David Chipperfield has quietly built up a highly exportable architectural practice, with competition wins all over the world. Now, the UK portfolio is belatedly taking shape – if clients can stop project-managing for long enough

  • The new urbanists’ charter for Moscow
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    One mean city

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Big construction in Moscow is a muscle market dominated by players with political connections, fast money and armoured cars. So what chance does a British firm have of getting a piece of the action?

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    The man with the golden pen

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    The pioneer of lightweight and membrane structures, whose 1960s designs still look futuristic today, 79-year-old German inventor Frei Otto has won the Royal Gold Medal for Architecture

  • The children’s door designs were turned into lockers
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    … and a treehouse in the classroom

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    A new exhibition at the Victoria & Albert museum shows that children make some of the most inspiring, imaginative and brutally honest clients.

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    The rush

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Red Bull Racing has taken an abandoned Second World War wind tunnel and turned it into a state-of-the-art testing facility. We report on the engineering that could give the Formula 1 team a competitive edge

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    20 facts about MIPIM

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Stuck for small talk? Elaine Knutt lists 20 things you always wanted to know about MIPIM (if only you’d realised it before)

  • Dream boats
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    Dream boats

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Whether you’re admiring them from the quayside at Cannes or partying on board, you can’t fail to be impressed. Adrian Morgan steps inside the super-yachts of the super-rich and famous

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    But seriously ...

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    What makes MIPIM such an industry must-do? Elaine Knutt explains why it’s not just the champagne and canapés that keep people coming back

  • Don't forget your toothbrush
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    Don't forget your toothbrush...

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    ...or any of these other essential items when you pack your bags for MIPIM

  • Foundation Maeght is one of the Cote d'Azur's star attractions
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    Site seeing

    2005-02-25T00:00:00Z

    Even the strongest constitution can find traipsing between stands and drinking into the small hours a bit much after a while. So how about playing hooky for an afternoon? Naomi Stungo suggests some great buildings to visit nearby