Opinion – Page 249
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Triple glazing for offices: consider the context
It should not be surprising that savings on the fabric conduction energy in city offices can be less than the extra for embodied energy
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Don't condemn wood
Wood is an adequate mainstream construction material and affords building designers a wealth of possibilities and opportunities
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Materials: Cradle to the grave
A blanket statement favouring one material does nothing to push sustainability forward
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Nissan's supercar: Time to test-drive some buildings
Nissan’s new supercar, the Delta Wing, will be subject to public scrutiny and objective testing at Le Mans. Why don’t we have more ‘test-drives’ for buildings?
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Wonders & blunders with Luke Schuberth
Transport interchanges are a major part of our experience of a city, says Luke Schuberth. He compares the gothic glory of King’s Cross St Pancras to the confusion of Hammersmith
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Subterranean Serpentine strikes hollow note
The Serpentine Gallery’s latest pavilion is high in concept but unconvincing in practice
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My digital life... Jayne Dennyson
The director of business development for the UK Green Ðǿմ«Ã½ Council is on Twitter but has yet to tweet and prefers iPhone to Blackberry
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And we're off... Or are we?
The starter’s gun has sounded and the race for PSBP work is finally underway. But, with questions left unanswered, contractors may find themselves left on the starting line
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Opportunities in the hotels sector
Hotel development was once a licence to live dangerously but the recession has created a more sensible environment that could still yield dividends, says Eric Jafari
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Housebuilding rates: supply and demand
Houses are only built as fast as people will buy them
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Wonders & blunders with Martin Winch
The Albert Memorial is a fitting tribute to a former Royal consort, while Tolworth Tower remains an uninspiring piece of suburban architecture
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Priority schools: what now?
The cheer the constructon industry got from the release of the list of the 261 schools to be included in the Priority Schools Ðǿմ«Ã½ Programme has been tempered by uncertainty about how the initiative will actually work
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Hansom: Doubling up
This week, the long-awaited Kanye West/OMA collaboration, the white heat of technology at the BCO conference and a Godzilla-sized image of the House of Windsor looms over London
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Monarchs and architecture: King George IV
How much influence have the Royals had on British architecture? Ðǿմ«Ã½ investigates
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Making Priority Schools add up
Gove’s announcement secures precious funding for some schools, but there are still questions about how the procurement will work
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Part 8 declaration declined: R&C Electrical Ltd vs Shaylor Construction Ltd
This case reaffirms the principle that in limited circumstances a party may set off against an adjudicator’s decision