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FeaturesMission accomplished: University completes test drive towards net zero carbon building standard
Source: Ella Wheatley The building is located in a courtyard at Manchester Metropolitan University. Source: Ella Wheatley The multifunctional laboratory can be used as a small workshop, an exhibition space or as a venue for lectures Source: Ella Wheatley The laboratory is ...
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FeaturesHow Everton built their new stadium in just five years (Manchester United take note)
The first test event to demonstrate that the stadium meets safety standards was held in February. A second one was held in March with the third and final event, which will feature a capacity crowd, will take place later this year before the season starts ...
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FeaturesMax headroom: How floor jacking could give old buildings a new lease of life
Extending the building wasn鈥檛 an option as it is hemmed in above, below and on all four sides
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FeaturesIndustrial remix: how Hawkins Brown retuned Wakefield鈥檚 Tileyard North for the creative economy
Source: Hawkins\Brown Tileyard North seen from the north Once derelict and forgotten, Wakefield鈥檚 Rutland Mills has been transformed into a thriving hub for the music industry
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FeaturesCanada Water: Is it a match for Kings Cross?
The first phase of British Land鈥檚 53 acre mixed use development in south-east London is almost finished. Thomas Lane went along to have a look
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FeaturesWhy 65 Holborn Viaduct could be the most difficult site ever to be built on in London
A disused railway station below half of a central London site meant conventional piling was out of the question. The team that built a five-storey basement under Claridge鈥檚 hotel while keeping it open were drafted in to come up with a radical solution
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FeaturesThe Elephant reborn: How Multiplex is rebuilding a south London landmark
The crumbling Elephant and Castle shopping centre built in the 1960s is being reinvented as a mixed-use destination as part of Southwark council鈥檚 strategy to regenerate the area. Thomas Lane visits to see how it is coming along
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FeaturesHow a Victorian hospital became a forward-focused university department
When the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh moved to a new site on the edge of the city, the old hospital was left to rot because of its uncompromising layout. Two decades later it has been reinvented as the Edinburgh Futures Institute, an educational initative which seeks to help solve the ...
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Features鈥楤ecause the spaces work for children, they work for everyone鈥� 鈥� how the Whittington estate fosters a community for all ages
Two architects who have made a film about the child-friendly estate where they live explain what鈥檚 so special about its design
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FeaturesSpace House: 1960s icon gets another chance to shine
Centrepoint鈥檚 little sister was realised by the same architect and developer and built with similar pioneering techniques. Neglected for the past four decades, a recent refurbishment restores and celebrates the building鈥檚 groundbreaking architectural qualities
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FeaturesPicking up Carillion鈥檚 pieces: how Balfour Beatty finally finished the Midland Metropolitan University Hospital
West Birmingham鈥檚 new super hospital has just opened, six years later than planned following the failure of Carillion in 2018. Thomas Lane visits the new building to find out how the team overcame multiple problems, and to see what the finished project is like
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FeaturesHinkley Point C: 性吧电台 Britain鈥檚 first nuclear reactor in 30 years
Like its Finnish and French twins, Hinkley Point C has suffered from cost overuns and delays. What are the team doing to claw back the losses and what does this mean for Sizewell C?
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FeaturesThe Tribeca brick: Made from earth and water but (crucially) no fire
London鈥檚 largest life sciences project is trialling the use of a low carbon earth brick for the basement walls of the first phase. It could be a game-changer for schemes looking to radically reduce their carbon footprint.聽Thomas Lane聽reports
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FeaturesHow do you fix a grade I listed Oxford college built from RAAC?
All the roofs at St Catherine鈥檚 College were recently condemned thanks to the presence of RAAC. Thomas Lane reports on how the team came up with a solution that didn鈥檛 affect the historical significance of the Arne Jacobsen-designed campus
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NewsSarah Jones expected to be named construction minister
New Labour minister held industry and decarbonisation brief in opposition
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FeaturesBritish Land鈥檚 resurrection of Norton Folgate
Blossom Street was the focus of a vitriolic planning battle. But British Land has confounded the fears of Spitalfields residents by sensitively restoring many of the old buildings
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FeaturesDoes Roger De Haan鈥檚 Folkestone housing scheme deserve so much criticism?
Former Saga owner鈥檚 luxury Shoreline Crescent scheme has been completed following a string of headlines about its lack of affordable housing. Tom Lowe tours the building and is impressed by what he finds
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FeaturesThe making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Runnymede council have delivered a mixed-use scheme that aims to reverse the slow decline of this busy Surrey town. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesLearning on the job: how Wales is leading the way with net zero schools
The Vale of Glamorgan council and ISG have spent the past 10 years refining and monitoring their standardised school solution and have now gone from gas guzzlers to carbon negative, Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 M&S鈥檚 Oxford Street neighbour 鈥� and it鈥檚 being refurbished, not demolished
The former House of Fraser store is just half a mile from the M&S flagship which the retailer controversially wants to knock down and rebuild. Thomas Lane meets the team to find out how they are making the refurbishment work聽