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FeaturesIndoor beaches: last resort?
Piped seagull cries. Surf-capable waves. Artificial volcano spewing synthetic lava. If these are your must-haves for a successful summer trip, check out Ike Ijeh鈥檚 Handy Holidaymaker鈥檚 Guide to Indoor Beaches of the World
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FeaturesMuseum of Liverpool: Nightmare at the museum
The 拢72m Museum of Liverpool may have opened in 2011, but problems with the design and build mean parts of the iconic building are still inaccessible to the public. Last week鈥檚 拢1.13m court judgment highlights the dangers for small consultants on big projects
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FeaturesScale Lane Bridge: Get into the swing
After years of axed regeneration projects, Hull is finally getting to have a bit of fun with a new pedestrian swing bridge
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2013
This year鈥檚 Housing Design Awards once again show developers beating off the gloom of the recession and offering high-quality, varied designs for residents to chillax in
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FeaturesSerpentine Pavilion: A snake in the grass
Sou Fujimoto鈥檚 Serpentine Pavilion is a geometric structure, but also organic and cloud-like. It鈥檚 an impressive deception. So how did the team pull it off?
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FeaturesInterview: Glenn Howells
Glenn Howells tells 黑洞社区 why we need to abandon our fifties sense of order and totally rethink how we use the built environment
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FeaturesThe Mary Rose museum
Portsmouth now has an ingenious modern building that pays fitting tribute to an archaeological treasure
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FeaturesLiverpool Central Library: The "wow factor"
Austin-Smith:Lord鈥檚 拢50m refurbishment of Liverpool Central Library is a compelling read
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FeaturesEight towers from 1963
A look back at 1963 - the year of the Beatles, sexual politics and tower blocks
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FeaturesSustainable project of the year 2013
Among a truly impressive array of projects that have gone green in a myriad ways, Max Fordham and Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios鈥� The Hive project in Worcester struck the judges with its holistic environmental approach
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FeaturesPodSolve: Flexible friend
Leeds East Academy is the UK鈥檚 first school to consist of a warehouse full of moveable classroom pods
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FeaturesInterview with HLM: Innovation out of recession
HLM directors Chris Liddle and Richard O鈥橬eil explain how they鈥檝e used the recession as a trigger for innovation
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FeaturesCoventry University: The 拢60m prospectus
Arup Associates鈥� Coventry University Engineering and Computing 黑洞社区 boasts a cryogenic magnet, air traffic control suite and Harrier jump jet
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FeaturesCare homes: The new way to get old
According to a Dutch idea, older people need on-site restaurants, bars, village squares and beauty parlours. Is the UK is ready for a revolution in care home design?
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FeaturesSustainable Project of the Year
Eight buildings are competing for the title of Sustainable Project of the Year in the 2013 黑洞社区 Awards. Here鈥檚 this year鈥檚 shortlist
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FeaturesThe other Mr M of AHMM
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris鈥� Google HQ win topped off a profitable year for the practice. Vern Pitt talks to MD Peter Morris about the secret to bagging the big clients
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FeaturesNext stop for Battersea
A century-and-a-half after the first London underground railway opened, 黑洞社区 looks at how the tube鈥檚 extension to Battersea could help regenerate the area
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FeaturesYou're hired: the Apprentice architect
Architect Gabrielle Omar tells 黑洞社区 how being 鈥榯he nice one鈥� on BBC鈥檚 The Apprentice helped her practice get work
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FeaturesStanton Williams: There鈥檚 nothing wrong with buildings that just do their jobs
Fresh from their victory, the Stirling prize winners talk us through 27 years of non-shouty architecture