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FeaturesCivil stars: ICE’s London award winners
Civil engineering may not be the most glamorous profession but the ICE’s London awards give its brightest and best their moment in the limelight. Thomas Lane takes a look at the winners
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FeaturesThe two-year rush hour: London’s Park Plaza hotel
Park Plaza has built a 1,000-bedroom hotel and conference centre in the middle of one of London’s noisiest roundabouts. But it was delivering the project in just 24 months that kept the construction team suitably stressed
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FeaturesThe best seats on earth: South Africa’s World Cup stadiums
On 11 June, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the first time it’s been held on the African continent. Some 32 nations will compete in 10 stadiums, five of which are new. Stephen Kennett and Thomas Lane take a look at the construction of the big three
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FeaturesTwist and shout: RMJM’s Abu Dhabi Capital Gate tower
RMJM’s Capital Gate tower in Abu Dhabi leans at a stomach-lurching 18º, making it a project that largely consisted of geometrical and structural problems – not least of which was finding out where the building had moved to each morning
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FeaturesScottish parliament: Miralles’ magnificent mess revisited
The bizarre mixture of the dysfunctional,the delightful and the disappointing that is the Scottish parliament building opened in 2004. Five-and-a-half years later, Martin Spring returned to ask the MSPs it was built for what it’s like to work in
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FeaturesVictorian Passivhaus: a Haus in Hackney
Is it possible to refurbish a Victorian house in a conservation area to Passivhaus standards? In the last in our series on upgrading existing homes, Thomas Lane visits one east Londoner who was determined to find out
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FeaturesDistrict heating: The heart of the community
District heating could hold the key for greening the UK’s existing homes. So why, when the technology exists and is used throughout Europe, do we still rely on individual systems?
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NewsThe hospitable: Foster + Partners’ Circle Bath hospital
Foster + Partners intended its first ever healthcare project – the 28-bed Circle Bath – to be as warm and welcoming as a five-star boutique hotel
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NewsBenoy's Hong Kong iSQUARE takes retail to a new level
Vertical shopping centre designed jointly with Rocco Design is 31 storeys high
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NewsViñoly unveils his New Domino riverfront park and housing complex in Brooklyn
Mixed-income New York housing scheme with four acres of public green space and riverfront esplanade goes for public review
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NewsHong Kong opens 1km long cable-stayed bridge
World’s second longest cable-stayed bridge spans the city’s Rambler Channel
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NewsChandlerKBS completes work on £108m Swiss retail village
Alpenrhein Outlet Village sits at the foot of the Alps near the famous St Moritz ski resort
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FeaturesThe new arrival: Balfour Beatty’s Birmingham PFI hospital
Weighing in at £585m, Balfour Beatty’s Birmingham PFI hospital was expected to be a difficult birth. Instead, it has been delivered with few complications, no trips to casualty, and ahead of its due date. Thomas Lane hands round the cigars
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RMJM to masterplan Vladivostok's new gambling zone
Architect wins contract for massive new leisure zone including casino, marina, ski centre and hotels at Russian city
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NewsPilgrims’ rest: Darb-Al-Khalil in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
This is the corner block of a 5.8ha development known as the Darb-Al-Khalil, that has just started on site just south of the Great Mosque in Mecca, Saudi Arabia
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FeaturesSunderland university student union: All bar none
There’s no room for slackers at Sunderland university’s dazzling new student union, which packs its impressively generous spaces with sports halls and exercise areas. You can’t even get a pint around here
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NewsSheffield's tallest tower will take six months to clad
£40m scheme designed by architects Conran & Partners will use around 6,000m2 of Wicona unitised curtain walling
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NewsEducation project of the month: Newcomen Primary school, Redcar
Atkins’ £3.5m project aims to maximise use of outdoor space
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FeaturesRome improvements: Hadid's Maxxi museum
Zaha Hadid’s long-awaited Maxxi art museum has given the Eternal City a bit of a shake-up
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NewsBeautiful game: Basra stadium
WSP’s American engineering consultant WSP Flack+Kurtz has revealed ambitious plans for a 65,000-seat football stadium in Basra