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FeaturesCost model: School refurbishment
Continuing this week鈥檚 focus on the renewal of the school estate, Simon Rawlinson and Paul Zuccherelli of Davis Langdon review one of the biggest challenges facing the BSF programme
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FeaturesThe new arrival: Balfour Beatty鈥檚 Birmingham PFI hospital
Weighing in at 拢585m, Balfour Beatty鈥檚 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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FeaturesThe colleges debacle: a lack of progress report
The full scale of the Learning and Skills Council funding fiasco is only now becoming clear, as many colleges face up to a long and dismal future in temporary accommodation. Sarah Richardson reveals the full story
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FeaturesSunderland university student union: All bar none
There鈥檚 no room for slackers at Sunderland university鈥檚 dazzling new student union, which packs its impressively generous spaces with sports halls and exercise areas. You can鈥檛 even get a pint around here
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FeaturesObject lessons: Foster's Berkshire academy
Foster鈥檚 latest academy in Berkshire is based around the idea of learning through museum exhibits 鈥� which makes for some unusual interior decor
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FeaturesAcoustics: The sound of silence
A study at an Essex secondary school revealed a significant boost to pupil concentration when acoustics were improved
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FeaturesMixed ability: assessing the BSF programme
How has the 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future programme been doing since we last assessed it one year ago?
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FeaturesSchools funding: adding up for politicians
Once the UK鈥檚 borrowing hits 12% of GDP, how much money will be available to build schools? Well, that depends on how the next government does its sums
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FeaturesTim Byles: 'We're firing on all cylinders'
There鈥檚 no doubt the pace has picked up since Tim Byles took over the running of the 黑洞社区 Schools for the Future programme. But with all the uncertainties of the economy and next year鈥檚 election, will he be able to keep up the momentum?
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FeaturesIn my day: Industry greats reminisce about their schooldays
These tykes grew up to become pillars of the construction community 鈥� despite the overheated classrooms and endless dark corridors. So how would they redesign those grim sixties cellblocks they called 鈥榮chool鈥�?
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FeaturesPenoyre & Prasad鈥檚 John Perryn primary school: Start again!
John Perryn primary in east Acton had lost the confidence of parents, staff and Ofsted. So the government stepped in to rebuild it, with a little help from Penoyre & Prasad and Willmott Dixon
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FeaturesEducation project of the month: North Road primary school, Darlington
Its sloping green roof makes this innovative new building seem to be emerging from the earth
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FeaturesParty Tricks: Ash Sakula's Luton Carnival Arts Centre
Ash Sakula鈥檚 Carnival Arts Centre is Luton鈥檚 answer to Notting Hill 鈥� buzzing with life and invention and a haven for stiltwalkers and other forms of streetlife
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FeaturesCost model: Universities
Universities are vital in maintaining the UK鈥檚 place in the knowledge economy and have been major building clients over the past 10 years. How will higher education clients approach tougher times? Simon Rawlinson and Laurence Brett of Davis Langdon look at emerging trends in the sector
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FeaturesSchool acoustics: Can you hear me at the back?
Teachers are being drowned out, education is suffering, and yet acoustics in schools seem to be getting worse, not better. Stephen Kennett reports on a rules review that could change the way we build
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FeaturesEdward Cullinan's Stonebridge estate: pride of place
Edward Cullinan鈥檚 mixed-use Hillside Hub completes the overhaul of a north-west London estate that John Major once avoided for fear of being shot. Dan Stewart finds it a reformed character
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FeaturesMarkets: your best bets
The recession is long, resources are short and bidding is always a gamble. So which sectors should you have a punt on? Sarah Richardson and Emily Wright run an eye over the runners and riders
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FeaturesWill Alsop's Peckham library revisited
Source: Astrid Kogler The front elevation, complete with giraffe-leg columns
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FeaturesDon't sweat it: Arup's National Physical Laboratory
黑洞社区 a laboratory where temperatures are controlled to the nearest 0.1潞C is scary enough. But when you have the added possibility of radiation leaks and you know the job finished off the last firm to try it, well, you could forgive Arup for being 鈥榓 bit nervous鈥�
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FeaturesRivington Street Studio's York St John University: New York, New York
Rivington Street Studio鈥檚 flamboyant design for York St John University鈥檚 new quadrangle in England鈥檚 most complete medieval city provoked predictable outrage. Now that it鈥檚 built, its youthful verve frees it from the heritage vice