All Interviews articles – Page 40

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    Wet and wild

    1999-04-23T00:00:00Z

    Who says QSs are boring? David Weight may be a 50-year-old cost data manager, but he is also a champion surfer who spends every spare moment riding the waves

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    Bob the Builder

    1999-04-16T00:00:00Z

    What with his own Miss Moneypenny, crane Lofty and hell-raising scarecrow Spud there's never a dull moment in Bob the Builder's yard. But is it enough to save the image of construction?

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    Chris Smith

    1999-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The minister who has to juggle culture, media and sport is bidding to delegate responsibility for architecture to a new champion. Probably just as well, as his portfolio doesn't give him much time to keep up with new buildings.

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    The outsider

    1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Stepping down as a regional director of Bovis to take the helm of a family-run firm is a brave move. But it is one that has left Cliff Bryant feeling supercharged .

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    Peter Mason

    1999-03-26T00:00:00Z

    City opinion formers say he is a candidate for best chief executive in UK contracting, and the Square Mile has backed his Euro ambitions by tripling his firm's share price. So Amec's boss must be a happy man, mustn't he?

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    Urban warrior

    1999-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Skilled self-publicist Michael Gwilliam has transformed the "close to crusty" Civic Trust into an urban campaigner with influence. He wants to make the everyday better and this week, the trust's awards aim to do just that.

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    The front man

    1999-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Marco Goldschmied will take over as the new president of the RIBA in June. His plans are many and varied, but at the centre is one core goal to promote the profile of architecture.

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    E male

    1999-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Energetic, not to say egotistical, Studio E founder Cezary Bednarski is building an international reputation for his young practice. But how does ...

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    Luther Cochrane

    1999-02-19T00:00:00Z

    Sir Frank Lampl's anointed successor at Bovis on his new role, plans for the firm after those merger talks and the joys of being a dad.

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    Builder to the stars

    1999-02-12T00:00:00Z

    Irène Beard doesn't look like your conventional builder, but then her clients are hardly run-of-the-mill. Take Ringo Starr, for example

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    Circus troupe

    1999-02-05T00:00:00Z

    It made its name fitting out stylish loft apartments. Now, explains partner Duncan Chapman, nine-strong practice Circus Architects is changing its act to portable buildings.

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    The man on the tube

    1999-01-29T00:00:00Z

    QS Rafudin Bacchus played a feckless loafer in Channel 4's post-pub sitcom Tottenham 2, but now he's back on the job with London Underground. So, where does his heart really belong?

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    Daniel Libeskind

    1999-01-22T00:00:00Z

    His virtuoso designs for the Jewish Museum in Berlin and the Victoria & Albert Museum's Spiral extension have catapulted him into the architectural superleague, but the man behind them is both shy and approachable. Portrait by Julian Anderson

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    One-stop wonder

    1999-01-15T00:00:00Z

    Jose Castillo-Bernaus has a singular passion for integrated design. Now, in his new role as director of design at Amec, he is spreading the word about the merits of the one-stop shop.

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    At the wheel

    1999-01-08T00:00:00Z

    Although Gleeds' new senior partner Richard Steer has followed in his father's footsteps, he intends to take the cost consultant in a new direction.