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Country focus: Spain
Spain has enjoyed a booming economy over the past 10 years, with annual growth well above the EU average. But is the fiesta about to end? Marcos Uttley del Corral of EC Harris reports
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Studio Royale
James Bond’s favourite car maker gets an appropriately elegant design workship
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Top 50 contractor websites: Restricted access
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø.co.uk’s survey of the top 50 contractors revealed that many of the biggest names in the industry are failing to make their websites accessible to all users
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Sustainability: Heat pumps
Can the technology that powers the humble fridge contribute to reducing carbon emissions in a cost-effective way? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon looks at what heat pumps can, and cannot, offer a future development
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Liverpool lost 40% of its jobs between 1972 and 1991 and so, unsurprisingly, its population has been in long-term decline. It still is.
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Liverpool One on-site: Welcome to paradise
How do you co-ordinate a £1bn budget, 40 buildings, 22 architects and 90 consultants to deliver the most ambitious regeneration scheme Liverpool has ever seen? Thomas Lane went to ask the man who has to do it
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Prefabricated toilet cubicles
Cubicle Centre has developed the Malvern range for washroom refurbishments.
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Phil Redmond
He’s known by many as the father of the modern soap opera. Others see him as the man who’ll deliver Liverpool’s year in the sun. But for some he’ll always be the QS who tackled Orton village hall …
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How to be a patron of the arts
No refurbished corporate headquarters is complete without its specially commissioned artwork – and 11-12 St James’s Square in west London wasn’t to be outdone.
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Occupant feedback: Did you have a good office today?
Poorly designed offices can easily demoralise a workforce, sapping productivity and profits. So the British Council for Offices is endeavouring to get designers, contractors and clients to take post-occupancy feedback seriously.
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Radiators you can sit on
Jaga Heating Products has launched a bench radiator for lobbies and public spaces.
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Movers and makers
Telling Lime Products and Pittsburgh Corning have begun testing their insulated cladding for flood prevention. Air-tightness, water-tightness and wind and impact resistance are being assessed using the standard methods. There will also be a new test to determine how well the system protects timber and steel frame buildings. ...
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Environment-friendly paint
ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Design Partnership has designed this administrative centre for Edinburgh council in the Waverley Valley district, mid-way between Princes Street and the Scottish parliament at Holyrood.
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Waterless urinals
A range of urinals has been launched by Gen Quip that operates without water or the need for waste cartridges, microbial blocks or deoderising tablets.
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Acoustic control
The London offices of insurer Friends Provident have been fitted with a sound control system by Acoustic Comfort.
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Track lighting
Zumtobel Lighting has launched the Tren modular track system for lighting high ceiling spaces.
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Morey Smith architects: Give it the works
The office space behind the modest Georgian facade of 11-12 St James’s Square would presently cost you £140 for every square foot you rent.
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Moby Dock
Liverpool’s year of glory as European Capital of Culture is launched this weekend at the city’s brand new arena and convention centre. The 41,000m2 leviathan combines an exhibition hall, auditorium and arena that are all immense in scale. And it takes pride of place on the riverfront next to the ...
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What does it take to be a player?
For anyone doing business in Liverpool’s development market, the answer is an ability to talk football for the full 90 minutes. And, as with the beautiful game, the property scene is all about getting one over on Manchester. Katie Puckett finds out if the Scousers have any hope of success