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FeaturesProducts - Doors and Windows
A combination of the best in doors, windows and flooring products, including framing an art deco gem and giving swing doors the silent treatment
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Products - Flooring
High-pressure laminateAlloc Commercial says its flooring now has a thicker and stronger high pressure laminate surface and an integral Silent System sound absorbent underlay. Alloc says the surface resists damp, diluted chemicals and cigarette burns and has been designed to endure heavier impacts. Alloc has also launched the new StoneStructure ...
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FeaturesWho's for dinner?
黑洞社区's finance pages are suddenly dominated by talk of takeovers. Housebuilders, consultants and contractors all feel the need to expand their bottom line by eating up their rivals. We look at how what is behind this unprecedented period of consolidation
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FeaturesRepeat after me: 'yes, I can run your project'
Take a look at these people 鈥� Do you recognise the one who'll best be able to manage your scheme? We investigate
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FeaturesBalancing act
In the first of a three-part series on achieving the right work鈥搇ife balance, Andrew Garbutt of Berkshire Consultancy asks: what do you want to get out of life?
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FeaturesProject review
Designing and building a 拢5.5m nanoscience research centre for Cambridge University was an ideal opportunity to create a building that was as futuristic as the technology it contained. Here's how 黑洞社区 Design Partnership and Gardiner & Theobald tackled it.
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FeaturesFurther and better particulars of 鈥� Richard Cuthbert chief executive of MouchelParkman
In the first of a monthly series on headline-hitting companies and leading industry figures, we chart the impressive rise of MouchelParkman's chief executive Richard Cuthbert
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FeaturesLateral perspective
Terry Farrell has launched two London housing schemes: one a 16-storey block of flats, the other a handful of 拢4m homes. He thinks one could be the answer to the South-east's housing shortage. So which would you put your money on? (PS: That is a trick question 鈥�)
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FeaturesHow's this for a high court?
Richard Roger's design brief for Antwerp's law courts was to create a roof that would add interest to the city's monotonous skyline. So the project team put geometrical thinking caps on and came up with some tall and dramatic shapes, as we found out
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FeaturesSmile 鈥� things couldn't be worse
After the slow death of the London office market and month after month of steadily worsening statistics, developers in the commercial sector are suddenly feeling a rush of confidence 鈥� We find out why
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Local lowdown
The Celtic tiger economy has produced a boom in Ireland's residential sector. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the impact on salaries and benefits
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FeaturesCost model: Urban design and infrastructure
Proposals for new communities in the South-east, and the redevelopment of existing urban sites will require large-scale investment in site infrastructure. In this month’s cost model, we examine the cost and value drivers associated with infrastructure and site amenities
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FeaturesKunsthaus Graz: You sexy thing
Graz is celebrating its status as Europe鈥檚 capital of culture with a dazzling architectural display 鈥� and a British contribution is stealing the show. We visited Kunsthaus Graz, a shocking, sensuous, biomorphic art gallery designed by Peter Cook and Colin Fournier 鈥� and still found time to sample the city鈥檚 ...
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FeaturesIn Person: Dennis Lenard
Trust an antipodean to want to turn everything upside down. But the new chief executive of Constructing Excellence thinks that's what we have to do to change the industry's image 鈥� and he's starting with a fundamental review of his own organisation. We spoke to the man who thinks Australian.
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The West is the best
We discover that if you're in the South-west, you're probably wondering what all the fuss is about