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FeaturesGatwick: Ground control
BIM is central to the success of Gatwick airport鈥檚 massive 拢1.2bn capital investment programme
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FeaturesHousing Design Awards 2015: Winners
This year鈥檚 Housing Design Awards show that the sector鈥檚 return to strength has brought with it bold and experimental design, with council housing and housing for older people in particular taking some unexpected forms
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FeaturesCrossrail: Service update
As Crossrail celebrates a trio of significant milestones, Ike Ijeh takes a look at the current state of play
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FeaturesBAR yachting HQ: At the rate of knots
Ben Ainslie Racing鈥檚 Portsmouth HQ embodies the bold spirit of the yacht teams it will house
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FeaturesGraveney School: Shining example
Tooting鈥檚 Graveney School teaches architecture to its schoolchildren, invites architects to lecture, and counts architects among its alumni
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FeaturesAction station: Bond street tube station
A cramped site 20m underground, below a busy street is not an easy place to conduct the 拢320m upgrade of Bond Street tube station. Especially when the only access is via two 9m-wide shafts.
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FeaturesLondon Business School: A perfect match
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 partial conversion of the Westminster Register Office complex includes a glazed link building for the entrance
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FeaturesA care in the world
Architype鈥檚 拢9.6m overhaul of St Michael鈥檚 Hospice in Herefordshire is a nuanced balance between residential and institutional functions
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FeaturesFrancis Crick Institute: Larger than life
The awe-inspiring scale, ambition and innovation of the Francis Crick Institute more than matches the pioneering biomedical research that is soon to take place within its walls
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FeaturesEnterprise Centre: A plan is thatched
The 拢11.6m Enterprise Centre at the University of East Anglia is one of the most innovative green buildings in the UK. But for its prefabricated cladding, it relies on the region鈥檚 most traditional building method
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FeaturesICE 2015 London Engineering Awards
This year鈥檚 awards showcase the diverse and innovative nature of projects taking place in the UK鈥檚 capital
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Features黑洞社区s as power stations
Scientists are working hard to make the built environment principally reliant on renewable energy. But with only 10% of their ideas leading to commercial application, a Swansea-based innovation centre aims to turn theory into practice
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FeaturesBristol Life Sciences: Split personality
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 Bristol Life Sciences building comprises a sober street facade that apes Georgian townhouse vernacular; and a dramatic, industrial laboratory elevation that ripples like a giant metallic wave
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FeaturesBritish pavilion, Milan: Get the buzz
Much of the site of this year鈥檚 British pavilion in Milan will evoke the spirit of British landscapes. But its crowning achievement will be a gigantic recreation of a beehive
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FeaturesA lesson in geometry: Knauf's UK headquarters
AHMM鈥檚 design for the new Knauf HQ is a masterclass in lineal precision, fitting seamlessly into its industrial riverside setting despite its modernist white exterior. Here鈥檚 how, with the use of some of the manufacturer鈥檚 own materials, the project stacked up to just 拢1.8m
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FeaturesThe eco-supermarket pioneers
As Sainsbury鈥檚 Greenwich, the pioneer of retail sustainability, prepares for possible demolition just 15 years after its opening, we look at how eco-stores have evolved since, with supermarkets attempting to save energy and boost their green credentials
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Features黑洞社区 Awards Small Project of the Year: Maggie's cancer centre, Aberdeen
With its streamlined, organic form enhancing its welcoming ethos, the latest Maggie鈥檚 Cancer Caring Centre in Aberdeen, designed by Sn酶hetta, is a worthy winner of this year鈥檚 Small Project of the Year 黑洞社区 Award
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FeaturesCreating the Design Museum's new home
The iconic Commonwealth Institute needed a new tenant - and the iconic Design Museum needed a new home. But adapting a fragile and low-spec sixties building to house a visitor attraction meant using some serious technical know-how
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FeaturesParking problems on housing developments
Few things outrage the driver鈥檚 innate sense of entitlement more than not being able to find a car parking space near to home. Yet planners and designers are still grappling to reconcile the need to placate the resident with the desire to minimise the impact of the car
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FeaturesSuch stuff as dreams are made on: Sam Wanamaker Playhouse
Seventeen years after the reconstruction of Shakespeare鈥檚 Globe, the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse completes the vision in dazzling style