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FeaturesFrance's nuclear fusion reactor: The hottest and coldest place on earth
黑洞社区 goes on the trail of the ITER - a 拢12.5bn multinational project that might just save the world 鈥�
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FeaturesBest supporting acts: The ICE awards
Beneath Londoners鈥� feet, on their roads and in their stations, the city is undergoing arguably its biggest transformation since the Victorian age. The ICE awards, held last week, celebrated the cream of this current wave of infrastructure projects. Thomas Lane rounds up the winners
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FeaturesSustainable supermarket: M&S's new Cheshire Oaks store
At this enormous store in Chester, M&S is putting its Plan A sustainability programme to the test. And from the zero-waste policy to the innovative use of natural materials, all the evidence suggests that this is one plan A that is actually working 鈥� 黑洞社区 reports
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FeaturesCladding the Dorchester extension: The rich kid next door
When you鈥檙e building a hotel for the young and fabulously wealthy, bronze cladding may not sound excessive, but it was still proving beyond the means of the team behind the Dorchester鈥檚 new extension project - until they discovered a spray-applied alternative 鈥� 黑洞社区 reports
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FeaturesFarringdon station overhaul: Boring? If only!
London鈥檚 Farringdon station has been given an overhaul and is ready for more passengers, bigger trains and Crossrail. But it hasn鈥檛 been an easy ride - and digging a 140m tunnel by hand was the least of it. By Thomas Lane. Photography by Colin Streater
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FeaturesHydropower: Water works
With all the controversy over solar, you鈥檇 be forgiven for forgetting that hydropower produces a thousand times more electricity. 黑洞社区 investigates a power source that could light up the industry
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FeaturesFlood-proof house: Home and dry
Would you build a house on the Norfolk Broads, one of the most flood-prone areas of the UK? LSI Architects did and its sophisticated design meant getting the project through planning was plain sailing.
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FeaturesTall building design: Is it safe?
Ten years ago the world watched two of New York鈥檚 most iconic towers come crashing to the ground. Since then the industry has changed the way tall buildings are built in an attempt to make them terror proof. 黑洞社区 takes a look
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FeaturesTop of the class: Passivhaus school design
A primary school in Exeter won鈥檛 win any architectural awards, but is earning gold stars in zero-carbon and Passivhaus design. Thomas Lane swots up on how to deliver a low-energy building on a budget
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FeaturesThe Shard: Foot of the mountain
The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?
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FeaturesStrata tower: Southwark鈥檚 sore thumb
The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London鈥檚 downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it鈥檚 meant to be giving a lift
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FeaturesWorcester Library and History Centre's roof
The Worcester Library and History Centre鈥檚 geometrically complex roof needed to bring light into the building as well as get air out. Luckily, a powerful parametric model came to the rescue, as Stephen Kennett discovered
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FeaturesHow cool is that? Hull Truck Theatre's passive-ventilated venue
Hull Truck Theatre鈥檚 new performance space uses a passive ventilation system that relies on a warm audience reaction 鈥� fortunately, that has never been in short supply
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FeaturesBrentwood Community Hospital: Operation sunlight
Sheppard Robson鈥檚 redevelopment of a PFI hospital in Essex aimed to maximise views for patients. But how did it square this rather pricey ambition with the need to keep costs down?