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The best seats on earth: South Africa’s World Cup stadiums

2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

On 11 June, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the first time it’s been held on the African continent. Some 32 nations will compete in 10 stadiums, five of which are new. Stephen Kennett and Thomas Lane take a look at the construction of the big three

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Zaha's Museum of Transport: The battle of the oil can

2009-10-30T00:00:00Z

Zaha Hadid’s Museum of Transport in Glasgow was designed with gothic zinc-clad ridges and 100m-plus roof spans. They looked great on a computer screen, but led to memorable rows with the project team

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Crazy angles, soaring steel: Zaha Hadid’s Guangzhou opera house

2009-07-17T00:00:00Z

As the Chinese city of Guangzhou races to build a new district in time for the 2010 Asian Games, the designs of two British architects enter the spotlight. Thomas Lane charts the trials, tribulations and triumphs of Zaha Hadid’s opera house and Wilkinson Eyre’s West Tower

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Tubular belge: Buro Happold's steel shopping centre

2009-05-22T00:00:00Z

Buro Happold’s roof for Liège’s new shopping centre takes the form of a 400m-long steel snake, which undulates to dramatically different heights. Stephen Kennett finds out how it was done

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Whole-life costs: Concrete vs steel

2006-06-23T00:00:00Z

What are the environmental, capital cost and lifetime cost differences between a building with a steel frame and one built using concrete? David Weight of cost consultant Currie & Brown applies the firm’s Live Options modelling system to find out

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Lifetime costs: Full metal packet

2002-02-21T00:00:00Z

Metal roof coverings are many and varied – and so are the accompanying costs. In the first of Specifier’s Lifetime costs series, the ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø Performance Group offers a guide to lifespan, whole-life costings and the durability of metal sheet roofing