All Supplements articles – Page 44

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    On the money

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Few spending rounds have generated so much excitement – or dread – as next summer’s comprehensive spending review. Former government adviser Paul Hackett reveals what’s at stake and what’s in store for post-Blair Britain

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    Legal

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    A ruling at the European Court of Justice has changed the point at which an environmental impact assessment is required

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    Latest thinking on

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Cambridgeshire

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    My kind of town

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    It may come as a surprise, but hoards of Chinese and US regeneration experts are descending on Britain’s new towns. Even more surprising, perhaps, they’ve come to admire and learn. Gideon Amos opens our new towns special

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    Upcoming ideas

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    High-density family housing

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    Housing

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Later this year, barring further delays, the planning system will get a shake-up – PPS3. So what is it going to do for housing?

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    Kellys heroics

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The past month or so has been marked by Ruth Kelly’s coming out, not in the white chiffon frills of a debutante, but in her customary sensible trouser suit.

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    So here’s the plan

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Creating a large-scale mixed-use masterplan calls for a wide range of skills and knowledge. In the first in a series of three articles on masterplanning, Alex Davey, partner at Davis Langdon, looks at 10 key considerations

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    A happy ending?

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The story of Salford

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    Not so desperate housewives

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Back in 1986 when few of us had heard of sustainability (let alone Wisteria Lane), Milton Keynes launched a groundbreaking experiment in energy efficiency. Sonia Soltani went back to see how it had fared, and found the residents frantic not so much to save the planet as to enjoy those ...

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    Have councils lost the plot?

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    You would think that with the pressure on councils to build more homes on brownfield sites, they would be only too pleased to release the thousands of acres of unused employment land. So why aren’t they?

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    What makes a building sustainable?

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Would you recognise a sustainable building if you saw one? Paul Appleby says it’s not as easy as it first looks

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    Copper bottomed

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    The boss of regeneration developer St Modwen, ex-cop Anthony Glossop, prefers plain talking to flashy hyperbole. Then again, the company’s £46m bottom line does rather speak for itself.

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    Agenda

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    Kate Barker’s review of planning goes way beyond the confines of the Treasury

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    5 questions

    2006-07-14T00:00:00Z

    To Shelagh Grant, the new chief executive of the Housing Forum, one of Constructing Excellence’s sector forums

  • News

    Cladding

    2006-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The latest products and whole-life costs, notes on intelligent facades and the special love between an architect and its concrete supplier.

  • How the City of London would look with Foreign Office Architects’ Trinity Office Complex, just below the Swiss Re tower
    Features

    There’s more than one way to skin an office

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    The latest products and whole-life costs, notes on intelligent facades and the special love between an architect and its concrete supplier. But first, Sonia Soltani on the teams defying skills shortages to install extraordinary facades

  • The new Wembley Park underground station, complete with creamy, acid-etched Belgian cladding
    Features

    How we work together

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Or how an architect found its ideal supplier … This week Sonia Soltani tells the tale of Pascall + Watson and Belgian concrete firm Decomo

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    What to remember: facades

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Facades have got so intelligent these days, they can control your building’s airflow, heat transfer, lighting and acoustics. Barbour and Scott Brownrigg explore the options for specifiers

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    Costs: Curtain wallings

    2006-07-07T00:00:00Z

    Curtain walling looks simple, but it’s a complex network of systems and components. Peter Mayer of ºÚ¶´ÉçÇø LifePlans examines the whole-life costs and performance of all of them