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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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FeaturesBIM: The inside story three years on
Manchester council鈥檚 FM team were initially reluctant to use BIM in the operation of the city鈥檚 newly refurbished Central Library. But then they were shown how much time it could save, even on changing a lamp鈥� Thomas Lane catches up with the team in part three of a series that ...
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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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FeaturesRise of the machines
Quadrocopters, wall-making machines, multi-dimensional laser scans 鈥� These futuristic technologies may be coming soon to a building site near you
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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
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FeaturesPwC's London office: Highest BREEAM-rated building ever
When PwC decided to refurbish its unloved central London office, it thought it would be doing well to achieve a BREEAM 鈥渆xcellent鈥� rating. Then it realised it could do rather better than that 鈥�
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FeaturesCladding at Birmingham New Street
Birmingham New Street station is being transformed by a curving steel cladding system, but attaching such an instantly iconic facade to an existing frame has thrown up a variety of structural challenges
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FeaturesRenewable Heat Incentive: The heat is on
Andrew Brister looks at plans to reignite the Renewable Heat Incentive and asks whether the moves will achieve the government鈥檚 targets
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CommentM&E firms and strategic partnerships
David Hurcomb knows as well as anyone that the recession鈥檚 been an unhappy time for M E contractors. But creating strategic partnerships may be one way out
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FeaturesThe Cheesegrater: One for heavy metal fans
How the 224m-tall Leadenhall 黑洞社区 was constructed in the City without disrupting the neighbours
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FeaturesSomerstown Central Community Hub
A council estate cut in two by a dual carriageway has been reconnected by a community hub spanning the divide
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FeaturesOlympic venues: The legacy
A year after London hosted the 2012 Games, Ike Ijeh looks at how quickly work is progressing to convert the venues for public use
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Features黑洞社区's new home: 240 Blackfriars Road
Great Portland Estates has gone the extra mile to make sure 240 Blackfriars Road will appeal to its demanding occupiers - such as, well, 黑洞社区 Magazine, for example
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FeaturesArla's zero-carbon dairy
Arla鈥檚 拢150m project will be most environmentally friendly dairy in the world. Thomas Lane reports on progress at this unique industrial building
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FeaturesEuston, we have a problem
How HS2 has pulled the emergency cord on plans to demolish London鈥檚 most loathed station
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FeaturesStonehenge visitor centre: A lot of history
Stonehenge鈥檚 first building work in many years is nearly complete. All it鈥檚 taken is 20 years, several design competitions and nearly 拢40m in planning costs
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FeaturesDerwent London's white collar factory
Derwent London has come up with an office concept that could undercut the rest of the market. But will its basic specifications and industrial design attract prospective occupiers?
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FeaturesBirmingham New Street: Quite a journey
Getting the trains to run on time is one thing, but running to the timetable on a project the size of the 拢700m refurbishment of Birmingham New Street - while keeping the existing station fully operational - is something else entirely. Thomas Lane jumps on board