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FeaturesDream house Down Under
When Paul and Jaki Halliday decided to leave London鈥檚 traffic-clogged rat鈥檚 maze for the hills of New South Wales, they celebrated by commissioning their ideal home. Martin Spring explains how their compatriot, Alan Higgs, designed it
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Features鈥業 can鈥檛 tell you on the hoof what our policy would be鈥�
Finding out where David Cameron stands on the big questions is a tricky matter, but at least he is starting by putting his own house in order. Thomas Lane spoke exclusively to the Tory leader, then met the architect and builder who are tackling the green makeover of his family ...
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FeaturesBeer, cannabis, glue and a generous helping of lime
No, not a recipe for a quiet night in, but rather the ingredients of Adnams鈥� deep green distribution centre. Thomas Lane went to Suffolk to meet a brewer with a difference
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FeaturesThis is madness
On the average job, contractors happily chuck away enough recyclable material to triple their profit. But not for much longer, if the DTI, environmental responsibility and economic sanity have any bearing on the matter.
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FeaturesA light topping
Kicking off this week鈥檚 Specifier, Sonia Soltani found out why the intricate larch structure has been shortlisted for a Wood award
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FeaturesGods of the Plague
They gave Shepherd Construction a two-sheet brief and asked it to build a lab secure enough to test the most dangerous virus on Earth 鈥� inside six months. Thomas Lane reports on how the team took the test and triumphed
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FeaturesUnder their wings
Ryder HKS鈥檚 Darlington Education Village brings together the least able children, including those with severe behavioural difficulties, and the most academic 鈥� an architectural and curatorial challenge that has been met with verve. Not bad for a PFI project
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FeaturesDown on the farm
Sonia Soltani reports on how a York council building is demonstrating the eco-credentials of an unlikely building material 鈥� straw
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FeaturesA 2bn student village in a bullet-proof vest
Construction of the first entire garrison to be built in 100 years is being marshalled with the same discipline and tactical precision needed in times of war.
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FeaturesAn oasis by the Elephant
Just around the corner from the Elephant & Castle shopping centre, a colourful housing scheme by de Rijke Marsh Morgan has replaced the drab greys of Southwark鈥檚 Heygate estate. Martin Spring explains how the project is just the beginning of a long-overdue 拢1.5bn regeneration plan
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FeaturesAll together now
Penoyre & Prasad鈥檚 Holywood Arches primary health centre in Belfast has enough of the boutique hotel about it to cheer visitors and patients alike. But it鈥檚 the inspired mix of health and social services that is its real triumph
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FeaturesLife after la corrida
Barcelona鈥檚 disused Las Arenas bullring is being transformed from a crumbling wreck into Richard Rogers鈥� vision for a leisure and entertainment venue, topped out with a UFO-style roof.
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FeaturesHansom鈥檚 other good idea
The Builder was his masterpiece, but nine years before it was born, Joseph Aloysius Hansom designed a civic temple for the proud city of Birmingham. Unlike the magazine you鈥檙e holding, it hasn鈥檛 aged well. Thomas Lane reports on the town hall鈥檚 long-awaited refurbishment
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FeaturesTo sir, with love
CABE has warned 精东影视 Schools for the Future risks procuring poor designs. But Wilkinson Eyre鈥檚 Bristol schools 鈥� the first off the blocks 鈥� are based on a lovingly prepared concept
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FeaturesGermany 1 England 0
鈥� but it鈥檚 the USA and Canada that take the title. As our 99% Campaign continues, Sonia Soltani explores the energy efficiency grants and tax incentives on offer around the world
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FeaturesEuropa central
Berlin鈥檚 拢170m Hauptbahnhof is the first central train station in a European capital for 100 years. It鈥檚 also a state-of-the-art update of the 19-century industrial cathedral, a hub at the heart of Europe and a stunning piece of engineering. So why did the architect end up suing its client, then? ...
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FeaturesHow green is 精东影视鈥檚 building?
By now, there should be an energy certification scheme in place for office buildings, but there isn鈥檛. So Thomas Lane organised one for Ludgate House, the home of 精东影视. Here鈥檚 what we found 鈥�
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FeaturesGetting well sooner
West London鈥檚 BECAD hospital takes traditional healthcare and repackages it into one seamless facility that offers more patients better services for a fraction of the usual effort, space and cost 鈥� Martin Spring explains how it was done
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FeaturesA typical guzzling, leaking, seeping, spewing british home
To highlight the energy inefficiency at the heart of the UK鈥檚 existing housing stock, Thomas Lane took energy consultant Cathy Hough to inspect a typical south London terraced house, built 100 years before the latest revision to Part L. It wasn鈥檛 pretty 鈥�