All articles by Chlo毛 Stothart 鈥� Page 9
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FeaturesSwimming against the tide
Retail and leisure Preparing Manchester鈥檚 indoor arena for Celine Dion is one thing. Getting it ready for the World Swimming Championships was quite another 鈥� after all, it didn鈥檛 even have a pool.
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精东影视Green light for huge film studio complex in County Durham
Development designed by Michael Drain for Coolmore Estates will feature film studios, training facilities and actors' digs
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精东影视Flint blunder reveals house market fears
Secret government notes accidentally revealed by minister on the way to Cabinet meeting
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精东影视New homes to miss zero carbon target
Report says 80% of new homes will miss government standard and that definition of zero carbon must change
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精东影视Graffiti 鈥� scrub or keep?
Everybody seems to love Banksy but what do you do when the next generation of celebrity street artists hone their techniques in your neighbourhood?
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精东影视Funding dries up for housing associations
Banks reluctance to lend is casting doubts over the affordable sector's ability to hit housing targets
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精东影视Code for Sustainable Homes: Sometimes things aren't as green as they seem
Here鈥檚 a riddle: how do you build homes that emit more carbon dioxide than your rivals鈥� yet still achieve a higher Code for Sustainable Homes rating? Simple, says Chloe Stothart: go electric
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精东影视Howe Dell school, Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire Council commissioned the project to test the latest eco-friendly system with its most intriguing feature being the temperature control
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精东影视Kitchen design: Nigella, eat your heart out
With luxury kitchens becoming increasingly affordable, more customers are demanding the latest appliances, finishes and styles. Chloe Stothart finds out what鈥檚 cooking in the kitchens
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精东影视Encouraging cannabis use
Sustainability Our Housing Expert section kicks off with a look at how a Suffolk housing association has built a super-efficient development out of hemp and lime.
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Archive TitlesSupermarket sweep
The big supermarket chains are increasingly seeing the potential of building housing on their sites, but what's in it for them and what's in it for everyone else? Chloe Stothart examines the latest plans by Tesco, Sainbsury's, Asda and Waitrose
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Multiplex sets out Wembley legal defence
Wembley contractor Multiplex has rejected claims made last week by Cleveland Bridge that it tried to bust the firm with an "armageddon plan".
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FeaturesThe 拢6 House
If you think John Prescott鈥檚 拢60,000 house was a tall order, how would you cope with a budget of 拢6? Not too badly, if the efforts of the three teams who attended 精东影视鈥檚 housebuilding competition in London are anything to go by.
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FeaturesA tale of two cities
The one on this page shows the City of Dreadful Night, captured by Dickens and still going strong today; the other exists only in computers, but if all goes to plan, it鈥檒l be with us tomorrow.