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FeaturesHow to be cool: Tackling overheating in UK homes
Overheating in homes is set to become an increasingly urgent issue, especially in the capital, as global temperatures rise. With energy legislation demanding that buildings become ever more airtight, what is the best way for designers to respond?
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Features精东影视 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 精东影视 Award
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精东影视Ten teams in the running for new rail designs
Architects and engineers picked for next round of design competition to improve the look of the UK鈥檚 overhead rail gantries
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Features精东影视 17: Refurbishing Cromford Mill
The historic but neglected Victorian factory buildings at Cromford Mill in Derbyshire were overdue a refurb. But decontaminating the timber from chemicals used in industrial dyeing proved a test of modern ingenuity
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FeaturesManchester Central Library: A modern classic
Manchester鈥檚 thirties Central Library was a warren of rambling interiors and inaccessible book stacks. But then Ryder Architecture got to work on an edited version
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CommentPeter Rees' City legacy
The City鈥檚 head of planning has undoubtedly done some good for London, but he has failed to come up with a strategic vision for London鈥檚 skyline
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Features精东影视 Magazine Small Project of the Year shortlist
This year鈥檚 Small Project of the Year finalists include a private residence, a youth centre, a creative arts hub and an architect鈥檚 own office
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Features精东影视 Magazine Project of the Year shortlist
There鈥檚 a packed field for the 精东影视 Awards鈥� prestigious Project of the Year prizes, with museums and libraries jostling with the Baby Shard and London鈥檚 first inhabited bridge for 250 years
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FeaturesThames Barrier: The day after tomorrow
With much of the Thames Valley looking like something out of a disaster movie this winter, arguments are raging over whether the Thames Barrier can cope with the consequences of climate change - or whether it鈥檚 time to start thinking about building a new one
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FeaturesEcobuild 2014 preview: Now you鈥檙e talking鈥�
The pressures on today鈥檚 environment are many and Ecobuild is the stimulating forum in which to explore, exchange and debate the possible solutions. Ike Ijeh picks out some of the key themes at this year鈥檚 event
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Features精东影视 Sweden's New Karolinska Solna hospital
Sweden鈥檚 first ever PPP project is a 拢1.3bn hospital that is also Europe鈥檚 greenest
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CommentEuston, we have lift off!
George Osborne鈥檚 announcement last week that Euston should be demolished is a very welcome surprise
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FeaturesBehind the scenes at Heathrow Terminal 2
Heathrow鈥檚 rebuilt Terminal 2 is six times bigger than the original, yet the design team reckons the layout has been so well thought through that passengers will be able to go from plane to terminal exit in just five minutes. Well, not counting the one hour hold-up at customs, of ...
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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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FeaturesA case for biodiversity offsetting?
Biodiversity offsetting is the government鈥檚 answer to the conundrum of how to speed up development while safeguarding the country鈥檚 woodland and other environmental habitats. The idea has come under fire from all sides - but also enjoyed some unexpected support
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FeaturesHow to make an airport fly
Boris Johnson鈥檚 plan to build an airport from scratch in the Thames Estuary may be no nearer to securing government backing, but it refuses to go away. We look at similar projects from around the world to try to work out if the idea has wings
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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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FeaturesA splash of colour
Dulux Trade Contract Partnership鈥檚 debate saw speakers from the design and architectural world talk about how colour brings projects to life. Ike Ijeh finds out more
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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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FeaturesInfrastructure project 2013: King's Cross Square
King鈥檚 Cross Square represents the progress that has been made towards establishing the area as a hub of commerce and tourism, showing the impact infrastructure can have.