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FeaturesInternational lessons from Prague
Construction, QS and surveying students add an international perspective to their studies
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FeaturesIn the pink
House painters in Bristol take a rose-tinted approach to safety hazards, it seems
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FeaturesCracking Brazil
It鈥檚 hosting the 2014 World Cup, and the 2016 Olympics, and has emerged from the credit crunch with barely a scratch. So why aren鈥檛 more UK firms working there?
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FeaturesWarning: Hazard sign
It鈥檚 always good to hear from our American readers, so thanks to Dave Hermanson, vice president of Capital Power in Illinois
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FeaturesGehry in Las Vegas: Just Frank being Frank
Gehry has taken on Vegas, and left it with an unusual mixed-use scheme: a brain health centre and 鈥檈vent space鈥�
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FeaturesIn pictures: Low-profile living
This New Forest residence makes a minimal impact on the environment and the view. Of course, that doesn鈥檛 have to mean going without a swimming pool. Thomas Lane goes down to the woods to investigate
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FeaturesMainstream green: Brighton belle
One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it鈥檚 going to do it its own sweet way
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Part L: Top Tips
The revision to Part L comes with four approved documents and two guides to help you tick those energy efficiency boxes. But in case you don鈥檛 fancy reading the lot, Nick Cullen has a 12-point plan to lead you on the path to compliance
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FeaturesThe 2010 Regs Round-up
The government has myriad tools at its disposal to persuade or compel construction companies to up their energy efficiency game. And with a target to make all homes zero carbon by 2016 and all buildings by 2019, regulatory control of the industry is only going to get more demanding.
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FeaturesPart L Revisited
As the industry waits for the full details of the implementation of Part L 2010, Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon reflects on lessons learned from the 2006 revision and what it could mean for the upcoming changes
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FeaturesEmbodied energy: The next big carbon challenge
Reducing the amount of embodied energy in building materials won鈥檛 be easy 鈥� but it鈥檚 essential
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FeaturesLow-energy retrofit: Heating a house with a towel rail
What you鈥檙e looking at is a pioneering project that shows how a low-energy retrofit can make deep cuts in carbon emissions from social housing. Readers of 精东影视鈥檚 website will be able to follow progress on the Passivhaus diary
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FeaturesAndrew Chisholm: Career break and back
One year ago, Andrew Chisholm shut the surveying firm he had spent 15 years building up, then took a seven-month break. But now he鈥檚 back with a new company 鈥� and a lot of his old staff
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FeaturesCountry focus: Romania
The downturn hit Romania hard but it鈥檚 in a reasonable position to recover
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FeaturesKingston architecture students exhibit work
Kingston University鈥檚 Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture show their final year work to the public
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Show RCA: Architecture - 25 June to 4 July
Final part of the graduate show exhibits work by final year postgraduate architecture students
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Nottingham Trent's architecture degree show - Until 9 June
Architecture and construction students will showcase their work including an urban health spa and an artistic foundation for Nottingham
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FeaturesExtending historic authenticity to safety standards
Authentic restoration methods have their place, but safety is not one of them
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Kingston University architecture show - 6 to 11 June
Kingston University鈥檚 faculty of Art, Design and Architecture undergraduate degree show will be held on: Sunday 6 June 1pm 鈥� 5pmMonday 7 鈥� Thursday 10 June 1pm 鈥� 7pmFriday 11 June 10am 鈥� 5pm