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FeaturesCost model: Mixed-use city-centre schemes
Mixed use is increasingly the name of the game for town-centre developers. But can uses such as retail and residential really mix? Simon Rawlinson of Davis Langdon examines the practicalities and costs of mixed-use city-centre schemes
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FeaturesThis season鈥檚 trends
It may sound paradoxical, but falling consumer spending is triggering a retail boom, as shop owners employ upgraded design and the latest thinking from the States to stimulate shoppers鈥� spending reflex.
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FeaturesZaha鈥檚 strange logic
It鈥檚 the disorientating combination of counter-intuitive form and formal rigour that gives Zaha Hadid鈥檚 Wolfsburg Science Centre its architectural kick. Here鈥檚 the thinking behind it 鈥�
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FeaturesJust the job: Gemma Clark in the Antartica
Structural engineer Gemma Clark explains why her winter is going to be even chillier than ours 鈥�
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FeaturesCharm offensive
Despite his continuing war with the Labour party, the Daily Telegraph and the US Senate, George Galloway has opened a new front against Tower Hamlets council. 精东影视 reports on the leader of Respect鈥檚 struggle to persuade tenants to fight their council鈥檚 housing policy
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FeaturesJoin the queue
The anticipated sale of Westbury to rival Persimmon may improve the housebuilding sector鈥檚 standing in the City, but it could also lead to the loss of hundreds of jobs 鈥� if Persimmon鈥檚 track record is anything to go by.
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Costs: Industrial doors
Industrial doors have to resist heavy traffic and hard treatment. Peter Mayer of 精东影视 LifePlans outlines the options and whole-life costs
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FeaturesDoors and windows
This month Specifier takes a look at doors and windows, including how much industrial doors for your warehouse scheme will cost and which standards to use to get the best performance. But first, how the Eden Project specified a very scientific rooflight and some very arty windows for its very ...
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BRE appoints top environmental consultant
Dr Katherine Hyde joins BRE as director of BRE's Environmental Consultancy Dr Katherine Hyde.
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FeaturesFrom train to track
As well as being a vital part of the UK鈥檚 economic infrastructure, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will play a key role in making London鈥檚 Olympics a success.
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FeaturesThe incredible journey
Who鈥檇 have thought that building a simple rail line from Kent to London would involve so much work, undertaken by so many people, touching so much of the country and affecting so many water voles? Here鈥檚 a quick look at the big picture
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FeaturesThe big picture
Here, gathered in the soon-to-be-restored gothic splendour of St Pancras Chambers, are a tiny fraction of the people who鈥檝e made CTRL a reality.
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FeaturesRight down the line
When the CTRL is built, it promises to create a kind of chemical reaction all down its length: grey, post-industrial landscapes will turn into sleek mixed-use developments, business parks and green spaces. Katie Puckett asked LCR鈥檚 Stephen Jordan how he intends to keep that promise
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FeaturesSt Pancras Midland Grand Hotel: A hotel to remember
The Midland Grand Hotel used to be a vast, obsolete luxury liner moored alongside St Pancras station. Then it was an office, then a ruin, and in a few years it will become something truly splendid.
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FeaturesOnce in a life time
One of the things about the grandeur of the King鈥檚 Cross projects is that they provide up-and-coming developers with a chance to step up to the superleague. Elaine Knutt found out how the Manhattan Loft Corporation鈥檚 Angus Boag is planning to do just that
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FeaturesThis鈥檒l be the big one
The vast industrial cathedral of St Pancras is testament to the ingenious engineering of our Victorian forebears and the endurance of wrought iron. But how can it be made into a 21st-century terminus?
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FeaturesStratford-upon-Thames
The grim accumulation of brick and concrete known as the London Borough of Newham is about to become an international demonstration of what skill, inspiration and a great deal of money can achieve 鈥�