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  • Steel cantilevers off the central spine permit clerestory at the perimeter
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    Designer Power

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Gus Alexander heads to Portobello Road, Notting Hill, to take a look at a swanky residential scheme that is a testament to the very hands-on approach of its architect

  • Simon Vivian
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    Simon Vivian begins

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    Most of Simon Vivian鈥檚 six months in charge of Mowlem have been spent struggling with disastrous projects, boardroom bloodletting and a predecessor who didn鈥檛 leave. Now he鈥檚 finally ready to do it his way. Tom Broughton finds out what he has in mind.

  • 3D trompe d鈥檕eil: Brunel鈥檚 SS Great Britain 鈥榝loating鈥� on 50 mm of water sitting on top of a glass plate is surprisingly successful
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    Hidden shallows

    2005-07-08T00:00:00Z

    As soon as Brunel鈥檚 19th-century SS Great Britain was taken out of the sea, it began to corrode. Now a restoration team has found a way to preserve its hull while also giving it the illusion of a return to the open water.

  • Labour MP Alison Seabeck, MP Nick Raynsford, Atkins鈥� Keith Clark, and Dermot Gleeson from the Gleeson Group
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    A sunny reception

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    精东影视鈥檚 annual meeting of politicians, peers and top executives at the House of Commons

  • A profession on the rise
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    A profession on the rise

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Five years ago, project managers were regarded as pen-pushers 鈥� now they are seen as indispensable. So how much work is out there and who is winning the bulk of it?

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    Appointments

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Movers and shakers this week

  • Russell Stewart, Linsey Stansfield, Rick Gray
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    Talking shop

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Three young and thrusting managers at Bovis Lend Lease chat to Victoria Madine over coffee

  • The big test
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    The big test

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Education, education, education.

  • Valerie Bragg
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    Head first

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Former headmistress Valerie Bragg has been a leading player in implementing Labour鈥檚 schools strategy. Here she tells us about why architecture doesn鈥檛 really matter 鈥� and how she got on with Norman Foster at the Bexley academy.

  • Lord Hunt
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    Lord Hunt

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    John Prescott might have trouble remembering who he is, but safety minister Lord Hunt is determined that the construction industry鈥檚 big hitters will take on board what he has to say.

  • With its brick gables and sawtooth roof, the National Trust鈥檚 headquarters is in the functional tradition of workplace buildings
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    National treasure

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Feilden Clegg Bradley鈥檚 headquarters for the National Trust is a model of crisp, functional architecture wedded to sustainable design. Martin Spring takes the train to Swindon to explain how it was done.

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    Lead times

    2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

    Despite strong order books and activity levels, most lead times are staying put, says Rob Darrow of Mace.

  • 精东影视 football victory 5-a-side
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    精东影视 triumph at Highbury

    2005-06-30T13:09:00Z

    精东影视 magazine win the Willmott Dixon London 5-a-side cup at the fifth time of asking.

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    Costs: Lighting systems

    2005-06-30T16:23:00Z

    Good lighting design can give retailers a competitive advantage as well as being energy efficient. Peter Mayer of 精东影视 LifePlans looks at the whole-life costs of common lighting options

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    Checklist

    2005-06-30T16:20:00Z

    Fit-out work in the retail sector is demanding on two fronts: tight timeframes and tough demands from clients. Here Barbour Index and Scott Brownrigg go through the priorities

  • Electrical switchgear
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    Products

    2005-06-30T16:14:00Z

    This week, a range of goodies as shiny and new as the items they are helping to sell, so have your own shopping spree with frameless glazing, heavy-duty switchgear and customer-proof carpeting

  • The windows have been opened up to get natural light into the living department of the de Bijenkorf department store in the Hague, Holland.
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    Retail

    2005-06-30T16:10:00Z

    a listed Dutch department store gets an ultramodern makeover

  • Dan Cruickshank
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    The eternal brick

    2005-06-24T11:38:00Z

    Dan Cruickshank recalls discovering in his travels ancient brick buildings that are testament to the material鈥檚 incredible durability

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    A building in a bag

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Two students at the Royal College of Art have come up with a brilliant idea for erecting durable, lightweight housing in disaster areas using a footpump and a sackful of 鈥楥oncrete Canvas鈥�

  • Bison鈥檚 拢30m hollowcore floor slab plant is more than half a kilometre long
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    The 拢30m baby

    2005-06-24T00:00:00Z

    Bison鈥檚 new Derbyshire factory contains (probably) the most advanced hollowcore flooring equipment in the world. So what鈥檚 so special about it? And why is this the right time to bring it on stream?