More Focus – Page 403

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    How illuminating

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    In creating a landmark building for a West Midlands college, D5 Architects had to come up with problem-solving ideas to link the 1960s block next door.

  • Up in smoke: Severe house fire damage
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    The rules

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    A fire investigation body cites the potential risks for roof spaces ahead of next year's revision of Part B of the ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Regulations. Plus the BBA clarifies the issue of ventilation in cold-pitched roofs.

  • Slate Roof
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    Checklist

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Although it is widely admired for its aesthetic qualities, slate is a highly variable product that can pose plenty of problems for the specifier. We explain how to minimise them

  • Metal roof
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    Costs

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Steel and copper prices have gone through the roof, so specifiers face a test of their mettle. Peter Fordham of quantity surveyor Davis Langdon breaks down the costs of metal roofing

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    Just the job

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Gordon Headley explains why, after a career as an oil engineer, he became Wilson Bowden's HR director

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    European whole-life costs

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z By and Franklin + Andrews Franklin + Andrews

    Quantity surveyor Franklin + Andrews takes its annual look at labour, construction and running costs for a notional factory in 12 European lands. Greece and Portugal come out looking good … again

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    The doorman's advice

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Roy Wakeman, the new chairman of the Construction Confederation, has come from the bottom of the industry's supply chain – so he's had a good view of where it's failing, and how it can improve.

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    A 300-year facelift

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    How's this for cosmetic surgery? The latest whispers in the round are that a certain landmark cathedral is getting a nip-and-tuck. But then, it is approaching a rather significant birthday …

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    A report from the escape committee

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Had enough of the longest hours, worst weather and most disappointing football team in Europe? Want to move abroad but can't decide where? Well the 2004 Hays Montrose/¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ international salary guide has briefs on nine possible destinations ranked by money, lifestyle and work–life balance

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    Friendly yet hostel

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    MacCormac Jamieson Prichard may just have achieved a near-impossible feat: to design ultra-high-density single-person housing next to a noisy railway, and actually make it liveable. We went to meet the residents at Friendship House.

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    King Richard the last?

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    Rogers, Foster, Farrell, Hopkins, Grimshaw … The long reigns of these signature architects are coming to an end. We look at what will happen when they go

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    Stoned again

    2004-07-09T00:00:00Z

    This City office block, designed by Arup Associates, shows that good ideas often arrive by roundabout routes, and when they do, they were often thought of hundreds of years before.

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    A fare deal

    2004-07-08T00:00:00Z

    The design team behind the Walthamstow bus station in east London has used its tight budget very wisely.

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    Appointments

    2004-07-07T11:18:00Z

    Movers and shakers

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    Down Under

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    It's the tug-of-love pulling the industry's heartstrings … Is there a long-term home for Bovis with Lend Lease, or could it be snatched by fast-talking, big-spending Multiplex? We review an Aussie soap with a difference.

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    Where there's a will …

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The plot so far: Mild-mannered architect Will Alsop hears cry of distress from northern city in fear of economic life – ducks into alley and emerges as The Regenerator. Armed only with carefully selected fruit and veg, he leaps into action …

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    Bright young things

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Saba Salman asked some of the UK's leading architectural practices what they look for when recruiting graduate architects – and why graduate architects should come and work for them

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    How to lead the pack

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    In the competitive world of architecture, it is vital for students to make the most of their opportunities. Saba Salman asked the RIBA's Pamela Edwards for advice on getting - and staying – ahead of the rest

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    Lowdown on architecture

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Guy Source from recruitment consultant Hays Montrose looks at some of the major trends and projects occurring nationwide

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    Just the job

    2004-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Jean Grobler from South Africa joined Atkins as architectural assistant last June. So what's it like, Jean?