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FeaturesImage of the week: Mellow yellow
Willmott Dixon staff show off the high-tech exoskeleton vests they are trialling with robotics firm Eksobionics on a school scheme in Cardiff. We trust the rioting ‘gilets jaunes’ in Paris don’t trade up to the tech-enabled versions …
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Sketch of the week: 2018 Engineering Sketches Prize
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Gustaf Granstrom, a senior structural engineer at Heyne Tillett Steel in London
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From the archive: 2008 – A zoo solution
It’s not often that our Building archivists are taken aback by something they find buried in the magazine’s dusty library
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Image of the week: All things bright and beautiful
Visitors can make a special Christmas trip to London Zoo after the animals have gone to bed, to wander a mile-long illuminated pathway dotted with light sculptures of larger-than-life wild creatures
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Sketch of the week: 120-bed hotel, Poole, Dorset
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ewen Miller, managing director at Calderpeel Architects
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From the archive: 1934
As we look at how the construction industry is preparing for Brexit – in as logical a way as possible but still with little clarity on what to expect – the phrase “on a wing and a prayer” came to mind.
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Image of the week: Overcast outlook
A delegate at the CBI conference this week muses on the crane-filled (for now) skyline of London’s Docklands
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Sketch of the week: Victoria Art Gallery, Bath
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Martin Douglas, associate director at Pad Design
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From the archive: 2002 – Sir Stuart on housing
The then chairman of CABE had plenty of ideas about how to meet demands for living accomodation
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Image of the week: March of history
St Paul’s and Big Ben parade through London with chartered surveyors at the Lord Mayor’s Show
