A plague on your houses
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Private residential builders should ensure their houses are of good quality and well designed after the long drawn out process of gaining planning permission, in the UK. Construction of units which look the same enables the sales team to use limited efforts to sell them. Builders ignore the possibility of an individually designed house being more attractive to purchasers. Some builders prefer to prepare a site for standard houses rather than utilize the area to encompass different types of housing development. Many areas look the same due to similar building developments.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1998
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Way off beam
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Cheshire Oaks is a new, US-originated designer-outlet complex that has been built at Ellesmere Port, England. The complex of shops selling cut-price designer goods has been jointly developed by airport operator BAA and McArthur Glen, which operates similar projects in the U.S.. The retail village has been designed to resemble a high street but the designers' attempts to make it blend in with the surrounding architecture have failed miserably.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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Welcome to the jungle
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The design and construction of the Eden Project, the largest greenhouse in the world, are discussed. The aims of the project, to preserve and showcase a wide range of plants, and the technology used to build the two transparent domes, are explained.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 2001
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