Water torture
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There were many challenges to be addressed when constructing a $20 million aquarium next to the National Stadium in Beijing, China. The UK partners in the scheme, which included architectural firm Buttress Fuller Alsop Williams, quantity surveying firm Davis Langdon and Everest and services engineer Waterman Gore, had to deal with poor construction standards and extremely high levels of bureaucracy. However, it was possible to complete the project in 14 months, very close to the original schedule.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1997
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Sea and be seen
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Foster and Partners provided the shell to house the National Sea Life Centre in Birmingham, which is a wedge shaped building defined by the site. The building is of steel and concrete frame with aluminium cladding. The external wall to the lift shaft is glazed. Internally there is a rocky cliff into which tanks and pools are set. Exhibits include microlabs and a virtual reality display.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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Happy couple: Terry Farrell & Partners' extension to Lisbon's Do Rossio station had to joint a 19th-century structure without upstaging it
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The new extension to the Do Rossio station in Lisbon, designed byTerry Farrell & Partners, was completed in the spring. The new structure comprises stainless steel and glass with a barrel vault. Its shape had to relate to certain fixed points, including the profile of existing Eiffel station built in 1887.
Publication Name: Building
Subject: Construction and materials industries
ISSN: 0007-3318
Year: 1996
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