Building Studies

Architect David Kohn has teamed up with cult restaurant Pablo Flack and David Waddington to create a temporary dining space for the Royal Academy, deploying a host of artists and designers to startling effect. We might have had a bleak end to 2008, but it was actually a good year for splendid buildings and inspiring architectural exhibitions, says Ellis Woodman.

We also asked 18 major players in the business to pick out their highlights Wright & Wright has imaginatively reorganized the Royal College of Art’s sculpture resource at its south London campus Using a pared-down palette of materials and colors, Buschow Henley’s new building for St Benedict’s School in west London unifies a sprawling and unruly site

Dow Jones has unveiled its competition-winning design for the crypt of the Nicholas Hawks moor-designed Christ Church in east London’s Spital fields The refurbishment of London’s Spa Fields includes a distinctive community building by a recent architecture graduate, writes Graham Bizley differentiate buildings and other structures that are not intended for continuous human occupancy,

The temporary exhibition gallery at the Garden Museum on the Thames at Lambeth is a triumph of architectural imagination over budgetary constraint. Qatar’s plan for a world-class set of cultural facilites has made an impressive start with IM Pei’s Museum of Islamic Art in Doha. Graham Bizley takes a look good the latter are called non-building structures. Structural height in technical usage is the height to the highest architectural detail on building from street-level.

15Pet Insurance

They are our best friends and often one of the most important things in our lives, yet we often leave them uninsured and the consequences can be expensive. Your dog or cat may suffer an accident, become ill or injure somebody. Pet insurance plans can cover such eventualities as your pet having an accident, sickness, compensation for having to cancel your holiday, money for advertising or to pay a reward if your pet is lost or stolen.

You should always check the small print on your policy for exclusions as some things aren't covered, for example; the cost of treatment for any condition which occurred before the policy started, flea control, vaccinations or spaying and castration. There are also some types of dogs which cannot be insured, for example; racing dogs, guard dogs, working dogs or dogs registered under the Dangerous Dogs Act.

The pet insurance finder takes less than 30 seconds. There are three simple questions to complete after which you will be able to view a table of results, listing available policies in order of price. You can sort these by cheapest monthly premium or cheapest annual premium and find the best policy for your needs.We currently only show a small section of available policies

however we will be relaun ching our pet insurance comparison to provide a wider selection of products. In the meantime please continue to use our comparison service for pet insurance where you can get annual cover for as little as £46. The level of cover varies with each policy, but most provide cover for the following categories Vet Fees Death Benefit Holiday Cancellation Boarding Fees