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FeaturesThe many lives of Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Talented inventor, kamikaze contractor, prolific architect, hopeless entrepreneur, socialist eagle fancier and of course founder of the magazine in your hands … Nick Jones reviews a biography of one of the Victorian age’s most remarkable characters
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FeaturesThe new face of banking: Middelfart bank
3XN’s bold and dynamic savings bank in Denmark offers unbeatable interest. Ike Ijeh opens an account
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FeaturesKeith Whitmore: ‘I do not suffer fools gladly’
Working for Westfield’s head of design Keith Whitmore may seem a little intimidating at first. But once you’ve got used to his ferociously demanding standards and early morning phone calls, he’s really very approachable
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FeaturesThe Shard: Foot of the mountain
The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Chink of light
Construction prices edged up in the first quarter of the year. So does that mean the industry recession is at an end? Sadly not, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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FeaturesElection 2010: Invitation to a hanging
On this page Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at what would happen to construction if nobody won the election, and overleaf we catch up with our floating voters, receive a letter from David Cameron and meet the former Jarvis man who founded his own political party
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FeaturesBill’s battle
Bill Rawcliffe is one of the many victims left by the collapse of Jarvis. So he started a campaign for justice, and failed to make progress. So, next stop the House of Commons
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Daniel Libeskind's Grand Canal Square theatre
Nottingham Trent University and Royal College of Art students comment on the Dublin scheme
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FeaturesBDP's Peter Drummond: The revolutionary in carpet slippers
BDP, Britain’s biggest architect, is better known for quiet competence than daring. But this is the firm that defied Tesco, beat the downturn, expanded into India and Libya and doesn’t give a fig for profit. Chief executive Peter Drummond tells Roxane McMeeken all about it
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FeaturesLondon: The last of the past
The final projects of London’s long, long commercial boom are going to finish over the next year or so. Ike Ijeh rounds up the best of them
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FeaturesCost model: Energy from waste
Simon Rawlinson and Matthew Hicks of Davis Langdon weigh up the costs and the risks of treatment solutions
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FeaturesBuilding buys a pint … for CB Richard Ellis
“Your shoes look like pork pies.” Charles Ingram-Evans was pointing at my Clarks loafers. Apparently they contravened the “never wear brown in town” City dress code, which also applies to the property industry
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FeaturesLondon: The first of the future?
Commercial development has the encouraging ability to kick itself into gear, once a shortage of schemes elevates rents and depresses prices. But which developments? Emily Wright looks at the most exciting plans, and their chances of becoming buildings
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Election 2010: Are they listening?
Roxane McMeeken went to a Derbyshire constituency where construction has a big say, and a bigger stake, in the result. So how much do the candidates know and care about their voters’ fears?
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of Building magazine from Gordon Brown
Unlike the Conservatives, who have said they would cut the school building programme and won’t even guarantee existing projects unless they have reached financial close, Labour is committed to seeing BSF through
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FeaturesUpgrading old windows: Old panes, new gains
Improving the performance of old windows is a key part of the strategy to upgrade the UK’s inefficient building stock. But how best to go about it? Thomas Lane made inquiries
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of building magazine from David Cameron
‘Construction has suffered more than any other industry during the recession and its revival is crucial to Britain’s overall economic recovery. It must continue to provide the jobs and opportunities that will underpin the economic growth that Britain needs’
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FeaturesDon't become a couch potato
A period without a job needn’t be a waste of time. Here’s how you could turn it into an opportunity …
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FeaturesFour Seasons, extra topping
London-based PLP Architecture has designed the Four Seasons hotel on Sowwah Island in Abu Dhabi
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Building Intelligence
Experian’s Business Strategies division looks at what happened to the industry at the end of 2009, which makes for grisly reading – but there were some star performers, and things are looking up …