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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 …
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FeaturesThe house that Jim built: Designing for a QS
When QS Jimmi Bradbury asked school pal and architect Niall McLaughlin to design him a home, the brief was pretty loose. What he came up with was this serene set of glass and wooden boxes – but how tranquil would the relationship be once work began? Thomas Lane took a ...
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FeaturesHealth plan
Construction of the new school of health studies at the University of Bradford, designed by Farrell & Clark, is due to begin in late April.
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FeaturesAs green as it gets
The first definitive image has been released of what Barratt calls “the UK’s most sustainable development”.
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FeaturesWorth the wait
3DReid Architects and Cheval Residences have secured planning permission for this nine-storey residential development next to the Tower of London
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FeaturesLanding on Mayfair: Studio Seilern homes
This £9m proposal by architect Studio Seilern is for a 496m2 site in the Mayfair conservation area in west London. The development would replace the existing buildings with nine residential units and 10 serviced apartments. Studio Seilern has proposed a large garden at lobby level, and a vertical garden that ...
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FeaturesUniversity challenge: The higher education construction conundrum
It’s a tricky one: higher education institutions have to slash capital spending plans, but they need to keep upgrading their estates if they want to attract students and, consequently, funding
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The tracker: Same time next month …?
It’s business as usual, as tender prices are down for the 20th month in a row and many regions’ indices see no change. At least the weather’s behaved, writes Experian Business Strategies
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FeaturesElection 2010: The manifestos
The parties got their campaigns officially under way this week. So on this page we look at what Labour and Conservatives are proposing. Nick Clegg writes us a letter, we have a chat with our floating voters and check the web poll
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FeaturesRunning Countryside: Another bite of the Cherry
Two days after Countryside chairman Alan Cherry died, his sons were back at work. Graham, the housebuilder’s chief executive, talks to Joey Gardiner about the values his father instilled in him – and whether the company will be able to hang on to its vision in less certain times
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of Building magazine from Nick Clegg
Leader of the Liberal Democrats responds to Building's Charter 284 campaign for investment in infrastructure
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Snøhetta's marine lab in Norway
Two students from the Royal College of Art and Nottingham Trent comment on the Norwegian scheme