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CommentDonkey work and urban planning
A Kenyan island with an unusual freight-transportation system has inspired Amanda Levete to think again about designing for cities without cars
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CommentWonders & blunders with Paul Daniels
Paul Daniels is thrilled by the gothic spectacle of the Palace of Westminster but another Thames-side landmark, the Royal National Theatre, is distinctly unmagical
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Maglev's inflexible
The only problem with maglev (and the reason it is not being adopted widely, even in China) is its inflexibility and inability to handle the passenger flows moving between cities (3 September, page 38).
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CommentGreat crested newts!
As your recent article describes (27 August, page 36), the scale of the London Gateway Development - and the fact that the site lies at the heart of one of Europe’s most important estuary and wetland habitats - presents unique challenges
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The big squeeze
Connaught’s difficulties have highlighted what most of us who work in the social housing repairs sector are already aware of
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How much wood?
I found the words in Building’s leader (27 August, page 3) and the article on timber frame fire risk (page 9) incredible
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Tradition be damned
Ah, the past, how it used to be (Inbox, The silent QSs, 10 September, page 22).
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CommentFuoco! Fuoco!
Thanks to Rob Kirkaldy of Spectrum Acoustic Consultants for this site scene in Sorrento, southern Italy. Insurers of a nervous disposition may want to look away
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FeaturesThe future looks rosy: Sheffield's Park Hill estate
Urban Splash’s refurb of a listed sixties council estate is turning one of the republic of South Yorkshire’s biggest problems into an aspirational address
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Carillion to aid its axed students
Carillion has found work placements for all but three of the students who were left in the lurch after the firm decided to cancel its sponsorship scheme
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NewsZaha's class act: Evelyn Grace Academy
Pupils move into architect’s first completed project in England
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CommentBeware Greeks bearing gifts
One lesson the Connaught story tells us is that clients are too ready to accept prices that aren’t sustainable
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Galliford Try on track for expansion
Galliford Try has said its plan to double the size of its housebuilding arm within three years is on track.
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NewsThe new east enders
Glasgow council has approved planning for the first phase of the £300m athletes’ village for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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NewsGod’s work
Architect Paul Davis + Partners and contractor Wallis have completed the restoration of St George’s, a grade II-listed church in north London.
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FeaturesDomestic heat pumps: So you think this will do the job, then?
Given that the government seems bent on promoting heat pump technology to help it meet its carbon reduction targets, it’s odd that evidence for its effectiveness has been so thin on the ground. Now at last a study reveals the truth…
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Whitby is back in business – with a gazebo
Mark Whitby, the former chairman of structural engineer Ramboll UK, has set up a consultancy with former colleague Des Mairs
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NewsBasingstoke fire
A partly built timber-frame building in Basingstoke was severely damaged after catching fire last Friday.
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NewsThe floating opera
Garsington Opera, which recently moved to Wormsley Park, Oxfordshire, gained planning permission for an auditorium last Wednesday