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NewsJapanese architects win Pritzker prize
Architects Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa, partners at renowned Japanese practice SANAA, have won the coveted 2010 Pritzker prize, architecture’s highest honour.It is only the third time in the award’s 31-year history that the prize has been awarded to two architects - Oscar Niemeyer and Gordon Bunshaft received the accolade ...
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NewsGB Solutions wins work on UK's biggest zero-carbon scheme
Surrey-based contractor to build £10m residential block as part of BioRegional Quintain's £200m regeneration of Middlebrough's docks
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NewsScottish government pumps £130m into mothballed housing schemes
Plan for upto 1,000 homes to be built and rented as affordable housing for five to 10 years before being sold
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NewsFCC Elliott UK to fit out Olympic broadcast centre
Joint venture scoops 55,000m² International Broadcast Centre for 2012 Games
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Why construction firms must recruit financial engineers
Financial engineers – you can be forgiven for holding them in total contempt. The finger of guilt for the recession ravaging construction firms points witheringly in their direction.But, galling as it might seem, construction now needs financial engineers more than it needs civil, structural, mechanical or electrical engineers.The tools and ...
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Why falling mortgages approval are spooking housing market watchers
The latest figures from the Bank of England showing the number of mortgage approvals at a nine month low have caused a bit of a stir and increased talk of a double dip in the housing market.Here’s a few reasons why.There is a historic link between the number of mortgage ...
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NewsDeveloper behind Birmingham's Cube goes into administration
Birmingham Development Company and contractor BuildAbility 'bitterly disappointed' as £100m mixed-use tower stalls
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NewsBuildings to black out for Earth Hour
The Galleries in Dubai will be one of many domestic and commercial buildings to turn lights off this weekend
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NewsStirling winner to ‘reinvent the terrace’ for 2012 legacy
Maccreanor Lavington to draw on traditional London housing in revised masterplan for Olympic park
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NewsSprouting: A.2R.C Architects' Brussels meeting centre
The Square Brussels Meeting Centre, an extension to the Palais des Congres, won the Special Award of the Jury at the 2010 Mipim Awards
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NewsCourt orders rethink on Heathrow third runway
Transport minister rejects possibility of total rethink as government told to increase focus on environment
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NewsLaing O’Rourke overhauls board as finance chief quits
Commercial head Anna Stewart expands her power base as firm plots move into Brazil and Canada
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NewsTories to pass social housing funds directly to mayors
Areas with elected leaders would bypass HCA in major shake-up, which could extend to all councils
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NewsNew standards could add £10k to new homes
Home Builders' Federation hits out at HCA's proposed rules on quality and space
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NewsLancsville sell-off begins, but creditors face long wait
Cash has started flowing in from collapsed contractor Lancsville, after an auction was completed this month that saw nearly 500 items of plant sold
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NewsWates boss demands clarity on spending cuts
Paul Drechsler, chairman and chief executive of Wates, has called for rapid clarity on the extent of public spending cuts after the general election
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NewsBalfour Beatty lined up for 10-year Lincolnshire contract
Deal will include work on road and construction of 3,500 new homes
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NewsCrossrail signs up to project bank accounts
Crossrail will use project bank accounts on all its major contracts in a bid to keep payment times down
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Hamiltons loses £120m Land Secs job
A former director of architect Hamiltons has taken the design job for Land Securities £120m Park House scheme from the firm