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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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CommentChoice in an age of uncertainty
These days it seems nothing can be taken for granted, whether its simple travel plans or the fact that the Lib Dems are bound to come third. Which can be a good thing
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CommentQuentin Shears: Golf rage
Simon decided golf would be more fun than doorstepping voters trying to watch Britain’s got talent…
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NewsGoing Dutch: The Hague performing arts centre
A team from Capita Architecture’s Cardiff studio – led by Wales Millennium Centre architect Jonathan Adams – has come up with this design after being invited by the city council of The Hague to enter a competition for a huge centre for the performing artsThe building will be located in ...
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NewsRiga renewed: Masterplan by Fletcher Priest
Fletcher Priest Architects has had its masterplan for Riga, the capital of Latvia, formally adopted by the city council
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Nakheel to pay up ‘by summer’
British firms owed money by troubled Dubai developer Nakheel will be paid before the summer, according to a source close to the debt restructuring process at the state-linked developer
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Labbad to take on Bovis in Lend Lease global restructure
Bovis Lend Lease is to come under the leadership of Dan Labbad as part of a shake up at Lend Lease, its Australian parent company
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The £406,000 man
As a chartered QS I read the article about the plans of the new boss of the RICS to woo disgruntled QSs (16 April, page 13) with some personal interest, as well as some sense of humour
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Springing into action
I read with interest your recent article about how the growth of the UK economy is hindered by a shrinking construction industry (“Construction decline holds back UK economy”, 23 April) but I think that it gives the wrong – and worrying – message to our industry
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CommentThe next step
I was one of the three graduates that did a small article with Building last year (11 September 2009, page 34).
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Channel hopping
How many more consultations are they going to waste money on (MPs attack plans for 10-mile Severn barrage)?
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Where’s my cut?
I enjoyed your leader on the perils of corruption in the less developed parts of the world (16 April, page 3)
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NewsAll fingers and thumbs
This cavalier fellow appears to find his digits just get in the way and has set about taking decisive action
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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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NewsBirmingham's Cube by Make: Square deal
The £100m Cube in Birmingham has moved closer to completion with the installation of 20,000 panels to form a metallic facade
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Latest construction appointments - 30 April 2010
Anglian Building Products has appointed Chris Allen as business development manager for Wales, the Midlands and south-west England
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NewsSomSomething to celebrate
The 2010 Building Awards took place last week at London’s Grosvenor House hotel