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NewsNative Land continues to mark out its territory
SME profile: Fledgling developer behind Rogers’ NEO Bankside returns to buying up London’s land
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CommentThe winning straight?
All three main parties have laid their environmental cards on the table, but nobody seems to have the full set of policies laid out in the correct way to make a real difference
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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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CommentHansom: In the proverbial
This week, we at Building Towers have judged a book by its cover, asked a silly question (with matching answer), noted the differences between fools and enjoyed a little tale about a Heron and a Fox
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Flexing the drawing muscles
This was a really interesting article (The possibilities!, 9 April, page 42) and I was pleased to see collaboration software being discussed from an architectural perspective
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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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NewsRaising the rafters: Building a timber-framed tower
Timber-frame buildings’ reputation has been through the mill recently. But one international team has a vision for wooden structures that reach to the sky. The only thing now is to make sure they don’t burn down
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NewsEngineering consultant of the year
Engineering is one of the traditional strengths of Britain’s construction industry, so the winner of this category really is the best of the best. And this year, it’s WSP …Sponsored by Balfour Beatty Engineering Services
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in March 2010
This month’s data reveals private registrations are 140% above the same time last year
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NewsManufacturer of the year
Polypipe won this award because of a performance that was so remarkable that it could be described as construction’s equivalent of Chariots of Fire
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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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Singing praises to the sky
I have yet to meet anyone with anything but praise for the Strata tower (9 April, page 38)
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CommentTact required
This is a great house, of that there is no question (“The house that Jim built,” 16 April, page 42)
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Scotland’s expansion
I fully endorse calls by the Scottish Chambers of Commerce for a rapid expansion in the delivery of public infrastructure projects in Scotland. The long-term health of the Scottish economy relies on continued investment in major capital projects alongside new schools, hospitals and housing
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The electorate speaks
I find British politics rather strange. We have one of the largest discrepancies between the highest paid and the lowest in the western world, and still people complain about taxes – even with all the desperate problems that result. The disaster of the eighties has only just levelled out. Five ...
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NewsChelsea: the last chapter?
A masterplan for the redevelopment of the Chelsea Barracks site in London has been unveiled by developer Qatari Diar.
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NewsAndy Fisher Workshop's Neotown: The spirit of Port Louis
British architect Andy Fisher Workshop has designed a 26ha masterplan to rejuvenate Port Louis, the capital city of Mauritius
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CommentShould you join the yellow tide?
By the time you read these words on Friday, Nick Clegg may have fumbled the second leadership debate and the public’s sudden passion for the Lib Dems could have evaporated