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‘Farcical’ leisure design contest down to two firms
Feilden Clegg Bradley and Wilkinson Eyre are the last two architects competing to design a landmark leisure centre in West Suusex that had its budget slashed by £7m at the last minute
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NewsSt Luke’s eco gospel
St Luke’s CE primary school in Wolverhampton this week claimed to become the first school to receive a BREEAM “excellent” rating
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NewsMayor diverts £75m from new homes to fund repairs
But Greater London Authority expects Whitehall to repay the money as row grows over Decent Homes
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NewsTurned out nice again
This £50m art deco-inspired mixed-use scheme in Bournemouth from architect CZWG has just been submitted for planning permission
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Green light for Lovell
Developer Lovell has won planning consent for an £8.3m project in south London
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Prices to rise in 2011
House prices will fall next year before rising slightly in 2011, the National Housing Federation has said
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Levy to cost £7.6bn
Developers will pay £7.6bn in community infrastructure levy charges over 10 years, a government report has said
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NewsCopenhagen housing by Bjarke Ingels: Another mountain climbed
The Mountain housing scheme in Copenhagen has added an international Urban Land Institute Award for Excellence to its string of accolades
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Mace takes over from Mott at Museum of Liverpool
Mace has been appointed by National Museums Liverpool to project manage the £72m Museum of Liverpool project as it nears conclusion, taking over from Mott MacDonald
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NewsTaylor Wimpey boss: House prices will not drop again
Redfern upbeat as housebuilder announces pre-tax loss of £682m over first half of 2009
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Citywatch: The blame game
There was a fresh round of HBOS bashing this week as Lloyds Banking Group revealed a £13.4bn hit due to bad loans – 80% from HBOS
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Davis Langdon buys architect DEGW
Davis Langdon has bought space planner and architect DEGW for an undisclosed sum, amid continued efforts from top QSs to restyle themselves as broader consultants
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Turner & Townsend floats four-day week to staff
Consultant T&T is considering asking its staff to work a four-day week if market conditions deteriorate, Building has learned
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CommentHansom: Sporting life
Some unusual sports are cropping up across the industry, including in-office thought tennis, architectural gymnastics, extreme biking and Olympic-level prevarication. Go team!
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CommentAnyone for a free lunch?
Do clients want to dump frameworks so they can sit back and watch contractors desperate for work fight it out like dogs?
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CommentDesigner egotism: Delusions of adequacy
Architects who listen to their ‘inner voice’ and not the client produce bad buildings. It’s the deadly sin of designer egotism, says Robert Adam, and it makes us strangers in our homes
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NewsHBOS and the blame game
Bank bashing is the country's favourite sport but were greedy company bosses as much to blame for the bad loans?
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NewsCITBs' three-card trick
Training grants to employers go down, but the construction training levy stays level - somebody should resign!