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NewsTop five reader comments: 30 June
Outrage and derision at Westminster Abbey's planned new crown-shaped roof, plus scepticism about putting a positive spin on house price trends
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NewsPM raids Decent Homes to fund election promise on housebuilding
Repair programme may be cut to fund £1.5bn manifesto pledge for 30,000 new social homes, say newspaper reports
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NewsHouse price trends turn positive, reports Nationwide
Quarterly rate of change turns positive for first time in 18 months and annual decline slips into single figures
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NewsEducation acoustics to be discussed at live webinar
Teaching and technical experts to consider how sound is best tackled in new and refurbished schools
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NewsVideo: Orestad College, Copenhagen by 3XN
Kim Herforth Nielsen, principal architect at 3XN, says school design should remove barriers between staff and pupils
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NewsSkanska consortium wins £600m prisons contract
Group beat Galliford Try and Interserve consortium bids to bag London and Liverpool jails job
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NewsO’Donnell + Tuomey to design LSE student centre
Irish architect beats stellar shortlist including Chipperfield, Feilden Clegg Bradley and AHMM
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NewsWYG's banks agree to defer covenant test
Engineering consultant gains more time to refinance £91m debt pile incurred through acquisition spree
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NewsScott Wilson posts flat profit on revenue up 11%
Engineer's profit constrained by £7m in redundancy costs and Middle East project delay
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NewsFuksas shortlisted for Oxfordshire chapel job
Italian starchitect could have chance to build first UK building if successful
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NewsTwo companies fined over forklift driver death
MB Plastics and Birse Integrated Solutions must pay £200,000 for safety breaches resulting in worker being crushed
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NewsWolseley chief exec departs with immediate effect
Chip Hornsby makes way for Ian Meakins, former boss of foreign exchange firm Travelex Holdings
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NewsISG reports trading in line with expectations
Firm upbeat as retail and regional businesses offset decline in London fit-out and refurbishment
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NewsMorgan Ashurst wins £49.3m deal with Reading university
Contractor to build two student halls and a catering facility, as well as refurbishing university offices
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NewsUK consultant to lead Iraqi hospital building programme
MJ Medical named as lead design consultant on $400m plan to build three new teaching hospitals
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Comment
Education is flourishing
It was uplifting to see so many fantastic examples of school design recognised at the awards last night hosted by the British Council for School environments. Also great to share the upbeat mood of those in a sector that is still flourishing – for now at least – who ...
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NewsGovernment pledges £1.5bn to affordable homes
Investment over next two years aims to deliver 20,000 new homes and create 45,000 jobs
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FeaturesDubai property expert forecasts shape of recovery
Mohammed Nimer, who controls 3bn dirhams of projects in the UAE, says Dubai will 'rediscover its basic appeal but without the glitz'
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NewsTop five reader comments: 29 June
The demise of partnering and the limping college building programme provoke strong feelings, while pay - for apprentices and leading architects - proves a particularly sore point
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FeaturesHouse prices stay steady in June
Values remain at May level thanks to restricted supply and rising demand, with sale volumes up 80% since January