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Tough match for Linklaters
Law firm Linklaters has been drawn into the legal row between the All England Lawn Tennis Ground and Building Design Partnership over the Wimbledon media centre
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NewsWeird science: Science Museum, London
The Science Museum in London has unveiled images of a proposed £150m revamp designed by Wilkinson Eyre
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Industry misery starts to bottom out
Fewer people are predicting a decrease in construction activity than at any other time in the past 14 months, according to Experian
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NewsGreen Shoots
Each week Building will ask an expert to analyse the latest evidence of green shoots, and see if it stands up to scrutiny. This week we have Simon Rawlinson, partner in Davis Langdon, on housing
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NewsTo begin at the beginning: Arup's gallery
Arup’s new gallery, PHASE 2, has unveiled a specially commissioned piece by New York artist Matthew Ritchie, in collaboration with Daniel Bosia of Arup Advanced Geometry Unit. Ritchie’s sculpture, called The Last Scattering, is inspired by the Big Bang theory
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News¡Arriba art!: Mexico art gallery
David Chipperfield Architects has been appointed to design a new art gallery in Mexico City
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Cyril Sweett rules out appeal
Cyril Sweett will not appeal against the decision to leave it off an £800m consultants framework
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Four architects make it onto Brighton landmark shortlist
Building Design Partnership, Foster + Partners, Make and Wilkinson Eyre have been shortlisted on a £250m scheme to redevelop Brighton’s seafront conference centre
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Features
The tracker: Still falling...
After the rate of decline slowed in March, activity accelerated again (slightly) in April. Goods news is thin on the ground, but things might just pick up in June and July, says Experian Business Strategies
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Comment
From one Jim to another
I was saddened to read of the death of James Nisbet (5 June, page 14)
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CommentThe world according to Terry …
Thanks to architect Francis Terry, son of Quinlan, for sending us this pictorial explanation of the practice’s views on architectural styles – a useful aide-memoire for anyone following the Chelsea Barracks saga
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Comment
Open debate
To state that open-plan schools have not been studied, as suggested in your article “Can you hear me at the back?” (15 May, page 40), is somewhat wide of the mark
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Hear, hear
I read your article on school acoustics with much interest. As a maker of acoustic ceiling and wall absorbers, we have been working with our customers for some time now to push acoustics higher up the agenda for new schools and we warmly welcome the end-user’s contribution
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Comment
Inflammatory words
The Practitioners Forum and the Business and Community Safety Forum’s recent report to the minister makes some valid points on the fire risks of timber-framed buildings during construction, and they urge the government to review the Building Regulations
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Comment
The long game
The construction industry is undoubtedly one of the hardest-hit sectors in this current recession so it is no surprise that consolidation and survival have become watchwords. Job cuts are the answer for some but wholesale cutbacks can prove dangerous in the long term
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CommentAim high …
The tower blocks that were built in the sixties and seventies failed because they were for the most part poorly constructed and detailed (“That past is gone”, 29 May, page 19)
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Maybe a little lower
I’m not convinced that energy efficiency is a reason for advocating high rise
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CommentLife after debt
Before you know it, UK plc is going to be staggering under a real debt burden of £2 trillion. Here’s Kevin Cammack’s simple survival guide
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NewsAlways check the paperwork: Keith Lamming vs Revenue & Customs
Our Fenwick Elliott experts run through the case of Keith Lamming vs Revenue & Customs Commissioners