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FeaturesCameron's cards: top Tories and their construction plans
How many members of the shadow Cabinet can you name? Thought so. But now that Labour is running out of time, options and MPs, you really ought to get to know them better. Sarah Richardson looks at the characters who will set the tone in a Tory government – and ...
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NewsSpecialists vent anger at 'bullying' contractors
Specialist contractors have demanded a meeting with the UK Contractors’ Group over allegation
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NewsInfinity and beyond
The £15m Infinity Bridge in Stockton-on-Tees opened last week with a lights and fireworks show
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NewsOut of Africa: Snohetta's University of the Gambia
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has designed a masterplan for a new University of the Gambia. Modular faculty buildings inspired by African “bantabas”, or meeting places for village elders, contain room for up to 15,000 students
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CommentWhy nobody wants to buy
Tumbling fees, dwindling workloads and payment periods stretching beyond the horizon
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NewsThat past is gone
The collapse of Ronan Point 40 years ago silenced all talk of cities in the sky. But that happened in a different world, and the one we’re in now needs the tower block
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Housing stats: New build sales and completions in April 2009
Total registrations are 7% up on March, but 53% down on April last year …
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NewsCitywatch: All fall down
April may have been a kind month for housebuilders and their withered share prices, but they do not seem to have bloomed in May
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NewsZaha designs work and retail space in Egypt
Stone Tower in Cairo nods to the mathematics and arts of the Arab world
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NewsCapita appointed on giant wheel scheme
Firm will provide health and safety consultancy for Great City Attractions
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NewsMcLaren pays up to £810,000 for Verry assets
Letter from administrator BDO Stoy Hayward to creditors reveals price paid by McLaren and justifies pre-pack administration option
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NewsSix young Portuguese architects exhibit in London
RIBA exhibition highlights Portugal’s contemporary architecture including a high school, art centre, library and hotel
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NewsRogers survives Chelsea Barracks crisis meeting
Reports that architect could be thrown off £1bn West London development apparently unfounded
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NewsRIBA launches new Associate Member class
Membership replaces Graduate class to include a wider section of newly qualified architects
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ChandlerKBS project manager on Belfast Airport
Consultant is cost and project manage on £10m internal refurbishment scheme
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NewsWilkinson Eyre replaced on Blackfriars towers
Developer ditches architect in favour of unnamed firm after public inquiry leads to planning approval
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NewsRailways 'must double in size' within 30 years
Train operators warn of urgent need to build extra lines to cope with forecast passenger boom
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NewsWolseley reports continuing fall in markets
Materials firm says Nordic region, UK and Ireland showed particularly great levels of decline
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NewsBloor to avoid apartment building after £52m loss
Steering clear of this sector is one of a number of measures designed to put housebuilder on firmer footing
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NewsCommercial property market shows signs of recovery
New research shows transaction numbers rallied in March and returns stabilised in the first quarter