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NewsLondon Monument gets new viewing platform
Crowds gather to see Julian Harrap's new design winched into place atop 61m column
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NewsMetricity: Planning sustainable communities beyond urban density
Royal College of Art research seeks a measurement that responds to more fluid patterns of living.
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Could anyone have seen this coming? Well, yes actually
Normality is finally being rewritten - the world is waking up to the fact that the past decade or so was extraordinary and bred extraordinary folly.Accompanying this awakening I hear the phrase "no one could have seen this coming" so often of late. I may have used the phrase myself.So, ...
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Future market expects a near 40% fall in house prices
The futures market has unsurprisingly taken an even darker view of house prices over the past month as the Tradition Future HPI latest figures show.The market now puts the peak to trough fall in the average house price at 38% (as measured on the Halifax non-seasonally adjusted index). And this ...
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NewsPodcast: A breath of fresh air for highly insulated houses
As houses become more airtight moving up the Code, ventilation becomes increasingly important. But how do you change stale air without burning energy?
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NewsExisting stock: why it's different this time
Paul King of the UK-GBC writes about the new consensus and his renewed optimism on improving our poorly performing homes
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NewsUK-GBC: Homeowners must see insulation payback
Report calls for funding mechanisms, training, government commitment and legislation to meet domestic 2050 CO2 targets
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NewsNikken's design for IGES's HQ in Japan
Consultant and architect cuts 40% in lifecycle CO² at Institute for Global Environmental Strategies headquarters in Kanagawa, Japan
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to South Africa
The 2010 World Cup is driving a boom in construction, but beware the capital's crime levels
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NewsView from my office: Maureen Jackson
The Davis Langdon director of urban planning is determined to deal with Melbourne’s population explosion
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NewsConstruction orders fall 15% in three months
Government figures reveal sharp fall in housing orders only partly offset by a big increase in infrastructure work
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NewsNew Redcar and Cleveland College building goes green
Nightingale's design incorporates temperature-controlling window and CHP boiler
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NewsProperty market slows in Dubai and Abu Dhabi
Report says recent market slowdown is much more than the usual seasonal drop-off
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CommentPre-action protocol: How not to impress a judge
The pre-action protocol is a simple, practical measure that’s meant to save money and keep you lot out of court. So don’t go getting too clever about it
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Relocation, relocation
The increase in Middle East-related articles has been fantastic, and uncannily timely for me, given that I am looking to relocate to Abu Dhabi. However, I am not sure where you obtained your rental prices from, as your figure of £18,000, or 120,000 dirhams, per year is way off the ...
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CommentBlowing in the wind
Alistair Darling’s efforts to resuscitate Britain’s financial services sector seem, for the moment at least, to have worked.
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NewsFlat prices plummet in Birmingham and Manchester
Areas of Birmingham, Manchester, London, Leeds and Sheffield had the largest house price falls in last year
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NewsBarratt leads plunge in housebuilders' shares
Shares in UK construction firms lose up to one-quarter of value as stock market crashes down 400 points
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NewsWaste of energy? The search for display energy certificates
The government spent £10m promoting the launch of display energy certificates last week. Michael Willoughby searched in vain for anyone who took a blind bit of notice
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CommentDinmore vs Treasure: Jumpers!
Some people chomp at the bit to get their case to court. Here’s the case of a construction company that went three times and won them all – but at what cost