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CommentPublic madness
Not another one! That is the initial reaction to the news that the Rafael Viñoly-designed visual arts centre in Colchester languishes unfinished while its contractor and client squabble over the escalating budget.
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NewsOlympics win green medal
Beijing’s media centre is due to go live today, as 24-hour Olympic coverage begins.
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NewsModern wonder
Tate Modern has unveiled a substantially redesigned upgrade of its £215m Herzog & de Meuron extension.
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NewsFoster prevails
Foster + Partners’ plans for the £118m redevelopment of rock band U2’s Clarence hotel in Dublin have been approved, despite protest from conservation groups and recommendations from planning officers that the plans be rejected.
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Private housing starts 60% down on last year
Private housing starts in June slumped 60% to a new low, according to the NHBC.
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Cabe schools test
Cabe has proposed a design threshold to prevent bad designs progressing through the Building Schools for the Future system.
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Crossrail bill passed
The bill governing the £16bn Crossrail project has been given royal assent by parliament.
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Rural land carrot
Incentives should be given to landowners in rural areas to encourage them to bring forward land for affordable housing.
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Marshalls axes up to 200 factory jobs
Paving stone maker Marshalls is shutting two factories with the loss of 200 jobs as the collapse in demand from the new-build housing market continues to plague manufacturers.
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Here’s an idea no.6
Renewable energy firm PV Systems is making solar panels that look like roof slate to get around planning restrictions.
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NewsAylesbury Waterside Theatre: Leading role
Willmott Dixon, which handled the preconstruction work on the the £35m Aylesbury Waterside Theatre, has been appointed main contractor on the scheme.
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Energy rules relaxed
The communities department has revised its rules on energy certificates to allow one certificate to cover a whole estate if data cannot be collected for individual buildings before the October deadline.
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Raynsford takes over Constructionarium
Nick Raynsford, the former construction minister and deputy chairman of the Construction Industry Council, has become president of industry training scheme Constructionarium.
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NewsChettles Yard in Nottingham: Time after time
Developer Opal Property Group has unveiled these images of Chettles Yard, its £50m student accommodation scheme in Nottingham.
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The cost of zero carbon
Meeting level six of the Code for Sustainable Homes will add up to £47,000 to the cost of building a house, figures released by the government have revealed.
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Housing targets at risk from too few planners
The government is at “significant risk” of missing its housebuilding targets because of a shortage of skilled planners, a committee of MPs was due to announce yesterday.
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Royal assent for housing bill
The Housing and Regeneration Bill received royal assent on Tuesday, paving the way for the formation of government agencies to look after housing regeneration and the regulation of affordable homes in England.