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FeaturesChaos theory: Gehry’s Serpentine pavilion
Gehry’s Serpentine pavilion may look like timber and glass thrown together, but precise planning went into getting it just right, says Martin Spring
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CommentThe path to happiness
Happiness, there’s not too much of it around in construction at the moment.
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FeaturesConstruction’s allies with the CBI - industrial strength lobbying
It’s a truism of construction that its political power doesn’t reflect its size. Now its leaders are trying to change that by consolidating, unifying and forming an alliance with the CBI. Sarah Richardson reports
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NewsBlink and you'll miss it: Sculpture at Goodwood
This sculpture was on show last weekend at this year’s Festival of Speed in Goodwood, West Sussex
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£5bn Greenwich Peninsula hits problems
Developers Quintain and Lend Lease could be forced to build most of the £5bn Greenwich Peninsula scheme themselves, it has emerged.
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Flint’s rescue package
Housing minister Caroline Flint announced a series of measures to support the housing market on Wednesday.
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CIS tax penalties
HM Revenue & Customs issued fines to 30,000 contractors who did not comply with the new Construction Industry Scheme between November and May.
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NewsZaha’s French connection: Marseilles CMA CGM tower
Zaha Hadid’s €112m (£76m) tower for French shipping company CMA CGM is under construction in the Mediterranean city of Marseilles.
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NewsIndustry welcomes call for construction ‘champion’
Select committee recommends single Whitehall official to co-ordinate policy towards built environment
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NewsAbu-Dhabi-doo! Midfield Terminal Complex
Image: Kohn Pedersen Fox designs Midfield Terminal Complex at Abu Dhabi airport
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BPF: Flood deal puts developers at risk
An agreement between the government and insurers to guarantee insurance cover for developments in areas at risk of flooding is flawed, the British Property Federation has warned.
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NewsTurf-topped terraces: Make Architects
Glasgow council has unveiled plans for a £100m project at Speirs Lock, masterplanned by Make Architects.
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St Modwen hit by land slump
Regeneration specialist St Modwen plunged into the red during the first half of this year and announced on Monday it was halting attempts to sell residential land until the market had “stabilised.”
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Building Design Partnership buys Dutch designer Khandekar
Building Design Partnership has acquired Dutch design practice Khandekar for an undisclosed sum
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NewsSharewatch: shares get a thorough thrashing
Balfour Beatty must feel a little like Max Mosley. Desperate for love – from the City, that is – and continually being flogged – by traders, in its case.
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NewsDown by the river: Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme
Wandsworth council has given permission for the final phase of Frasers Property’s Riverside Quarter scheme on the south bank of the Thames in south-west London