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CommentBuilding buys a pint … for Inbuilt Consulting
Chosen watering hole: The Paper Mill, Apsley, Hertfordshire Ambience: Pleasant faux-country pub by a canal Topics: How to salvage Paul’s architectural agricultural endeavours, and sunflower envy Drinks drunk: 5 pints of ale, 2 pints of lager, 3 white wines, 3 red wines, mineral water, glass of tonic
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CommentMy digital life: Robert Adam
Addicted to books, BlackBerries and baiting Kevin McCloud, architect Robert Adam courts controversy online as well as off, as Charlotte Matheson found out
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CommentOoh matron!
Despite the gloom, the industry has been Carrying On, thanks to some deliciously wobbly desserts and some naughty business in a public park
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Housing slump leads EP to lower housing targets
The government’s regeneration agency is to lower its housing targets in the light of the current housing slump.
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NewsA lot more London
Another of the key sites in English Partnerships’ London Wide Initiative has gained planning permission.
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Planning applications: June 2008
Applications have risen by some 180 projects in London and the South-east over the past month
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NewsCalifornian dreaming
A gawky assembly of glass, steel and timber was unveiled this week by Californian celebrity architect Frank Gehry for his first building in England.
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Court beckons for Cotswoldgate bosses
The former directors of Cotswoldgate moved a step closer to facing legal action for wrongful trading after the administrator of the collapsed housebuilder confirmed to creditors his intention to liquidate the company.
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NewsSkylon sculpture: fifties throwback
Powell & Moya’s 300ft Skylon sculpture, originally designed for the 1951 Festival of Britain, is to be resurrected by a team led by former RIBA president Jack Pringle and Atkins.
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NewsUnilever House: high-flying steel
Unilever House in London is the winner of one of four 2008 Structural Steel Design Awards made by the British Constructional Steelwork Association and Corus.
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Here's an idea: No 4
Mace took the opportunity to do a spot of recycling during its recent global rebrand.
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Contractors accused by OFT to give oral evidence this week
The Office of Fair Trading is this week to begin taking oral submissions from contractors implicated in its investigation into the construction industry.
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Boris set to veto tall buildings
London mayor Boris Johnson is unlikely to allow a cluster of tall buildings around the south bank of the Thames, a London government official conceded this week.
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Hanson closes two brickworks as demand slumps further
The impact of the crunch on brick makers intensified this week as Hanson, the sector’s largest firm, axed 149 jobs and announced that it is to close two plants.
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Comment - Neil Waddington
Former development boss Neil Waddington on life after redundancy - 'It wasn't hard to see it coming'
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Sharewatch: the week it really hit the fan
As the boss of one of the major housebuilders put it last week: “It’s shit out there and getting shittier by the day and there’s no sign of when the shit is going to lift.”
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NewsHPF seeks funding for growth after deal collapses
Consultant engineer Hurley Palmer Flatt abandoned a private equity fundraising deal shortly before changes to capital gains tax laws came into force on 6 April.