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NewsThe rotating tower block is dreadful – but Brits are to blame
We can knock Vinoly's London eco-chimney, but UK developers and architects are being equally gaudy and ungracious in Dubai
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NewsPlanning Bill survives rebel attack
Bill survives Commons vote after key concessions given to pacify rebel MPs
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NewsSeeing trees for the wood
Government’s eco-report shows it's serious, but what difference could a biomass fuel economy make to the way we heat our homes?
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Credit crunch claims two more housebuilding firms
Capricorn Homes and Dalesmoor Homes go into administration as future darkens for small companies
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Developer pulls out of £100m Croydon scheme
Credit crunch forces Hyde Housing Association to withdraw from project to build 500 homes and a pool
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NewsGovernment favours positive discrimination
Equalities Bill lets firms favour female or ethnic-minority job applicants over equally able white males
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NewsReport warns of 'eco-slums'
Local Government Association attacks the way eco-towns programme is bypassing the planning system
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NewsCarillion wins contracts worth £1.3bn in Middle East
Work includes £200m infrastructure win on Emaar's Burj and a £200m contract for a new F1 hotel
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NewsFoster + Partners could be flown in to save Euro 2012
British architect one of two finalists for revamp of Ukraine’s largest stadium
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NewsGovernment puts wind power at heart of energy strategy
John Hutton announces plans for 4000 onshore wind turbines as part of renewable energy strategy
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CIOB appoints architect as president
Keith Pickavance becomes only the second architect to be appointed president of the Chartered Institute of Building
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NewsCouncils increase use of temporary stop notices
Incidents of local authorities halting work on construction sites rises 131% in past year
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Comment
When housing market crash meets dot.bomb
For anyone keen to explore the deeper reaches of the effects caused by a slowdown in the housing market here is one for the files.Moneysupermarket.com appears to be seeking to quell investor fears about the impact of "extremely challenging" conditions in its mortgages and loans business.
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Comment
We still need 3 million homes by 2020, says official adviser
The National Housing and Planning Advice Unit (NHPAU) set up to provide advice on making homes affordable today released its latest advice on how many homes England needs by 2020.The range of extra homes the unit says are needed by 2020 is between 2,957,000 and 3,475,900. That means an addition ...
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Comment
Why so gloomy?
There is a lot of economic gloom about at the moment.Here, Merryn Somerset Webb, editor of Money Week, puts forward a very good case in defence of being gloomy.Anyone care to put a counter argument?
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NewsEco-towns: creating a legacy
Eco-towns are an opportunity to embed vital lessons on community development and must not become a veiled attempt to boost housebuilding
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NewsWalking the plank
These chaps may be sure-footed but they could do with some clamps and harnesses just in case
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NewsTo all those green naysayers...
Carbon coach Dave Hampton passionately argues why we have to maintain sustainability despite the difficulties of economic conditions
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