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NewsHenley Rise eco-homes in South Yorkshire
Timber-framed family home scheme claims to have the largest solar power array in the country
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NewsAccordia becomes first housing scheme to win RIBA Stirling prize
Feilden Clegg Bradley's surprise win shows 'volume house builders can deliver high quality architecture', say RIBA judges
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NewsFive children die in Chinese crane collapse
Construction managers held after crane crashes onto kindergarten in Shandong
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NewsRok wins £130m BAA improvements contract
Contractor appointed to construction framework for major airport projects
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Redrow Homes loses appeal at employment tribunal
Ucatt celebrates legal victory as judge says housebuilder drew up 'sham' contracts to avoid holiday pay obligations
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NewsBehind the scenes at the Stirling prize party
Friday's awards ceremony was followed by an alcohol-fuelled evening of rumours, tittle-tattle and outspoken opinions
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NewsHedge fund ditches UK housebuilders
Toscafund sells stake in Taylor Wimpey and could be mystery seller behind large transaction in Redrow shares
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Costain 'resilient' despite global financial crisis
Interim management statement says order book strong and outlook positive
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NewsFoster opens performance venue in France
The city of Saint-Etienne unveils its arts and sporting venue with cantilevered roof
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NewsPlan hatched to eat alien invaders
Scientists' plan to tackle Japanese knotweed by importing homeland predators awaits government approval
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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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Comment
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