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Regenerate online this week
This week, on Building’s new Regenerate web channel, we find out how derelict Doncaster bungalows are being turned into attractive family homes using a moveable extension.
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FeaturesRIBA Book Award: Park and read
A surprisingly beautiful book on car parks nabbed the best space at this year’s international book award for construction. Judge Max Fordham tells Martin Spring why it deserved to win
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FeaturesParadise Street, Liverpool: Mayfair comes to Merseyside
With a pricetag of £1bn , Liverpool One could have ended up as a never-ending shopping mall. But it’s a whole lot classier than that.
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Housing fears cause ‘significant slowdown’ for Telford Homes
East London housebuilder Telford Homes has announced a “significant slowdown” in sales since the end of March.
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NewsSharewatch — Wolseley brings in big guns to warn off suitors
Chip Hornsby, Wolseley’s chief executive, has had a busy week. On Sunday it emerged the building materials giant had appointed Deutsche Bank, Lehman Brothers and UBS to fend off a takeover bid.
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NewsPaul King: The zero-carbon tightrope
It’s not a cop-out to say we need to strike a balance between off-site and on-site renewables
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CommentJust no more U-turns, OK?
Gordon Brown is probably regretting a number of things right now – the 10p tax debacle, Crewe and Nantwich by-election tactics, and the sly assault on gas-guzzling cars in the last Budget spring readily to mind.
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NewsArchitects, artists and psychos …
An exhibition of work by artists on the theme of architecture has opened at the Hayward Gallery, London.
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Bovis Homes slashes workforce
Bovis Homes has become the latest housebuilder to swing an axe through staff numbers, following the downturn in the housing market.
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SMC optimistic
Chris Littlemore, managing director of architect SMC, insisted the business had entered a “new era” following last year’s turmoil.
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BAA reports loss
Airport operator BAA has posted a loss before tax of £62m for the first quarter of this year, blaming increased maintenance and security costs for the shortfall.
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AHMM scoops award
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris has won RIBA London’s Building of the Year 2008 for its Westminster Academy at the Naim Dangoor Centre.
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NewsJean Nouvel scoops La Défense project
Jean Nouvel has been chosen to design the Signal Tower in the La Défense business district of Paris.
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EU ruling on on-site power generation threatens carbon target
A European legal ruling has cast doubt on the government’s plans to reduce carbon emissions through on-site energy generation.
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NewsTaj Mahal design for £1bn Dubai 'EcoStar'
The family of a deceased Bristol businessman hopes to build his dream project – a £1bn star-shaped town powered by five 650ft wind turbines with a full-scale replica of the Taj Mahal in the centre.
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John Lewis hunts for contractors to support expansion plans
John Lewis Partnership has launched a hunt for contractors to support a £300m-a-year expansion plan for its department stores and supermarket chain Waitrose.
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Capita advises Virgin on health scheme
Virgin has appointed Capita Architecture to act as a design consultant for its new private health centres.
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NewsLords of the dance
Wates Construction has been appointed to build a £12m city-centre dance building in Quarry Hill, Leeds, for Northern Ballet Theatre.