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NewsEverything is illuminated
An army of electricians lit up architectural sites in Manchester last week in a “guerrilla lighting” event organised by BDP Lighting, a division of architect Building Design Partnership.
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FeaturesTypical. You wait years for a report setting out government policy on vital areas like housing and transport and then three come at once …
Ahead of Gordon Brown’s pre-Budget report on Wednesday, the government released a series of weighty tomes on policy strategy. Here David Blackman and Mark Leftly provide an at-a-glance guide to them
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FeaturesHarmonic progression
RHWL’s Arts Team has refurbished and extended Frank Matcham’s Victorian nonpareil, the Belfast Grand Opera House. Sonia Soltani reports on how the two styles have been made to work together
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CommentWhat do we do now?
To make it as an architect these days, you have to be a networking ‘archipreneur’ with a degree in economics. What happened to just designing things?
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Oh my god, I didn’t
Ah, but the sick lump of fear in your stomach tells you that you did – and now you have to go to work and cope with the fall-out. Lydia Stockdale and Katie Puckett report on how to make sure your Christmas party antics don’t ruin your career …
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CommentWonders & blunders
Vicky Smith picks two Birmingham buildings, one as sharp as a Sabatier knife in an Armani suit, the other an aquarium that combines fear with disappointment …
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Back issues: December 1956
What’s in a name? From Calder Hall to Windscale and, finally, Sellafield
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House price thermometer
The housing market refused to cool in November with housing prices up 1.4%, taking the average house price to £172,185 from £169,623 in October. The annual rate of growth was 9.6%.
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NewsMcColl’s big idea
Stewart McColl, the chief executive of listed architect SMC Group, this week set out his global ambitions at a company conference.
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NewsKelly prepares to launch Labour’s green flagship
Code for Sustainable Homes, plans for zero-carbon housing and PPS26 all set to be unveiled
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NewsThe Brits can lead the way on expo
HOME FRONT — A successful British expo will depend on a holistic approach to regeneration
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Land Secs to work closer with specialists
Francis Salway, chief executive of Land Securities, has said he wants to forge closer links with specialist contractors.
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Employers could control £3bn training budget
Industry training body ConstructionSkills has welcomed recommendations in a government skills review to give employers control of £3bn of public funds for skills training.
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NewsOutgoing Barratt boss honoured at Regeneration awards
David Pretty was named regeneration champion of the year at Building’s 2006 Regeneration awards this week.
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CommentThis time, it might actually work
Kate Barker is rapidly becoming the patron saint of housebuilders.
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T5 struggles with M&E costs and leaking roof
Heathrow Terminal 5 was beset by problems this week as it emerged that remedial work was being carried out on the building’s roof and the project is exceeding its M&E budget by £56,000 an hour.
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NewsGleaming spire of St Petersburg
Architect RMJM beat Daniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Jean Nouvel, Herzog & De Meuron and Massimiliano Fuksas to win a £324m scheme to design a headquarters for gas giant Gazprom in St Petersburg, Russia.
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NewsT5 struggles with M&E costs and leaking roof
Remedial work at Heathrow's Terminal 5 is exceeding its M&E budget by £56,000 an hour