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FeaturesThe Eurovision house contest
Welcome to Europan, the competition in which young European architects design housing schemes for 74 sites across the continent. Here are the designs that triumphed in the UK
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FeaturesAn unexpected Spanish acquisition
Ferrovial, Spain's most aggressive construction company, has shocked the UK industry by revealing its intentions of buying British airport operating giant BAA. But is it really that much of a surprise, asks Mark Leftly - and can the matador win its fight?
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McCarthy & Stone sells more freeholds for £11.4m
Retirement home specialist McCarthy & Stone has continued its sell-off of property freeholds with an £11.4m deal.
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Evans to join Linden Homes
Linden Homes has appointed David Evans technical and commercial director for its operations in the South-east.
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Consultants link up for northern expansion
Construction consultant John Rowan & Partners and Walker Sime, a project manager and quantity surveyor, have formed an alliance.
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Treasury bullish despite failure of past land taxes
The Treasury has dismissed fears that the planning gain supplement is unworkable despite the failure of three similar land taxes since the Second World War.
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Much pain for little gain: regeneration experts slate PGS
Regeneration experts and academics have lined up to criticise the government's proposal for a planning gain supplement.
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CommentThe new conquistadors
"If the Spanish come storming ashore, it will be the most audacious foreign bid for a British company in history."
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NewsCity break
Architect Watermans has been selected to masterplan the latest Chinese megaproject, the 53 km2 Tianjin Bin Hai New City.
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PFI expert bids for CTRL firm
Former top PFI adviser Sir Adrian Montague has launched a bid to buy London & Continental Railways, the company behind the Channel Tunnel Rail Link.
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Potential partners contact Ferrovial over BAA bid
A host of potential consortium partners have this week been linked to Spanish contractor Ferrovial's possible bid for airport operator BAA.
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NewsAtkins joins race to buy nuclear waste body
Consultant Atkins is to join Amec in the race to acquire British Nuclear Group, the decommissioning arm of the government's nuclear body, British Nuclear Fuels.
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NewsThe hanging gardens of Bracknell
Bracknell Forest council has granted planning permission for this £750m regeneration of Bracknell town centre in Berkshire.
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BBC called to account over high White City costs
The House of Commons' Public Accounts Committee this week attacked the BBC for overpaying developer Land Securities Trillium for its headquarters development at White City. The committee also found that the offices were no longer fit for purpose.
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NewsProcure 21 team attacked for ‘ineffective' management
Leaked independent review of the Procure 21 framework criticises management team at NHS Estates
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Foster to design cultural quarter on St Petersburg island
Foster and Partners this week won a competition to design the redevelopment of a 7.6 ha island bounded by canals in the centre of St Petersburg.
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NewsCABE guide sets the style for neighbourhood healthcare
Two weeks after health secretary Patricia Hewitt announced a £4bn-a-year shift from acute hospitals to healthcare facilities closer to home, CABE has published a design guide for local healthcare buildings.
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NewsPFI firms diversify as health work dries up
The UK's leading PFI healthcare architects are being forced to look overseas and to other sectors as UK public spending dries up.
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Colchester Garrison PFI could be ready six months early
The first phase of the Ministry of Defence's £2bn Colchester Garrison PFI could be ready six months early, and the £5bn Allenby and Connaught barracks PFI should finally reach financial close in the spring.