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NewsDavid Higgins appointed head of Olympic Delivery Authority
English Partnerships chief executive will be responsible for delivering Olympic construction programme.
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London Olympic team sets aside £275m for stadium
Figure used in bid presentation is revealed for the first time, but Beijing stadium architect predicts price will rise.
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NewsTaskforce lays into ‘cheap’,‘thoughtless’ Gateway plans
The government’s Thames Gateway policy comes under the lash as Rogers’ urban taskforce lists alleged failures and urges Prescott to attach more importance to good design and sustainable communities
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London may get ‘super market’
The Guinness brewery site in Park Royal, west London, could become London’s biggest food market.
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NewsPlanning permission for Waterloo office scheme
Delancey gets go ahead for development by Kohn Pedersen Fox Asscoiates.
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RICS gives its backing to Reform the Regs campaign
Institution calls for greater clarity on Part L, as leading industry bodies demand delay in implementation
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FeaturesFrom train to track
As well as being a vital part of the UK’s economic infrastructure, the Channel Tunnel Rail Link will play a key role in making London’s Olympics a success.
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FeaturesThe incredible journey
Who’d have thought that building a simple rail line from Kent to London would involve so much work, undertaken by so many people, touching so much of the country and affecting so many water voles? Here’s a quick look at the big picture
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FeaturesThe big picture
Here, gathered in the soon-to-be-restored gothic splendour of St Pancras Chambers, are a tiny fraction of the people who’ve made CTRL a reality.
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FeaturesRight down the line
When the CTRL is built, it promises to create a kind of chemical reaction all down its length: grey, post-industrial landscapes will turn into sleek mixed-use developments, business parks and green spaces. Katie Puckett asked LCR’s Stephen Jordan how he intends to keep that promise
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FeaturesSt Pancras Midland Grand Hotel: A hotel to remember
The Midland Grand Hotel used to be a vast, obsolete luxury liner moored alongside St Pancras station. Then it was an office, then a ruin, and in a few years it will become something truly splendid.
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FeaturesOnce in a life time
One of the things about the grandeur of the King’s Cross projects is that they provide up-and-coming developers with a chance to step up to the superleague. Elaine Knutt found out how the Manhattan Loft Corporation’s Angus Boag is planning to do just that
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FeaturesThis’ll be the big one
The vast industrial cathedral of St Pancras is testament to the ingenious engineering of our Victorian forebears and the endurance of wrought iron. But how can it be made into a 21st-century terminus?
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FeaturesStratford-upon-Thames
The grim accumulation of brick and concrete known as the London Borough of Newham is about to become an international demonstration of what skill, inspiration and a great deal of money can achieve …
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FeaturesThe state of the garden
If Kent’s the garden of England, then Alan Titchmarsh would have something to say about the way it’s been kept. Much of the north coast, for example, is a post-industrial mess – but that is about to change.
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FeaturesA tale of two cities
The one on this page shows the City of Dreadful Night, captured by Dickens and still going strong today; the other exists only in computers, but if all goes to plan, it’ll be with us tomorrow.
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FeaturesA confident man
Roger Madelin has waited 20 years to tackle the father, mother and great aunt of all regeneration projects: London King’s Cross. So how come he’s looking so calm, so relaxed?
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CommentWhat the forum’s for
The Strategic Forum has recovered well after the rushed publication and unmanageable targets of Accelerating Change. Where should it go next?