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    The way to Leeds

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    DLG Architects has secured planning permission for this £100m mixed-use scheme in Leeds city centre.

  • Lovelock: More difficult market
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    McCarthy & Stone axes 25 staff

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Retirement homes specialist McCarthy & Stone has made 25 staff redundant this month.

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    Sharewatch

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Last week was one of those strange ones when, despite a swath of poor results, share prices surged, or at least performed well.

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    Callcutt retires after 14 years of leading Crest

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    John Callcutt is to retire as chief executive of Crest Nicholson after 14 years at the helm of the company.

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    Hansom

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Our bon vivant is at the annual sailing bash this week, playing air guitar, avoiding drunken Mexicans, laughing at clumsy Irishmen and generally averting his eyes …

  • News

    ODPM man to drive eastern housing supply

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    The government has parachuted in its most senior planning reform official to oversee efforts to increase housing in the east of England.

  • Features

    Jasper conran: The new Wayne hemingway?

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Fashion guru Jasper Conran is already known for interior design, but with links to the Open House scheme and some heavy hints being dropped, it seems he may be moving into architecture. So do we have another fashion designer architect on our hands?

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    Northants development bodies set to join forces

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    The two bodies spearheading development in north Northamptonshire look set to merge.

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    Mayor to turn London green

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Mayor Ken Livingstone has promised that the update of the London plan will include tougher eco-standards.

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    Barratt signs deal to revamp Hendon housing estate

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Barratt and Metropolitan Housing Trust have signed an agreement to regenerate a crumbling 1960s north London council estate by building 2710 homes.

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    Berlin’s got brains

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    A skull-like university library in Berlin was opened this week by its architect, Lord Foster. The outer shell takes the form of a dome of alternating glass and metal panels that slots into a courtyard of the 1970s Free University of Berlin.

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    Mayor lists 10 more public spaces to get funding

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    London Mayor Ken Livingstone’s plan to create 100 public spaces around the capital took a step forward this week as he revealed the next 10 schemes to be given funding.

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    It’s the Dogs

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Ballymore Properties has won approval for a mixed-use development on the former London Arena site in Crossharbour on the Isle of Dogs.

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    Features

    My kind of place

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    To whet your appetite for London’s Open House weekend, we asked nine architectural luminaries to pick the building they’d choose to visit … and offer a selection of delectable alternatives.

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    Redrow and Miller buck trend with solid profit

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Redrow and the Miller Group both defied the weak UK housing market this week by revealing solid profit growth. Redrow reported a 14% rise in pre-tax profit to £141m for the year to 30 June and raised its dividend 20% to 10.8p.

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    Carillion wins nuclear work

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Carillion has won an £118m contract with British Nuclear Group to build a storage facility for decommissioned materials at Sellafield in Cumbria.

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    Weston-super-Mare pier to get £70m makeover

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    Birkbeck Pier in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, is to have a £70m makeover, in the hope of regenerating the surrounding area.

  • Comment

    Stop sobbing, subbies …

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    I think subcontractors complain too much about retentions. From experience, I think the subcontractor is often its own worst enemy.

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    … Or how about a £500 answer?

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    We are a small company with a turnover of £1m and have worked successfully with small and major contractors. In all cases 100% of funds are released on completion of our works.

  • Comment

    Four years later

    2005-09-16T00:00:00Z

    I write as the author of the DTI/Bovis Lend Lease report on the Mid City Place project in London, which was referred to in your article “Driving us crazy”, (2 September - see related articles). Although it is pleasing to see that Mid City Place still being held up as ...