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Liverpool demolition stalls
Plans to demolish hundreds of homes in Liverpool have been put on hold after public opposition.
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Inspector rejects plans to demolish Camden market
Camden market has been saved from demolition after deputy prime minister John Prescott endorsed a decision to block the redevelopment of Camden Tube station.
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Industry faces £9bn vibration bill
Construction employers will be liable for billions of pounds of claims as a result of vibrations legislation that comes into force next week
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NFB on course to repay debts by 2007
The National Federation of Builders says it is on course to repay its debts by 2007 after reporting a surplus of almost a quarter of a million pounds for the past year.
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NewsThe curtain rises
Architect Stanton Williams’ £10m redevelopment of the Belgrade Theatre in Coventry has gone on site.
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NewsDarwen’s evolution
IWA Architects has received planning consent for this development of 17 apartments and houses on a 0.25 ha site on the outskirts of Darwen in Lancashire.
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London prepares to make the best of Olympic failure
Councils draw up alternative masterplan for Lower Lea Valley for use if London fails to win 2012 games
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RIBA prize to include new emissions yardstick
THE RIBA is to judge entrants for this year’s sustainability award, part of the Stirling prize ceremony, against a new energy and emissions declaration scheme designed by Edge Group, an environmental body.
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NewsCABE lets public in to see design review in action
Architecture watchdog conducts public review of Levitt Bernstein’s Shrewsbury theatre and Farrell’s national park
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CommentSuch a waste
In terms of amount of work, construction is performing well – but look at the all-important productivity data and it’s clear resources are still being managed inefficiently
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FeaturesA sunny reception
Building’s annual meeting of politicians, peers and top executives at the House of Commons
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CommentWonders & blunders
Stuart MacDonald loves the 1960s and says we should reclaim its brutalist architecture from ham-fisted embellishments
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FeaturesA profession on the rise
Five years ago, project managers were regarded as pen-pushers – now they are seen as indispensable. So how much work is out there and who is winning the bulk of it?
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FeaturesTalking shop
Three young and thrusting managers at Bovis Lend Lease chat to Victoria Madine over coffee
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FeaturesHead first
Former headmistress Valerie Bragg has been a leading player in implementing Labour’s schools strategy. Here she tells us about why architecture doesn’t really matter – and how she got on with Norman Foster at the Bexley academy.
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NewsCrest Nicholson warns of ‘challenging’ market
Crest Nicholson, the housing regeneration specialist, has warned that the market remained “challenging” in the short term at least, and that it had not recovered from the pre-election slump in activity