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NewsRouse leaves CABE to head Housing Corporation
CABE chief executive Jon Rouse is leaving the design watchdog to become chief executive of the Housing Corporation, the public sector body that funds and regulates housing associations.
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FeaturesJust the job
Richard Beasley is a Sheffield decorator working on pubs and cafes for the British army in Iraq. We spoke to him – on site at Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra – about night-time gunfire, daily temperatures and living in a tent in a former dictator's garden
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FeaturesYou dirty old man
That means us, folks – Britain has easily the worst record in adopting European environmental law. And, with less than two years before the UK must start eco-rating all new buildings, it seems the upcoming rules on energy efficiency will offer no exception.
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All the difference
It doesn't just make you feel all warm and gooey – a bit of gratitude is worth as much as hard cash if it helps you with marketing, productivity, legal disputes, morale …
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FeaturesAs good as it's got
Once again, Foster and Partners has shown the wonders modern CAD can perform – this time by combining the golden spiral of the Nautilus with wonderfully imaginative engineering. So, who wants to be a millionaire?
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Spreading the risk
If you are thinking of joint venturing with another contractor on a project, make sure you avoid joint liabilities if the other party suddenly goes belly-up
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NewsDesmond's mansion to get £5m makeover
Media mogul Richard Desmond, proprietor of the Daily Express, the Daily Star and Asian Babes, is planning a £5m refurbishment of his Hampstead mansion
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Middle Eastern promise
Images have been released of the masterplan for the largest tourist attraction in the Middle East. The £3bn Dubailand project, partly planned by British consultant Halcrow, is divided into six "worlds of wonder". These include theme parks, retail and entertainment centres, sports projects and eco-tourist venues.A Halcrow report looking ...
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Migrant workers are our lifeline and their safety must be protected
Migrant workers have become a familiar sight on building sites in the past few years.
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NewsThe Cambridge arc
This dramatically curved elevation is from TP Bennett's design for the Centre of Advanced Photonics and Electronics at the University of Cambridge. The building has two wings joined by a wintergarden. It will provide laboratories, cleanrooms, workshops and offices for academic and research staff. The facility is ...
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Solution in sight at Bath Spa
The troubled £26m Bath Spa project moved a little closer to completion after client, contractor and architect agreed on a solution to its peeling paintwork
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Tile firm attacks 'handcrafted' label
Europe's oldest handmade roof tile manufacturer, Keymer, has warned it may be put out of business over a row between rooftile manufacturers about the definition of "handcrafted" roof tiles.
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NewsHousing Futures: The next 20 years …
A major feature series assessing radical changes that will affect the housing sector in the next 20 years starts next week in Building.
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NewsArsenal's other double
Arsenal Football Club announced on Monday that it had secured funding for this £357m, 60,000-seater stadium at Ashburton Grove. The ground, which will have twice the capacity of the Gunners' Highbury venue, is due to be completed in time for the start of the 2006/07 season.
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Ken Yeang on shortlist for European Central Bank HQ
Ken Yeang is on a shortlist of three architects to design the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Foxell's RIBA planning pledge
Simon Foxell, a candidate for RIBA president, has said that if he is elected, the institute would run training courses for local planning officers.
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NewsBroker’s notes: Mysterious revival
By the time this most illuminating of columns has hit your desk, dear reader, Peter Andre should be well on his way to lighting up the singles charts with the rerelease of his 1990s pop anthem Mysterious Girl
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CommentWonders & blunders
Mike Driver bends a reverential knee to a Finnish church but makes the sign of the cross before a north London office block …
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Pouring epoxy on troubled waters
Beleaguered £26m Bath Spa project swims a little closer to finishing line as project team agree fresh paint solution