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Balfour’s £400m Dubai mall
Balfour Beatty has won a £400m contract to build the world’s biggest shopping centre in Dubai.
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Building materials tycoon Lord Hanson dies at 82
Lord Hanson, founder of building materials group Hanson, has died aged 82.
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Contractors get the jitters over Procure21 programme
Pearce may leave NHS Estates programme as framework contractors complain about not getting enough work
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Major departures imminent at Jarvis PFI arm
The former Skanska director brought in to take over the PFI arm of Jarvis in the summer is expected to leave before the end of the year.
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NewsCABE under attack at select committee hearing
Design watchdog on the defensive after critical submissions over conflicts of interest and accountability
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NewsTowering feat
This 900-tonne tower designed by the Richard Rogers Partnership was the subject of a dramatic feat of engineering last week when airport operator BAA moved it almost 2 km across the runways at Heathrow Airport. The conical structure will form the top section of the traffic control centre. It was ...
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Foster’s City Hall starts to crack
Glass panels at City Hall, the headquarters of the Greater London Authority near Tower Bridge, have started cracking two years after it was completed, leading the GLA to call for an explanation from suppliers,
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NewsJowell hedges bets on casino bill
Culture secretary Tessa Jowell has conceded that the number of casinos built in the UK could be capped, after fears that a rise in problem gambling would outweigh the regeneration benefits of developments
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Civil engineers? Are they more polite then?
Three-quarters of the UK population do not know what civil engineering is, according to an Institution of Civil Engineers survey published this week.
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NewsReinventing the wheel
Reinventing the wheelA circular steel roof structure that is just like a bicycle wheel except that it is 50 m in diameter was dropped into position over a sports pavilion in London’s Regent’s Park last week. The £3.3m pavilion was designed by David Morley Architects. The two-storey structure will contain ...
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NewsTax haven
Tax havenFoster and Partners’ design for the £182m refurbishment of 1 Parliament Street, Westminster, has been delivered ahead of time and on budget. The building will become the headquarters for the Inland Revenue and HM Customs and Excise next year. The project was financed through a PFI team, the Exchequer ...
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Government set to ditch ‘planning gain’ agreements
Government plans to replace section 106 deals with a fixed-rate community improvement levy
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Kent fears for design quality
Regeneration experts have highlighted the need for high-quality design in sustainable communities in the South-east.
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NewsThe art of science
Architect Feilden Clegg Bradley has received detailed planning approval for Oundle SciTec, a project for Oundle School in Northamptonshire that aims to bring together the teaching of technology and art with the study of science. The £7.5m first phase of the scheme forms part of a larger £17.5m project including ...
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ODPM set to impose security regulations on all buildings
Industry voices concerns over cost of implementation, effect on house prices and emergency access to homes
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CommentWonders & blunders
Historian Francesco da Mosto picks two faces of La Serenissima: one a stunning fusion of styles and the other a tasteless cake
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The bigger picture
Before you read about how well our shortlisted firms have been doing their jobs, consider what they’re up against …
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The X factor
Every year we have the delightful task of sifting through hundreds of marvellous submissions all vying for one of the categories in the BDA Brick Awards.
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FeaturesSupreme Winner and Best Public Building
If Joseph had been an architect, he would have designed this building