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    How's this for a car pool?

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    Aston Martin's engineering and assembly line facility in Warwickshire is now open. The Weedon Partnership's design will be used to produce Aston Martin DB9s, with the first models being completed early in 2004. There are more than 900 trees on the 55-acre site, and the population of greater-crested newts – ...

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    Entrepreneurs die of cancer

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    Two of the industry's leading entrepreneurs have died within three weeks of each other.

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    Bovis consortium wins £500m MoD property deal

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    The Ministry of Defence has chosen a consortium led by Babcock International and Bovis Lend Lease for a £500m property maintenance and capital works contract.

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    Broadway production

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    Broadway Malyan has been appointed by Peel Holdings to design a £40m waterside development in Runcorn, Cheshire. Old Quay development will include 450 apartments and a restaurant, bar and leisure facilities overlooking the Mersey. Peel Holdings previously worked with Broadway Malyan on its development of Salford Quays.

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    Firms count the cost of wildcat postal strikes

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    Builders' associations fear delays will hit members' cash flow and could affect up to a million businesses.

  • Features

    The Hawksmoor mystery

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    Julian Anderson has spent the past two years chronicling the restoration of Christ Church in Spitalfields, east London. Over the next eight pages, we show a selection of his photographs of the work in progress. What they do not reveal is the story behind the restoration.

  • Comment

    Wonders & blunders

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    Simon Woodroffe raises a cup of saki to Foster and Partners' GLA building, but makes water in the direction of a London estate

  • Features

    Tender price forecast: North-west leads the way

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    London is still suffering from the office sector slump, according to Davis Langdon & Everest, which is dampening inflation and keeping tender price increases to a minimum. But UK output as a whole has continued its steady increase – especially in the booming North-west

  • Features

    Sheltered by Mother Earth

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    The tale of the three little pigs could take on a new meaning for children at an Old Kent Road nursery, which is built not of straw or sticks, but rammed earth. We went on site to find out how it was done

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    Heirs and graces: Prince Charles gets in on Ashford shortlist

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    The Prince's Foundation has a fair chance of winning the 31,000-home masterplan for the Kent growth area – they're pally with Prescott, and win points for planning-delay-busting design codes. So is Ashford set to be another Poundbury?

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    Making a mark on the 21st century

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    The Brick Development Association's annual Brick Awards showcase excellence in the use of brick, whether by architects, designers, engineers or brickwork contractors.

  • Features

    Supreme winner and best public building

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    Sloane Robinson Building, Keble College, Oxford

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    Best single house

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    Tan-y-Coed House, Chirk, near Wrexham

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    Best private housing development

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    Fulham Island, Fulham, London

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    Best public housing development

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    Stilitoe Court, Raleigh Park, Nottingham

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    Volume housebuilding award

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    David McLean Homes

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    Best commercial building

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    Manser Antiques, Shrewsbury

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    Best refurbishment project

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    New Schools, Eton College, Slough

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    Best landscape project

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    The Living Room, Dunbar Drive, Bolton

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    Sustainability award

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    Denville Hall Phase Two, Northwood, Middlesex