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NewsTo coin a phrase
This 'neighbourhood centre' has been designed by architect Haworth Adams for not-for-profit developer Coin Street Community Builders. The scheme, near Waterloo in central London, forms the fourth side of the horseshoe-shaped Iroko Housing Co-operative development, also designed by Haworth Adams.The centre is due to open in 2005 and ...
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Architect RHWL wins Belfast 'theatre for everyone'
Architect RHWL's arts team has won an international competition to create a "theatre for everyone" at Belfast's Grand Opera House.
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Skanska nicks prison blocks
Contractor Skanska has won a £50m contract to build two prison blocks for the Scottish Prison Service.
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High-Point Rendel finally sold to management
The troubled consultant High-Point Rendel has finally completed a management buyout, nearly a year after it began talks to leave the stock exchange.
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Laing sheds housing arm in £16m buyout
Laing has disposed one of its remaining housing interests, selling urban regeneration specialist John Laing Partnership to a management team for £16.4m.
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Pressing on with the PFI
The tiresome ideological struggle over the PFI resurfaced at the Labour conference (see news).
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NewsSimon Murray switches sides
Simon Murray, the former major projects director at Railtrack, is to take over as chairman at regional contractor Geoffrey Osborne
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Steel door handles set to become illegal
Architects who specify stainless steel door handles risk being sued under the new Disability Discrimination Act.
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NewsA little hotel for Dubai
Architect RTKL has released this artist's impression of its design for the Capital Towers hotel in Dubai. The 35-storey structure, for Capital Investments, has been billed as the most sophisticated design in the city, owing to its distinctive blue glass skin.A structural engineer has not yet been appointed, but consultant ...
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NewsHolding the curve: McLaren unveils its sleek Foster HQ
Racing car manufacturer's 60,000 m2 centre boasts cutting-edge technology and bends to rival Silverstone.
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FeaturesThe hanging offices of rotterdam
Where do you build if you don't want to use up your valuable land? In mid-air, of course … We found out how it was done at the latest wonder of the construction world – the gravity-defying De Brug office block in Holland
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CommentRubber chicken: Bournemouth uncut
Forget political debate, the Labour Party conference is really just a backdrop to the construction minister's very own fly-on-the-wall documentary
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Spend shift: where has all the money gone?
The construction industry may be fuelling growth in GDP, but the government's spending plans are still behind schedule.
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FeaturesThe ideal architect
His years in the wilderness preaching weird hippie stuff like "sustainability" turned Richard Feilden into a bit of a prophet. All very well, but how does that fit with running an ever more successful commercial practice? We found out.
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Who's holding back?
Using adjudication to recover outstanding retentions is likely to lead to a positive result. So it's odd that so few of these disputes end up in the adjudicator's hands
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Ten years' hard labour
Britain's decrepit prisons are about to get a £3bn, decade-long revamp. The architects are facing a tough enough task to bring Victorian buildings to an acceptable standard – but what about the contractors who'll have to work behind bars?
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Housebuilders face 'wealth tax' on high-value schemes
Treasury-sponsored housing review looks at replacing section 106 agreement with tax on developments.