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FeaturesGood for nothing?
George Ferguson is right about tackling architecture at its training roots. Currently, UK students undergo a course that is so unrealistic, many practices won't hire them
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Job priorities
Money makes the world go round – even construction employers know that. But if they think lucre's all that matters to today's job applicants, they should think again …
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The view to 2005
According to Experian® Business Strategies' latest regional construction forecasts, 2003 should be another buoyant year, even though growth rates will be much slower than in 2002. Rates will fall further in 2004 and 2005 as the government reins in spending and the housing market dawdles
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Regional output
Almost all regions made improvements on the previous year, with Wales and the North-east looking the healthiest climbers. The West Midlands took the longest slide
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NewsDoors of perception
Forest Gate library in east London has attracted more than 26,000 visitors since it opened two weeks ago. Designed by FaulknerBrowns Architects for Newham council, the layout encourages maximum use of the facilities by siting the local advisory centre at the rear of the complex, drawing visitors through the library. ...
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Mowlem director takes top job with Alfred McAlpine
A senior figure at Mowlem, Steve Smith, is to join Alfred McAlpine to head its civil engineering division.
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Clarke to meet Atkins staff
Incoming Atkins chief executive Keith Clarke will meet senior employees later this month.
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UK engineering needs another Brunel, says ICE
The Institution of Civil Engineers has called on the government to appoint a chief engineering adviser to oversee the national infrastructure.
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Shepherd makes key appointment
Shepherd Group has promoted Patrick Shepherd to chairman of its construction and engineering division.
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NewsReligious restraint
Architect Halpern has won planning permission from Westminster council for an 18-flat, 2300 m2 block off Vauxhall Bridge Road, central London. The scheme stands next to a grade I-listed church of St James the Less and the 1960s Lillington Gardens housing estate. The project was considered by Westminster planners to ...
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Design elite queues to get into museums
Terry Farrell & Partners, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill and Rick Mather Architects are among the practices competing to design a streetscape for Exhibition Road in west London.
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Koolhaas made a laureate
Dutch architect Rem Koolhaas has been awarded the Praemium Imperiale Laureate for Architecture, the arts equivalent of a Nobel Prize, by the Japan Art Association.
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Interior wins two-horse race for £40m Ascot stand
Interior has beaten off a challenge from Mace to win a £40m construction management job to fit out a stand at Ascot racecourse in Berkshire.
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NewsCrystal world
Prada's Epicenter store, designed by Herzog & de Meuron, opened its doors for the first time on 7 June in Tokyo. The building's facade is a glass-panelled grille of diamond shapes. Inside, the display surfaces were designed to integrate with the crystalline architecture. Structural engineering was by Takenaka Corporation ...
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NewsWillmott Dixon launches green building package
Contractor joins architect White Design and window manufacturer Velux to offer energy-saving buildings.
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Wanted: Workers to play the building game
Anglia television wants to sign up construction workers for a series called Demolition Day in which teams of three compete to build and demolish structures.
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FeaturesPlayers on the terrace
A record number of MPs and the industry's top brass attended Building's annual reception on the House of Commons terrace, where they heard a controversial speech by Peter Rogers.
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Laing sells stake in US housing firm for £25.7m
Support services group Laing has moved further from the housing sector with the sale of its minority interest in US firm WL Homes for £25.7m.