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  • News

    Redrow calls for action on local authority housing bans

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Housebuilder argues that moratoriums on new build in northern England are based on false premises

  • Features

    Dream over

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    For five years, the Peabody Trust has been the standard bearer of progressive housing in Britain, producing ideal homes such as the BedZED development pictured. Now that it has been forced to cut staff and move away from development, are prefabrication and sustainability lost causes?

  • News

    Housebuilders face shock land tax in Budget

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Whitehall hints that Brown may impose levy on increase in land value triggered by planning permission

  • Comment

    A misjudgment

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The parties in Tally Wiejl vs Pegram became utterly confused by the problem of which contract was in place. Now this question has foxed the Court of Appeal, too

  • News

    Bovis Homes: Inflation to halve

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Bovis Homes chief executive Malcolm Harris has warned that house price inflation will more than halve this year

  • News

    Grice: 'We expected the McAlpines would be upset'

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Chief executive of contractor admits in court that he expected rebranding would lead to rift

  • News

    WSP's £5.6m profit turns fortunes around

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Support services group WSP has declared that it has turned around its business after a disastrous 2002.

  • News

    Peabody boss denies development crisis

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Housing association the Peabody Trust has hit back at rumours that it is winding down its development activities

  • News

    Ten thousand prefab houses are needed in Bam after earthquake that killed 40,000

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Ali Manafpour, of engineer Halcrow, draws up a report that shows Iran paid a high price in death and injuries for failure to check that houses were built properly

  • News

    HTA triumphant after Chinese new town victory

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Architect gets foothold in Far East after winning competition to create 90 ha urban centre near city of Suzhou

  • News

    Contractors pay price

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Contractors Carillion, Balfour Beatty and Interserve have all increased the amount of money they contribute to their staff pensions.

  • News

    More woes at Mowlem

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Contractor Mowlem has lost a court battle over a swimming pool in East Lothian, just weeks after its appeal over the Bath Spa project was rejected

  • News

    Design codes key to success

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The government is to use "design codes" to help smooth the passage of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill through parliament.

  • News

    Roofing

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

  • Features

    Housing Futures 2024

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Our serialisation of Housing Futures 2024, the collection of CABE/RIBA papers on the prospects for British housing, continues with John Callcutt's seven rules of regeneration and Christine Whitehead's three economic scenarios.

  • Features

    Imperial history

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Photographer Julian Anderson spent three years documenting the building of Foster and Partners' sleek Tanaka Business School at Imperial College London. Here's a selection of his pictures.

  • Comment

    Diary of an architecural practice, aged 2½ months

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The first of a monthly series following Ken Shuttleworth's fledgling practice considers the perils of overly cosy offices and headed notepaper

  • Comment

    Marketwatch: data centre revival

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    The spectacular collapse of the internet and telecoms sector at the start of the decade led to financial problems at many large clients.

  • Comment

    *Cosying up ...

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Building’s series of profiles of clients with lots of work to hand out begins with Manchester University, which is about to launch Project Unity …

  • Comment

    *Tips on voicing your confidence

    2004-03-12T00:00:00Z

    Voice coach Susan White has worked with architects such as Terry Farrell & Partners, and Squire and Partners, as well as contractors such as Kajima, Interior and Mace.