More news – Page 4089
-
FeaturesThe government is evolving the ideal eco-friendly home for the 21st century. But can we afford it?
A leaked report has revealed how the government is planning to put the burden of its demanding environmental policy on housebuilders. We look at the plans and their implications
-
FeaturesThere's a visitor for you
That alien spaceship over there is the bird flu virus, and its favourite place to be is in modern hospitals, because they seem to have been specially designed to help it infect its victims. We look at how engineers and microbiologists are fighting back
-
NewsBroker's notes: We're all going to Dye
Oooohhhh! I'm sooooo scared! Dr Doom has declared that the housing market is about to collapse!
-
Comment
Food for thought
We invite you to chew over the main issues arising from the proposed review of the Construction Act, while he helps himself to a large slice of humble pie …
-
NewsBritish firms stay put in Iraq despite panic over security
UK guidelines remain unchanged but France and Germany recommend their nationals leave country
-
News
Administrator launches probe at Miletrian
The administrator of fit-out contractor Miletrian is investigating actions taken before and after the firm collapsed last year
-
NewsCourt of Appeal upholds ruling against 'unconscionable' Mace
Judges find construction manager knowingly allowed subcontractor to sign misunderstood payment agreement
-
News
Homes key to Reading Gateway
A joint venture between developer St James and landowner Thames Water is to deliver the residential component of the proposed Reading Gateway development
-
News
RICS says Prescott's housing renewal plans 'lack clarity'
Report criticises ODPM for lack of joined-up thinking and says it has not checked if schemes offer good value
-
NewsSeven-storey slab completes Manchester's urban oasis
Allies and Morrison's No 1 Piccadilly Gardens is the focal point of the city centre's public square regeneration
-
NewsWales gets Gehry's second cancer centre
Architect Frank Gehry is to design his second Maggie's cancer centre in Britain, this time in Swansea, South Wales.
-
News
Bath council launches into fresh row with industry
A scheme for one of Europe's largest regeneration sites, Western Riverside in Bath, has become bogged down in a dispute between its developer and Bath and North-east Somerset council.
-
-
FeaturesCost model: Office refurbishment
Although recovery in the commercial market may be just around the corner, canny developers are already active generating good returns in refurbishment. Here Davis Langdon & Everest and Mott Green Wall look at the opportunities and constraints in bringing existing buildings bang up to date
-
Comment
Living on one's wits
Small practices are the tiny, furry mammals skipping under the scaly feet of industry dinosaurs, with an agility and an imagination that they can't begin to grasp
-
-
NewsPoor reception
Consumer programmes on the box delight in publicly humiliating housebuilders. The housebuilders say this is a sad distortion of the truth, but the Housing Forum's customer surveys disagree. We assess the claims
-
News
David Curry
Kate Barker has proposed far-reaching tax and planning reforms to steady a volatile housing market. But a lack of political consensus could mean her suggestions make matters worse
-
FeaturesStage magic
Or how Grimshaw transformed precision, clarity and a stumbling quest for answers into nine performance arts spaces in a scientific research centre in upstate New York