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NewsAll's well in sunny Surrey
Wandsworth Primary Care Trust and Catalyst Healthcare have signed a contract for the £55m PFI redevelopment of the Queen Mary Hospital, Roehampton, Surrey. The 139-bed community facility is due to be completed in December next year. Bovis Lend Lease will handle design and construction, Lend Lease Facilities Management will ...
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FeaturesNothing doing
The Paddington Health Campus was always going to be problematic, but nobody expected it to take so long to do so little, or for costs to rise from £360m to £827m. We tell the inside story of the PFI hospital from hell
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Shula, I've been thinking
Using oilseed rape as a fuel, whether popularised on The Archers or not, could be the answer to getting communities to embrace renewable energy
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FeaturesCost study: Scottish gas headquarters
Built on a former gasworks (appropriately), Scottish Gas’ HQ is an elegant and energy-efficient addition to Edinburgh’s rapidly changing waterfront. Architect Foster and Partners, environmental engineer Battle McCarthy and cost consultant Davis Langdon explain how they did it.
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CommentWonders & blunders
Anthony Wilson picks two modern Mancunian buildings, one a triumph of architectural art, the other … er, you’d better read it yourself
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NewsCracking the safety conundrum
Construction's safety record may be improving – slowly – but a 5% decrease in site deaths over five years simply isn't good enough. The industry is out of time to hit that 40%-by-next-year target … So what now?
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A pricing problem
The defendant desired to sell his property, No.1 Horbury Mews and engaged the claimant (an estate agent) to assist him. On the advice of the claimant the defendant agreed, on the 29 June 2001, to market his property at £1.5m. An offer from a third party was received and accepted. ...
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Glazed in glory
Rick Mather's Lincoln School of Architecture, shoehorned into a small site next to a railway track, is a triumph of design ingenuity. We find out how specifiying the right windows made all the difference
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All becomes clear
Rick Mather Architects knows that when designing a minimalist building, its windows have a great bearing on its appearance.
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NewsPolice begin second wave of interviews over Bickerton
Serious Fraud Office targets known associates of John Aviss after he loses High Court battle with Artisan
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NewsTea in the park
Hopkins Architects' St James's Park restaurant in central London opened last month. Inn The Park, which was developed by the Royal Parks, is run by restaurateur Oliver Peyton. It is made from Austrian larch, concrete and stainless steel and has a grass roof. The interior was designed by Tom Dixon, ...
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Four in scramble to build Morrisons' £50m HQ
Four contractors are lining up to build a £50m headquarters in Bradford for newly enlarged supermarket chain Morrisons
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Prescott promises 'controversial' RIBA debate
Deputy prime minister John Prescott will follow up on his honorary fellowship of the RIBA by giving a "controversial" keynote speech on sustainable communities at the institute.