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FeaturesAs good as it's got
Once again, Foster and Partners has shown the wonders modern CAD can perform – this time by combining the golden spiral of the Nautilus with wonderfully imaginative engineering. So, who wants to be a millionaire?
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Spreading the risk
If you are thinking of joint venturing with another contractor on a project, make sure you avoid joint liabilities if the other party suddenly goes belly-up
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NewsDesmond's mansion to get £5m makeover
Media mogul Richard Desmond, proprietor of the Daily Express, the Daily Star and Asian Babes, is planning a £5m refurbishment of his Hampstead mansion
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Middle Eastern promise
Images have been released of the masterplan for the largest tourist attraction in the Middle East. The £3bn Dubailand project, partly planned by British consultant Halcrow, is divided into six "worlds of wonder". These include theme parks, retail and entertainment centres, sports projects and eco-tourist venues.A Halcrow report looking ...
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Migrant workers are our lifeline and their safety must be protected
Migrant workers have become a familiar sight on building sites in the past few years.
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NewsThe Cambridge arc
This dramatically curved elevation is from TP Bennett's design for the Centre of Advanced Photonics and Electronics at the University of Cambridge. The building has two wings joined by a wintergarden. It will provide laboratories, cleanrooms, workshops and offices for academic and research staff. The facility is ...
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Solution in sight at Bath Spa
The troubled £26m Bath Spa project moved a little closer to completion after client, contractor and architect agreed on a solution to its peeling paintwork
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Tile firm attacks 'handcrafted' label
Europe's oldest handmade roof tile manufacturer, Keymer, has warned it may be put out of business over a row between rooftile manufacturers about the definition of "handcrafted" roof tiles.
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NewsHousing Futures: The next 20 years …
A major feature series assessing radical changes that will affect the housing sector in the next 20 years starts next week in Building.
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NewsArsenal's other double
Arsenal Football Club announced on Monday that it had secured funding for this £357m, 60,000-seater stadium at Ashburton Grove. The ground, which will have twice the capacity of the Gunners' Highbury venue, is due to be completed in time for the start of the 2006/07 season.
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Ken Yeang on shortlist for European Central Bank HQ
Ken Yeang is on a shortlist of three architects to design the European Central Bank in Frankfurt, Germany.
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Foxell's RIBA planning pledge
Simon Foxell, a candidate for RIBA president, has said that if he is elected, the institute would run training courses for local planning officers.
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NewsBroker’s notes: Mysterious revival
By the time this most illuminating of columns has hit your desk, dear reader, Peter Andre should be well on his way to lighting up the singles charts with the rerelease of his 1990s pop anthem Mysterious Girl
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CommentWonders & blunders
Mike Driver bends a reverential knee to a Finnish church but makes the sign of the cross before a north London office block …
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Pouring epoxy on troubled waters
Beleaguered £26m Bath Spa project swims a little closer to finishing line as project team agree fresh paint solution
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You've been warned
Your article "Click to Survive" (30 January, page 36) was thought-provoking and timely.
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Marking your cards
George Brumwell’s hopes of saving lives by registering all foreign workers with the CSCS card scheme (13 February, page 14) is flawed.
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No excuses
Your lead news article on 6 February, "Multiplex warned 'safety is a serious concern with PC Harrington'" highlights just how far we have to go.