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News£160m Hull shopping complex unveiled
Developer ING Real Estate this week unveiled detailed plans for the £160m Ferensway shopping complex in Hull.The Foster-designed complex has a curved street topped by a glazed canopy. The 40 acre site will also contain a public transport exchange, homes, a theatre, and leisure centre.Construction work is expected to begin ...
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NewsReady for a night of love
The £8.5m Hampstead Theatre is due to be completed this month, ready for its first performance on Valentine's Day. The theatre has been rebuilt with £10m of Lottery funding as part of a push to regenerate the area. The low-rise, three-storey pavilion is four times larger than the original, and ...
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FeaturesVariations on a lead tortoise
Those enigmatic lead-clad reptilian forms over there are Renzo Piano's designs for 21st-century Roman concert halls. We look at how the architect came by his extraordinary concept, and how it works in practice.
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O ye of little faith
If God is in the details, then there are one heck of a lot of buildings going up devoid of the least sign of the divine presence …
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NewsBrown seizes control of PFI ahead of general election
Chancellor to take personal charge of delivery of new schools and hospitals as pressure grows to show results.
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NewsMarriage à la mode
A planning application has been submitted to restore Caxton Hall to its former glory. The former Westminster registry office (on the right of the photograph) was once famous for its celebrity weddings, but has been derelict since 1979. Foggo Associates is proposing to convert it into a residential development and ...
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MCG launches health plan
The Major Contractors Group has launched an occupational health strategy for its members to sign up to by March next year.
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NewsFoster loses out in World Trade Centre contest
UK architect Foster and Partners is out of the running to masterplan the redevelopment of New York's World Trade Centre site.
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Bradford to spend £160m on regeneration
Details of £160m of investment in Bradford, West Yorkshire, were due to be announced this week by the city's urban regeneration company.
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NewsMobile innovation
The designer of a prefabricated house on wheels has made his first sale, opening up a market for affordable houses on greenfield sites – without planning permission. Legally classified as a caravan, which eliminates the need for planning permission, the 1000 m2 M-house comes in two parts, bolted together ...
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Lipton Jr forms affordable housing firm
Elliot Lipton, son of Stanhope founder Sir Stuart Lipton, has formed a company to provide affordable housing in London.
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Skanska sued for £1m over Swiss Re project
A steel contractor on the Swiss Re headquarters in the City of London is suing Skanska for allegedly withholding nearly £1m.
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NewsHip to be square
Copthorn Homes, a division of Countryside Properties, is about to start work on Base2, a development of 258 flats overlooking Meath Gardens in Bethnal Green, east London. The original design is by Stock Woolstencroft, the detail design is by Hurley Robertson and the contractor is YJL.
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Crisis control
We report on how one consultant is overcoming the dearth of professional graduates
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Held to account
The pursuers, Va Tech and the Miller Group, entered into a construction consortium agreement. In accordance with that agreement they were to jointly offer to design, procure and construct a sludge treatment centre at Daldowie and, if their bid was successful, carry out those works. The offer was successful: Va ...
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Brown's PFI gamble
With public finances drying up Gordon Brown has little choice but to rely on PFIs to provide the public buildings promised by his government. Luckily the National Audit Office has given PFIs a positive first-term report.