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NewsBattersea Power Station scheme facing "significant challenges" over cost, councillor claims
Wandsworth council has approved a request by the firm behind the £9bn redevelopment of the power station to review its affordable housing putting 250 affordable homes at risk
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NewsCamden council consults on tube station upgrade plans
Proposals include a new entrance and exit for the busy Camden Town stop
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NewsPM offers to let EU citizens stay in UK
Proposal, if agreed by Brussels, will come as a relief to industries reliant on EU workers
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NewsGoldsmith calls for social housing rethink
Tory Zac Goldsmith has called for the government to rethink its approach to social housing in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy. The Richmond Park MP said: “Right across the capital we have tower blocks that were rushed, poorly designed, poorly built and which many of these are now ...
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NewsIndustry clamours again for review to building fire regulations
Renewed demand for review comes after Grenfell Tower fire tragedy
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NewsGrenfell Tower investigation ‘could take two years’
Leading fire investigator warns event was more ‘complicated’ than 2009 Lakanal House blaze in south London
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NewsRIBA announces longlist for House of Year award
Winning scheme will be broadcast on Channel 4 this autumn
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NewsRLB wants UK work to take 25% slice of its global activity
Consultant also aiming for one-fifth increase in group revenue in four years, says director
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FeaturesImage of the week: Hope and mourning
Floral tributes and missing person posters are left after the Grenfell Tower fire
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NewsNAO report queries Hinkley deal
Reactor technology is ‘unproven’, government spending watchdog warns
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Leicester Square ticket office
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Tim Murray, director of Moxon Architects
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FeaturesThis week in 1962
Some 55 years ago, Building’s leader was on a subject that has had tragic cause to be on the receiving end of much scrutiny this week – fire regulations
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CommentHansom: ‘tis the season to be arty
We marvel at the UK’s ‘tallest mural’, swoop in on an office drone race, and enjoy some exposure on Wickes and sun-screening charity campaigns. Plus Shawcross’ latest work hits St Pancras
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FeaturesBrexit and construction law: Changing times
One year on from the EU referendum, nobody knows how a post-Brexit world will look
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CommentGrenfell Tower: A fatal failure
The onus is on all of us to ensure a tragedy like the deadly blaze at Grenfell Tower never happens again
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NewsGrenfell Tower contractors worked on Camden's Chalcots Estate
Contractor Rydon and cladding subcontractor Harley Facades
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NewsCamden to remove cladding from Chalcots Estate tower blocks
Material will be removed from five blocks after independent tests
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NewsHodder 'surprised' by Make decision to quit Manchester towers job
Development by former Manchester United players has been widely criticised by heritage bodies
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CommentOverheating, the beginning of the end?
The days of homes overheating could be drawing to an end as low carbon design starts to become obsolete
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NewsBarratt promotes Jessica White to finance boss
White, previously the firm’s group financial controller, replaces Neil Cooper, who left in January this year.