Opinion – Page 204
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CommentThis is a critical time for low-carbon housing policy
There are a number of political balls in the air and this is a critical period
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CommentMy digital life … Kris Gamble
The Customised director on speaker envy, Jamie Oliver and being a tweetaholic
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CommentNo place like home
Trade delegations to lucrative markets abroad are great PR for politicians but to sure up this tentative recovery the focus has to be on activity in the UK
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CommentBlacklisting or prudent management?
We haven’t heard the contractors’ side of the blacklisting argument
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CommentHousebuilding: An attitude problem
The public sector isn’t known for risk-taking or innovative thinking, but that’s what is required to release enough land for housebuilding
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CommentBirmingham Central Library, 1973
How was the original Birmingham Central Library received when it opened in the 1970s?
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CommentWonders & blunders with Dan Benham
Incoming Royal Society of Architects in Wales president Dan Benham praises Zumthor’s Bruder Klaus Field Chapel and laments the ‘lump’ of the Celtic Manor Resort
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CommentMy digital life … Emma Brophy
The CRASH marketing manager on iPhone bereavement, habas fritas, and aspiring to own a Mac
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CommentInterpreting ambiguities in contract documents: RWE Npower Renewables Ltd vs JN Bentley Ltd
The judgment highlights that interpretation of contract documents requires one to determine what a reasonable person, with the background knowledge available, would have understood the parties to have meant
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CommentLow-carbon UK? Don’t hold your breath
The government’s policies on lowering carbon emissions aren’t working
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CommentShifting the blame for the Green Deal ...
Ed Davey has a cheek in trying to pin the slow take-up on external wall insulation providers
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CommentFailing to raise Green Deal awareness
The government must invest to ensure the public knows what is on offer
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CommentA real recovery needs broad sustainable growth
Data from the CPA/Barbour ABI index shows the need for growth outside of London
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CommentWork opportunities at home and away
Even if things are looking up here, don’t rule out looking abroad for work
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CommentHansom: And the livin' is easy
The tranquility of summer days is disturbed by a trouser scandal that has rocked the world of architecture, and the Chinese authorities clamping down on self-build - but happily, there’s a boring story to end on
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CommentHalfway housing
The government has made some welcome decisions over housing but has created a mood of uncertainty over space standards