All Western Europe articles – Page 3
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NewsSaint-Gobain and Lafarge plan €1.5bn rights issues
French materials giants both turn to investors for cash boost following sharp downturn in markets
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NewsEta plants bomb near Ferrovial Madrid office
Basque separatist group targets firm building train link through region
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NewsGDF Suez and Iberdrola bid jointly for UK nuclear work
French and Spanish firms join forces to compete against German RWE/E.ON joint venture and EDF
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NewsFinnish nuclear firm claims €2.4bn damages from Areva JV
Damages claimed from Areva and Siemens as building work runs three years late at Europe's first new reactor for a decade
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NewsFoster's Gibraltar scheme claimed to be built on 'stolen land'
Luxury hotel scheme built on floating platforms accused of being an 'illegal incursion' into Spanish waters
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Danish engineering visionary Borge Ramboll dies
Founder of Nordic giant Ramboll, owner of Whitbybird, mourned as a 'friend of engineering'
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NewsZaha Hadid unveils 'the Diamond Grasshopper'
Starchitect wins competition for Port Authority building in Antwerp, Belgium
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NewsBalfour Beatty breaks into European top 10
UK contractors make up over one-quarter of top 100 list
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NewsWork halts on £1.2bn Madrid court complex
A €1.4bn (£1.2bn) scheme in Madrid designed by some of the UK’s most prestigious architects is under threat
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NewsLaing O'Rourke in legal row with Irish tycoon
Division at heart of £22m dispute with John Magnier may be wound up
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NewsFunding fears drive FOA to ditch Madrid scheme
Architect says inadequate finance on City of Justice would have meant ‘very low-quality’ building
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NewsSpaniards turn to cemetery for renewable energy
Lack of sunny, open space prompts decision to put solar panels on graves
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NewsBanking on a green future: EIB's Luxembourg HQ
Ingenhoven extension to Sir Denys Lasdun’s original building boasts a dramatic 13,000m² roof that is key to its sustainability
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NewsGreat Danes: Steven Holl's mixed-use scheme
American architect Steven Holl has won the design competition for a mixed-use scheme on the Copenhagen waterfront
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FeaturesExpat survival guide to Portugal
Portugal has wads of EU cash to spend on infrastructure, and the salted cod balls are apparently delicious
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Construction in Poland hit by global recession
Decline in foreign investment has resulted in construciton projects being shelved
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CommentConstruction products regulations: Let’s try it another way
The European commission is planning to strengthen the construction market by replacing the Construction Products Directive (CPD) with a new piece of regulation that will remove all remaining obstacles to the free circulation of construction products in the European Economic Area (EEA) on 26 May.
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NewsHerzog & de Meuron pyramid to pierce Paris skyline
Architect's 180m-tall Projet Triangle to be city's first new high-rise after council lifts tower ban
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Go-ahead for 20km bridge to link Germany and Denmark
Treaty will finally be signed next week after 15 years of cash squabbles over £4bn plan