All Building articles in 2003 issue 28
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FeaturesSeaside rocks
Britain's seedy seaside towns are about to get tons and tons of regeneration cash, a dozen or so world-class architects and some schemes that will knock your socks off.
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For richer, for poorer
Living with your project partner is about as blissfully straightforward as living with the other kind. But, as you mother would say, you've got to work at making it work
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News… and then two at once
Strzala Associated Architects of Manchester has designed its second bus station in the North-west. Burnley bus station was completed earlier this year, and now Chorley in Lancashire is open for business. The £2.7m station is designed to airport terminal standards and includes a fully glazed concourse, an automated door ...
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Massive retaliation
Recent changes to the Enterprise Act mean that anyone involved in forming a cartel will face crippling fines, and individual managers could get five years in prison
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Local lowdown
Yorkshire's job hotspot is Hull, where developments are on the increase and a skills shortage is pushing pay upwards.
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The very idea!
You may think consultants own the intellectual property rights in their work – but certain contracts transfer them to the client. Don't sign away your ingenuity
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Home truths in Lijnbaan
The RIBA has just taken itself off to Rotterdam to work out what regeneration's all about. And if you think it's a certain city's loft apartments, you'd be much mistaken
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NewsWhatever happened to Peabody's prefab?
Britain's largest factory-assembled affordable housing project, the Peabody Trust's Raines Dairy in north London, was handed over this week
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NewsHappening Hampstead
SHH architects has been granted planning permission to construct a contemporary house amid the Victorian properties of Denning Road in Hampstead, London. Plans for the 3121 ft2 house include a garage, a south-facing 70 ft long garden and 435 ft2 of verandas. The interior layout is a split-level open-plan concept ...
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NewsForeign workers to be helped with standardised signs
Simplification and standardisation seen as answer to communicating safety issues to foreign workers.
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NewsIt'll end in tiers…
The government is considering giving its social housing development grant to private housebuilders. Cue howls of fury from the associations and bitter complaints that it will lead to a housing lottery.
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How the East must be won
The government must get a move on with Crossrail if it wants to keep Ken Livingstone quiet.
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NewsDriving them up the wall
Architectural and sculptural designer Gerry Judah designed this giant wall display for last weekend's Festival of Speed at Goodwood, Sussex. Three Ford GT40 racers, famous for winning first, second and third prizes at Le Mans in 1966, were hung from a 36 m high, 28 m wide structure built out ...
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NewsTube teams set to shut down entire lines for up to a year
Consortiums Metronet and Tube Lines argue that working during the day will halve time and cost of upgrades.
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David Curry
Gordon Brown's declaration that current housing finance is a barrier to euro entry has been met with some considerable disdain. What ever will he do now?
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HBG counts cost of fire damage at hospital site
HBG has called in structural steel specialist Giffords to assess fire damage at its site at the £13m Wharfedale hospital near Leeds.
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FeaturesEat to your heart's content
Ruth Rogers, founder of The River Cafe, works on the principle that fresh, healthy ingredients make for delicious meals. Here are her suggestions for the industry, and six tips for a happy heart