All Building articles in 1 May 2009 – Page 6
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Building readers side with Charles on Chelsea Barracks
Two-thirds of those who voted on Building’s website would like to see Qatari Diar’s Chelsea Barracks scheme designed by Quinlan Terry, Prince Charles’ preferred architect
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The fat lady has sung: National Opera and Ballet centre, Oslo
Norwegian architect Snøhetta has won the Mies van der Rohe Award for its National Opera and Ballet centre in Oslo
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He's back: Lord Falconer returns to the Thames Gateway
Lord Falconer has unfinished business at the Thames Gateway – but given the recession, axed transport projects and scant progress since he worked on the scheme six years ago, can even this ‘heavy hitter’ get things rolling?
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Aukett issues profit warning
Architect Aukett Fitzroy Robinson has issued a profit warning after being hit by retrospective fee cuts in the Middle East
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Cabe report into social housing design attacked as ‘unfair’
A housing association and a developer have hit out at a report that found social housing to be no better designed than private homes
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Comment
Hidden wealth: How to be creative with asset-based lending
As land and property lose value, businesses looking to expand or keep afloat should be exploring the potential of raising money against other assets
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Boris Johnson assessed: one year on
After his election last May, many people had difficulty seeing Boris Johnson as a credible mayor. Now he’s had a chance to do his stuff, has anyone changed their mind?
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Comment
You asked me for a contribution: Are net contribution clauses fair?
A judge recently said net contribution clauses were ‘fair and reasonable’, but clients have good reason to feel unhappy with the way they work in practice
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HLM poaches Archial partner
HLM Architects has poached a senior staff member from rival Archial to become its director of architecture
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Planning applications rise to highest level since September
The number of planning applications made in the UK rose by more than 18% in the last month, indicating the first stirrings of renewed confidence in the property industry
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Comment
Building buys a pint … for the Anyjob team
It has taken two-and-a-half pints, but we are finally off the subject of mackerel fishing in Cornwall. Cue a collective sigh of relief as, after a slow start, the chat hots up
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A fine figueroa: Figeroa tower, Los Angeles
Studio Daniel Libeskind has been given the go-ahead for a 43-storey residential development in Los Angeles
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Panceltica faces takeover after Qatar housing debacle
Steel contractor may be taken over by developer and sole client after making £40m loss last year
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Tender prices to fall by up to 9% this year
Tender prices will fall by up to 9% in 2009 and a further 3-5% in 2010 according to the latest market forecast prepared for Building by cost consultant Davis Langdon
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Banks invited to bid for slice of £400m housing fund
Barratt and Countryside among housebuilders lining up bids to unlock schemes with Budget cash
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Stalled colleges could be ineligible for £300m fund
Rescue package may rule out schemes that stood down supply chains when they were put on hold
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Features
Banking, but not as we know it: 3XN's Saxo Bank
3XN’s Saxo Bank shows a softer side of a beleaguered industry, says Dan Stewart – just stand clear of the lightning bolts…
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Doncaster’s cultural 25%: Civic and cultural quarter
Muse Developments, the regeneration arm of Morgan Sindall, has won a £300m contract to build a civic and cultural quarter in Doncaster
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2012 media centre ‘to survive Cabe onslaught’
Sources close to the Olympics’ independent planning authority this week insisted that the media centre for the 2012 Games was still likely to get approval, despite receiving a drubbing from Cabe this week
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Number of firms in ‘critical financial distress’ leaps by 126%
The number of construction companies in critical financial distress increased 126% over the past year, according to corporate recovery specialist Begbies Traynor