All 170 years articles – Page 7

  • Image of Whitehall shuffle article
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    This week in 2002

    2017-06-09T07:00:00Z

    In 2002, Building published images of a deck of cards to illustrate government reshuffles

  • Pattern book prophet
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    This week in 1977

    2017-06-02T06:00:00Z

    40 years ago a marketer was pushing a radical residential idea – to get rid of architects

  • State of decay article from 1992
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    This week in 1992

    2017-05-26T08:00:00Z

    Quarter of a century ago the results of an Audit Commission report on council housing put the dampers on any post-election parties for the Conservatives

  • Archive oic
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    This week in 1997

    2017-05-19T07:00:00Z

    This time in 1997 Building polled readers’ attitudes to their work and the results were far from happy

  • Archive pic
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    This week in 2002

    2017-05-12T07:00:00Z

    Back in 2002 one firm took an unusual approach to retaining its employees by consulting the Tao Te Ching

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    This week in 1987

    2017-05-05T07:00:00Z

    Thirty years ago, Building was looking at the potential for former psychiatric hospitals to be converted into residential

  • Equal opportunites article from 1997
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    This week in 1997

    2017-04-28T07:00:00Z

    This week, 20 years ago, the UK was preparing for a general election

  • Bridge over the River Thames image of page
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    This week in 2002

    2017-04-21T07:00:00Z

    As the disputes over the Garden Bridge drag on, Archive looks back to a less cynical but equally fraught time for bridge building in London

  • Green Deal archive pic
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    This week in 2012

    2017-04-13T07:00:00Z

    Five years ago, British retailers were being a little reticent about getting involved with the government’s Green Deal

  • Image of article and Building front cover from 8 April 2016 about Zaha Hadid's death
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    This week in 2016

    2017-04-07T07:00:00Z

    One year ago, Building was publishing tributes to one of the greatest and most recognised architects of her generation

  • Get real
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    This week in 1997

    2017-03-31T07:00:00Z

    In 1997, the Building was looking at the first virtual walkthroughs of CAD models

  • Archive image: How to make friends and influence parliament
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    This week in 2002

    2017-03-24T07:00:00Z

    Building wrote that the construction industry had finally worked out how to get its voice heard by government 15 years ago

  • Tax returns archive illustration from 1997
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    This week in 1997

    2017-03-17T06:22:00Z

    The end of the financial year 1996/97 also brought low-level panic over tax policy

  • Archive image
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    This week in 2002

    2017-03-10T09:00:00Z

    Recruiting and retaining good staff is a long-running challenge for construction businesses

  • Skills debate archive pic
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    This week in 1987

    2017-03-03T07:00:00Z

    Concerns around training haven’t changed hugely in the last 30 years

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    This week in 2012

    2017-02-24T07:00:00Z

    Five years ago we reported on the Prince of Wales’ involvement in a scheme for an ‘eco-hamlet’

  • Archive image
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    This week in 2002

    2017-02-17T06:00:00Z

    We look at the costs of prefabricated buildings, 15 years ago

  • Archive image from 1997
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    This week in 1997

    2017-02-10T00:00:00Z

    We look at hospital rebuilding, 20 years ago

  • Archive image
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    This week in 1992

    2017-02-03T06:00:00Z

    We look at wind power, 25 years ago

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    This week in 1982

    2017-01-27T06:00:00Z

    Three-and-a-half decades ago, Building reported that building graduates would not struggle to find employment