All Building articles in 2004 issue 10 – Page 2
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Design codes key to success
The government is to use "design codes" to help smooth the passage of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Bill through parliament.
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NewsCity in the sky
Viennese architect Coop Himmelb(l)au has won an international design competition for the £100m headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt.In the winning design, twin 40-storey towers are connected by an atrium conceived of as a "vertical city" of hanging gardens, cafeterias and lounges. It is criss-crossed by numerous ...
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NewsRight chemistry in Lisbon
Architect Broadway Malyan has completed the design for this 6000 m2 headquarters building in Lisbon, Portugal, for pharmaceutical firm Pharma.The firm won an architectural competition for the scheme two years ago. The project is due to start on site this month and be completed early next year. As well as ...
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Comment
Marketwatch: data centre revival
The spectacular collapse of the internet and telecoms sector at the start of the decade led to financial problems at many large clients.
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Comment
The Castleford trip
You described Castleford as "nondescript" in your profile of Sarah Wigglesworth. I think you should try a mind-expanding substance — which I've found Castleford to be, as someone involved in The Castleford Project.
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Comment
The case for Castleford
I read with interest your article about The Castleford Project. This is an innovative and bold project which will bring great benefits to the people of Castleford.
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Comment
On buying a pig in a poke
If you buy defective goods, how long can you wait before you return them? That's a simple question with a very complicated answer …
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News
Housebuilders face shock land tax in Budget
Whitehall hints that Brown may impose levy on increase in land value triggered by planning permission
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Broker's notes: Nobody loves us – and we don't care
That long-held impression that the City has the same feelings for construction firms as Spanish hoteliers now have for Midlands footballers is something of a cliché.
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Bovis Homes: Inflation to halve
Bovis Homes chief executive Malcolm Harris has warned that house price inflation will more than halve this year
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NewsPeabody boss denies development crisis
Housing association the Peabody Trust has hit back at rumours that it is winding down its development activities
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CommentWonders & blunders
Adrian Tinniswood admires an example of Wren's post-Fire reconstruction but despairs at a more recent act of demolition
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HTA triumphant after Chinese new town victory
Architect gets foothold in Far East after winning competition to create 90 ha urban centre near city of Suzhou
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Redrow calls for action on local authority housing bans
Housebuilder argues that moratoriums on new build in northern England are based on false premises
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NewsWSP's £5.6m profit turns fortunes around
Support services group WSP has declared that it has turned around its business after a disastrous 2002.
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FeaturesHousing Futures 2024
Our serialisation of Housing Futures 2024, the collection of CABE/RIBA papers on the prospects for British housing, continues with John Callcutt's seven rules of regeneration and Christine Whitehead's three economic scenarios.
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Features
International costs: 2004
Gardiner & Theobald’s 12th annual survey of global construction costs takes a round-the-worldtrip to compare labour rates, building costs, material prices and inflation forecasts
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CommentDiary of an architecural practice, aged 2½ months
The first of a monthly series following Ken Shuttleworth's fledgling practice considers the perils of overly cosy offices and headed notepaper
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NewsTen thousand prefab houses are needed in Bam after earthquake that killed 40,000
Ali Manafpour, of engineer Halcrow, draws up a report that shows Iran paid a high price in death and injuries for failure to check that houses were built properly
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