All Building articles in 2005 issue 10 – Page 2

  • On the waterfront
    News

    On the waterfront

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Robert Adam Architects and engineer Alan Baxter & Associates have developed a revised masterplan for the 32 ha Western Harbour regeneration scheme on Edinburgh’s waterfront in Leith.

  • Comment

    Vote wisely

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    RICS members are being given the opportunity to vote for members of the governing council.

  • News

    Sharewatch

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    The shopper shopped

  • Look at me
    News

    Look at me

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    This Sheppard Robson designed Landmark House project for Nottingham-based economic consultant Experian is finished.

  • Urban jungle
    News

    Urban jungle

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Urban jungleSouthwark council has released images of the Elephant & Castle redevelopment, designed by Make Architects. The images illustrate the scale, form and ambition of the regeneration project, but leave scope for design detail to be added once a development partner is appointed. The council began its search for a ...

  • Comment

    Hmmm …

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    A considerable amount of correspondence has appeared in Building as to why so few women find work on construction sites.

  • Northern heights
    News

    Northern heights

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Developer City Loft Developments and CTP St James have unveiled plans for a landmark £52m regeneration scheme in Sheffield.

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Sadly, unacceptable behaviour by a civil servant and a hamster called Norman let down this week’s otherwise sweet-natured and only partially clothed column

  • James Bessey
    Comment

    The Singapore grip

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Singapore is about to bring in its own version of the Construction Act. It has much the same aims as the English law but has a better grasp of the issues

  • News

    RICS reveals government spending slowdown

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Government investment in public sector construction programmes fell 10% last year, according to figures calculated by the RICS.

  • Sir Robert McAlpine has been quietly getting on with the Emirates Stadium in Highbury, north London. The north end is at the most advanced stage with the final form of the building visible in its completed roof structure
    Features

    Going great guns

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    What with all the fuss over Wembley, you could be forgiven for forgetting that a certain other north London stadium is under construction. We went to the new Highbury to check the state of play

  • Getting into the Gulf
    News

    Getting into the Gulf

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    NG Architecture, a Beirut-based practice, has designed this mixed-use waterfront development in the city of Khobar, in eastern Saudi Arabia.

  • News

    Prescott produces master strategy for Thames Gateway

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    ODPM document sets out pre-election delivery plan as Livingstone announces arrival of Crossrail

  • News

    Londoners shut out Gateway

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    A survey has found that most people in London have never heard of the Thames Gateway initiative, under which thousands of houses will be built in the South-east.

  • Halfway house: Several housebuilders are taking a close look at shared equity schemes
    News

    Housebuilders flirt with shared ownership

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Housing industry experts predict that private housebuilders will begin to take more interest in shared ownership schemes as the market gets more difficult

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    For your eyes only

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    It is commonly believed that documents marked ‘without prejudice’ must not be read by a third party. In fact, it all depends on what they say

  • News

    RRP loses job next door

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Architect Richard Rogers Partnership has lost a competition to masterplan its own back yard in west London.

  • News

    Industry ill-prepared for disasters

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    A report published this week has claimed construction companies are ill-prepared to cope with a disaster such as a bomb explosion

  • John Redmond
    Comment

    A simple disaster

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    A cautionary tale about what happens if you assume that a dispute does not exist (and therefore you can bypass arbitration) and are, as it turns out, wrong

  • Diarmuid Gavin
    Features

    Diarmuid Gavin

    2005-03-11T00:00:00Z

    Don’t be fooled by the affable exterior – television’s most popular gardener is plotting a revolution in our own back yards. Here he lets us in on the secret and tries to recruit you as well.