All Building articles in 2006 issue 24 – Page 2

  • The organisers of Luxembourg and the Greater Region Capital of Culture 2007 have unveiled the €19m (£13m) Grand-Duc Jean Modern Art Museum.
    News

    Museum piece

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The organisers of Luxembourg and the Greater Region Capital of Culture 2007 have unveiled the €19m (£13m) Grand-Duc Jean Modern Art Museum.

  • Comment

    No mercy

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    When does a late tax return get you kicked off the CIS scheme? The courts have been at odds over this question, but now senior judges have made a harsh ruling

  • Comment

    Let's stick together

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    How refreshing to read David Mosey's article on the use of peer pressure rather than big sticks to manage a project schedule (2 June, page 49). My experience of partnering and collaborative ventures in the industry over the years is that peer pressure is a powerful tool for one simple ...

  • A £180m scheme to redevelop Barnsley’s markets was signed by developer 1249 Regeneration (a joint venture between Wilson Bowden, Ashcroft Estates and the Guildhouse Group), Yorkshire Forward and Barnsley council last week.
    News

    Take me t' kasbah …

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A £180m scheme to redevelop Barnsley's markets was signed by developer 1249 Regeneration (a joint venture between Wilson Bowden, Ashcroft Estates and the Guildhouse Group), Yorkshire Forward and Barnsley council last week.

  • Angus Robertson
    Features

    Just the job

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Angus Robertson tells Sonia Soltani how he followed his heart to the city that never sleeps

  • Hansom
    Comment

    Hansom

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Accidents, disappointments and injuries abound this week as news breaks that Mr Justice Jackson won't be fit until the second round at the earliest

  • Jane Ryland
    Comment

    Goliath won

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The judge said neither Multiplex nor Cleveland Bridge could claim outright victory over Wembley, but on all the big money questions, the Aussies came out on top

  • News

    Schools for Future warned for ignoring sustainability

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Report by Sir Neville Simms criticises school building programme, as government pledges to go carbon neutral

  • Wyllie: Will chair steering group on skills crisis
    News

    MCG focuses on Olympics skills shortage

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Major Contractors Group is forming a steering group to stave off a skills shortage in the run-up to the Olympics

  • A freakishly reptilian tower block is one of the latest science-fiction buildings to be featured in an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery in London.
    News

    Monster from the deep

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    A freakishly reptilian tower block is one of the latest science-fiction buildings to be featured in an exhibition at the Barbican Gallery in London.

  • News

    Stansted plans could be cut

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Spanish contractor Ferrovial's bidding team is thought to be planning cuts to BAA's £2.7bn expansion of Stansted airport.

  • The planetarium resembles an alien space ship half buried in Greenwich park after a crash landing
    Features

    Curved space – the Peter Harrison Planetarium

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Greenwich park is about to get a strange and beautiful adornment: a weird bronze cone through which the heavens will be made manifest. Thomas Lane found out how it's being made

  • News

    ‘World Cup effect' revealed

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The number of houses sold could rise as much as 10% once the World Cup tournament is over in July, research has revealed.

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Pigs and cream

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The construction industry is split into the firms that do the actual work and those that skim off their profit under the guise of supervision and regulation

  • Kelly: Giving councils freedom
    News

    Elite councils win greater freedom to invest in housing

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Demand in social housing sector set to be boosted by plans to let councils sell assets to increase investment

  • News

    Corporation to cut red tape

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    The Housing Corporation is looking at ways of making it easier for the private sector to bid for public money to build affordable homes.

  • News

    Design codes ‘make no difference' to planning

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    THE use of design codes has failed to speed up the planning process or improve community consultation, according to research commissioned by the government.

  • News

    RIBA members cast their votes for next president

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Voting for the next RIBA president started this week after ballot papers were sent to all 32,000 members.

  • News

    Davis Langdon rolls out carbon index service

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Leading cost consultant Davis Langdon has pledged to provide a carbon index to all of its clients as part of its service. Davis Langdon is taking the initiative to encourage clients to think about sustainability.

  • Atkins has revealed its designs for this 165 m tall five-star hotel in Istanbul, Turkey.
    News

    The towers of Byzantium …

    2006-06-16T00:00:00Z

    Atkins has revealed its designs for this 165 m tall five-star hotel in Istanbul, Turkey. It will offer more than 100,000 m² of luxury accommodation over more than 40 floors.