All Building articles in 2007 Issue 08 – Page 3
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NewsTime for one last kick
This is your final chance to make your voice heard on the planning gain supplement. Don’t ignore it
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Comment
Houses of horror
I would totally agree that the level of housing design in the UK is “overwhelmingly disappointing” (9 February, page 25), with little attention to detail and devoid of any new ideas.
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NewsHodder set for limited status
Stephen Hodder, the first winner of the Stirling Prize, is to turn his practice into a limited company, and his wife Claire is likely to become managing director.
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CommentNeutral ground
The plans to make all new homes carbon-neutral by 2016 are still taking shape, but what legal framework is in place to drive home the sustainable message?
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NewsThe glass palace
David Chipperfield Architects has won a competition to design a cultural and congress centre in Künzelsau, Germany.
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NewsA little gentle persuasion
Company focus How John Rowan & Partners is colouring its clients green
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FeaturesThe i-wasp generation
Reading University’s Colin Gray explains how construction best practice can be downloaded as easily as music
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NewsEx-Currie man forges new link
A consultancy run by Geoffrey Seeff, a former Currie & Brown director, has formed an alliance with McBains Cooper, his former employer’s archrival.
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CommentHansom Mixed emotions
Anger and confusion reign at the Lighthouse Club, boredom (with the merest threat of violence) pervades a Bovis networking event and a whole lot of cheekiness takes place in a hotel car park
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Vandals to be struck off doctors’ registers
Vandals in Merseyside could be removed from the registers of their doctors under measures to combat damage to an NHS Lift site.
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Davis Langdon moves to fill sustainability skills gap
Consultant introduces training for all technical workers as number of green projects rises
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Rebuilding estates ‘too costly’ says LSE report
Knocking down council estates is not a cost-effective way of dealing with poor neighbourhoods’ social problems, a government review of social housing has concluded.
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Comment
Castlemore and URBED
In reference to the recent article on Southall Gasworks and the appointment of Make Architects as the new masterplanner (9 February, page 15), Castlemore wishes to clarify that URBED’s plans have not been “ditched” in the way inferred in the article.
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Carbon neutral Games talks
Olympic bosses are gearing up to go carbon neutral. Officials have been in talks for four months over whether the 2012 Games could reduce emissions to a minimum and offset the rest.
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FeaturesDead Sea canal: And the dead shall live
Vikki Miller reports on how a canal became an obsession for architects and engineers around the world, including a chap at Foster + Partners
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NewsCPA calls for cheap land for eco homes
The Construction Products Association (CPA) is challenging the government to demonstrate its eco credentials by supplying cheap land for 5,000 low and zero-carbon homes a year.