All Building articles in 2007 Issue 12 – Page 3
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Do we really need QSs?
A professor on a visit to Japan years ago told the local industry: “Don’t give them visas.”
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CommentMipim uncovered
Ah, the glamour of the Riviera ... long-legged Russian beauties, a daring daylight robbery and, erm, that’s about it – unless you count middle-aged male nudity or the stand from Corby council
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Logical or lucrative?
Sir Michael Latham’s call (9 March, page 36) for Gordon Brown to re-establish a Department of the Environment (DoE) under one ministerial responsibility is sensible, which is why it won’t happen.
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Shining a light
In the original reserved judgment the judge found that the defendants were liable to the claimants for infringing a right to light to two windows which illuminated some stairs leading to the basement of the claimant’s building. However, the judge declined to grant an injunction and left the question of ...
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NewsHeart and Seoul: Rogers scheme in South Korea
Richard Rogers, with Samoo Architects & Engineers, has designed this £766m mixed-use scheme in Seoul, South Korea.
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Hawkins\Brown takes on Parliament Square scheme
Architect Hawkins\Brown has been commissioned to take forward Foster + Partners’ Parliament Square redevelopment.
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CommentPicking on the wrong guy
Like many others living in Jordan, I am concerned about the dropping level of the Dead Sea (23 February, page 40).
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NewsGateway to the US
Pascall + Watson has unveiled this design for Dublin Airport’s £407m second terminal.
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Kier hoovers its way to the top in February
Business barometer — Contractor leads the construction league with a swarm of small wins
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NewsIt looks sturdy enough ...
WSP has been appointed structural engineer on the Rem Koolhaas-designed 52-storey “Jenga” tower in Jersey City, US.
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NewsNick Keable on recognising one’s own elbow
Labour’s record of planning reform is a tale of ineffectual confusion. And now it’s just got worse
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FeaturesJust what is it like to live in an Ecohome?
Sustainable housebuilding is all well and good, but it means little without sustainability-minded houseowners to back it up. Lydia Stockdale visited three ecohomes to see how the residents have adapted to a greener lifestyle
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FeaturesThe dream towers of Mipim
It was the year of the tall building down in Cannes, with Eric Kuhne’s V building in the vanguard
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FeaturesWhat has the RIBA ever done for me?
... asks architect Tarek Merlin, in the latest in our series of head to heads with leaders of the professional institutes. RIBA president Jack Pringle endeavours to provide some answers
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NewsDevelopers paying over odds for sites, says report
Overbidding for sites is common in London, according to a report on the capital’s development industry.
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Lords enter QS visa debate
The House of Lords has waded in to the debate on visa rules for foreign quantity surveyors.
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NewsPlanning reform ‘on course’ despite delay
Michael Ankers, the chief executive of the Construction Products Association (CPA), has played down fears that the planning white paper will lead to a watering down of reform.