All Comment articles – Page 83
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NewsThe international surprises of the World Architecture Festival
From chapels to car parks, the UK has a lot to learn from the ideas of small architects abroad
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NewsLike Cannes, but with buildings …
The World Architectural Festival is a feast of stunning buildings, big names and weeping designers
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NewsA romantic affair between man and machine
London Fields played host this weekend to 'Transports Exceptionnels', a remarkable encounter between a svelte French dancer and a 13-tonne digger
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NewsThe 80% carbon reduction target is one we can achieve
The construction industry has a big part to play in helping the government achieve its ambitious environmental target for 2050
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NewsLaw report: Latest international law trends
Last week lawyers gathered in London to discuss the latest in contract forms, dispute resolution and risk mitigation around the globe, and this is what they said...
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NewsBehind the scenes at the Stirling prize party
Friday's awards ceremony was followed by an alcohol-fuelled evening of rumours, tittle-tattle and outspoken opinions
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NewsArchitect hosts mock Stirling Prize
Accordia is declared the winner in 3DReid's very own dress rehearsal for the Stirling Prize
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Tom Cruise: the man in Atlantis?
The Atlantis hotel in Dubai is teaming with marine life and one of Hollywood's biggest fish may be spending new year there
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How green is Dubai's Jumeira Gardens?
Meraas is proud of its scheme's green credentials, but how sustainable can development in a hostile desert climate ever really be?
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Features
Dubai's reality gap
En route to Cityscape, nothing about Dubai is quite what this visitor expected
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NewsHousebuilders' hopes rest with big hitter Beckett
Margaret Beckett must draw on experience to help housebuilders weather the financial storm
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NewsWhy Tony Douglas should be our next prime minister
The performance of Laing O’Rourke’s chief operating officer at the Conservative Party Conference proves he could go far in British politics
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NewsThe Mets lost! (And the economy's in meltdown)
New Yorkers tut over the president's proposed solution to the financial crisis – and cancel dinner over a shock baseball result
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NewsWhat a day to be on Wall Street
'Will bank for food' reads the sign in New York's financial district, as our reporter watches the US economic meltdown at close quarters
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NewsTory Conference: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Delegates in Birmingham bask in the warm glow of public approval - shame about the frosty economic climate beyond the rotating doors
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CommentMaking this country grate
How can we beat Beijing at hosting Olympic Games and improve our place in the medal table? Well, we can make the most of our Britishness. Chris Addison explains how
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NewsSarah's present to Gordon is no party blockbuster
Sarah Brown's edited highlights of Gordon's achievements are sweet but probably won't woo the voter
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NewsOverseas PPP: cold comfort in the credit crunch
With PPP just taking off in central Asia, why aren't British firms racing over there?
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NewsLabour Party conference: Where is everyone?
A leadership challenge may not be imminent, but Gordon Brown has failed to attract the crowds to his party's conference this year
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NewsLabour Party conference: Party on!
Everybody at the conference seems to be having a whale of a time - except Gordon Brown, of course