All Comment articles – Page 86
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NewsEco-towns: creating a legacy
Eco-towns are an opportunity to embed vital lessons on community development and must not become a veiled attempt to boost housebuilding
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NewsHas London gone architecture crazy?
The capital's month-long architecture festival is so jam-packed with events it's positively daunting...
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NewsBirmingham and its big ambitions
Brummies are investing £10bn with the aim of becoming the UK's 'Second City', will it be enough to beat the other contenders?
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NewsDo the Tories care about construction?
This industry tends to back Tories over Labour, but as David Cameron's prospects improve should we worry for our future?
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NewsThe brute of Birmingham
Birmingham's Central Library is due for demolition despite being an important brutalist landmark. But does it deserve to be saved?
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NewsEgan: I’d give construction about four out of 10
Sir John Egan on how the industry responded to Rethinking Construction: full transcript of speech at Commons reception marking 10th anniversary of report
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NewsThe Construction Act is changing
It’s been a long time coming but now that government has promised primary legislation we could see substantial amendments
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NewsMore power to the subbies
Public sector clients would get better value if they worked directly with subcontractors rather than through main contractors
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NewsBill Dunster: 'On-site renewables can deliver zero carbon homes'
Green architect criticises the UK Green Buildings Council for questioning whether microgeneration is viable on all new homes
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CommentYour questions answered: Julia Barfield discusses design and BSF
Last month architect Julia Barfield took part in our webinar on Builidng Schools for the future, here she responds to questions sent in by readers at the time
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NewsWill Gordon Brown save housebuilders, Nantwich and his own skin?
The £200m the government is spending on buying private homes for social tenants may be a drop in the ocean but it could give voters a boost
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NewsExecution without trial for Jarvis
The Potters Bar derailment may well have signed Jarvis’ death warrant, but guilt was never proven – is that fair?
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NewsIt only gets worse for BAA
The select committee hearing into the T5 fiasco proved embarrassing for BAA's bosses, mainly because they seemed woefully unprepared
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NewsEbbsfleet's mane attraction
Could a giant white horse put a post-industrial part of north Kent on the map? It's certainly the front-runner to win the 'Angel of the South' competition
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NewsThe ODA’s secretive approach does it no favours
More openness about the Olympics delivery might lead to less excitement over every minor overspend and a recognition of the organisation's wider successes
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What will Boris build in London?
Last week Londoners gave Ken the boot and now the new mayor has affordable family homes in his sights
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NewsLord Rogers' cancer centre outshines even Nigella
When Nigella Lawson opened RSH's Maggie's Centre last week, a longtime domestic goddess fan found herself even more blown away by the building itself
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Tory success gives Labour a planning headache
Tory success in the local elections will lead to more council opposition to the goverment's eco-town proposals
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CommentTender is the blight
There’s no excuse for bid rigging, but there may be certain facts that explain it. Like, for example, the whole way competition is supposed to work in our industry
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NewsHousing slump: The week it all went from bad to worse
The mood in the housebuilding industry has darkened as evidence flows in that sales, shares, land values, house prices, new starts and jobs are all falling faster than expected