All Comment articles – Page 88
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NewsDispute-busters to the rescue
A panel of experts has been appointed to stop unseemly rows on the 2012 projects before they even start. Surely they will need superhuman powers? Or just some common sense?
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NewsEco-towns risk becoming communities of Stepford Wives
Eco-towns will be devoid of personality unless the government builds sufficient local amenities for its inhabitants
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NewsThe hidden cost of tax gains
Depressed values mean rushing to sell off ahead of the capital gains tax rise could cost businesses much more than they save
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NewsT5 – Where did it all go wrong?
All the achievements of T5's construction team are in danger of being forgotten after the disastrous first two days of operation
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NewsT5: not just chaos, but uncaring chaos
A close-up view of the T5 debacle from a passenger and architect who very badly wanted to be impressed
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NewsA pale green housing policy
Government policy on home energy efficiency must take a much more radical approach if the UK is to meet its climate change targets
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CommentBecoming one
Many projects go wrong because the way they’re set up means they have no chance of going right. But what has that got to do with the Zen of marine engine repair?
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Features'You can’t have sex if you’re bored' – the sex in architecture debate
Will Alsop, Jonathan Meades, David Ubaka and Ben Addy debate the merits of eroticism in architecture - is there too much, too little and what exactly does sex have to do with buildings?
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NewsT5 helps us hold our heads high
Hot on the heels of the new St Pancras, Terminal 5 is another triumph for UK construction
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NewsThe Crossrail champion
Cliff Mumm is now in charge of the Crossrail construction programme, let's hope he can repeat his success on the Jubilee Line
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CommentThe kiss of death
Michael Gove A new breed of innovative school was beginning to emerge in England – until the government stepped in to help it with its Building Schools for the Future programme
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NewsNorman Foster: from Russia with love
The UK's relationship with Russia may be frosty but Lord Foster is guaranteed a warm welcome at Mipim's equivalent of the Kremlin
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NewsAlistair's big day
The chancellor first Budget speech held few surprises having been leaked days in advance, now we need to decipher the small print
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NewsThe thrill of the race
Speeding downhill on a bike with lashing rain in your face is the most scary, and exhilarating, experience imaginable
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NewsRain in the Riviera
I came prepared for insects, snakes and even rabid dogs in Cannes, but I didn't count on miserable English-style weather
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NewsChampagne moment
Day three on the Cycle2Cannes ride saw the landscape turn from featureless farmland to terraced vineyards
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NewsPedal pushers
On day two of the Cycle2Cannes ride, our intrepid web editor reports on the peleton's progress through Kent
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NewsGo Caroline!
Thanks to an astonishing laspe in security at the communities department, Chris Addison has obtained a first draft of a mailout from housing minister Caroline Flint, in which her inner thoughts are exposed
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CommentGo Caroline!
Thanks to an astonishing lapse in security at the communities department, Chris Addison has obtained a first draft of a mailout from housing minister Caroline Flint, in which her inner thoughts are exposed