All articles by Deborah Duke
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2003 - A lot of hot air
A huge range of opinions have been voiced about Battersea Power Station’s redevelopment
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 - Raising the Portcullis
Decisions about how to refurbish the Palace of Westminster, one of the world’s most famous buildings, were never going to be easy
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2006 - Lines of duty
Cartels, corruption, construction – a trio we never like to see in the same sentence
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2011 - Always check your work
As we mark the opening of the new Royal Papworth hospital this week, spare a thought for healthcare construction professionals of 2011
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2005 - And you think YOU’VE got project delays…
It’s not easy to build a castle, but some seem to have even more than the usual trouble…
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2003 - Tom Daley in the deep end
Building is reminded of an interview we once did with a certain young person whose career would surely have belly-flopped without the backing of this sector
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2003 - stuck in traffic
This week’s introduction of the ultra-low emission zone reminds us of the congestion charge debate in 2003
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2016 - the bold and the beautiful
Can you remember a time when we didn’t know what Brexit was? Arguably, we still don’t
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2015 - Brexit - what Brexit?
Can you remember a time when we didn’t know what Brexit was? Arguably, we still don’t
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 - Interserve boss bullish
Embattled Interserve once had some serious bragging rights – but perhaps more caution would have come in handy
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008 - When in India...
Are you inspired by this week’s exploration of the construction market in India? Here, Building offers advice
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2001 - Déjà vu
Though Brexit is not quite yet a fait accompli, this week we look at the annual Mipim property event with a certain nostalgia
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2009 - Would you bet on Donald Trump?
Building looks back 10 years to when Donald Trump’s casino company went under. Has he learned about achieving victory - and solvency - since then?
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 - The beginning of Brexit?
What could the institutions of the European Union have done to so thoroughly distress and disgust the good folk of Britain that they called for the divorce lawyers?
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2006 - A Vic-torious restaging
The Young Vic, known for its gritty, experimental approach, was built as a temporary space in 1970 and was never meant to last more than five years, so was beginning to fall apart by the 1990s
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1999 - Tomorrow's world
Ten years before this week’s exploration of machine learning and artificial intelligence, Building offered readers a “cornucopia” of 99 things to look out for in 1999
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2009 - That was the future that was
While we modern folk fret about Brexit, in 1999 they had their own problems: the dreaded “Millennium Bug”
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FeaturesThis week in ... 1864
Controversy surrounding the development of Smithfield market? Not just in 2014, but also exactly 150 years ago in the pages of The Builder
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FeaturesCRASH: The Pilsden Community
The Pilsdon Community is a working farm in Dorset, which provides a refuge for people in crisis and intermittent respite for homeless people. But when they engaged a contractor to renovate a dilapidated barn and stables to create extra space they got their fingers burned. Here’s how working with CRASH ...
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News2012 athletes' village takes shape
New images show progress on accommodation, academy and polyclinic