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From the archive: 2009 – Goodbye to getting stuck up the chimney

2019-12-13T06:00:00+00:00

A decade ago an architect considered what the world’s chief deliverer of presents might want.

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From the archive: 2017 — Anyone’s guess

2019-12-06T06:00:00+00:00

Looking at racecards for the 2017 election reminded Building again that the past is a foreign country. The following predictions proved wide of the mark…

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From the archive: 2003 — Living smart

2019-11-29T06:00:00+00:00

This week, Building does that thing where you go back in time and smile wryly at what people in the past thought the future would be like

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From the archive: 2004 — Days of plenty

2019-11-21T11:07:00+00:00

As parties promise infrastructure work if they get elected, Building looks back to the last time the country experienced a public sector spending spree

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From the archive: 2018 — Home, sweet home

2019-11-15T06:00:00+00:00

This might not be the most ancient of archive pieces but the project it describes shows great respect for Victorian architecture

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From the archive: 2010 — Getting afloat

2019-11-11T16:03:00+00:00

Building hasn’t spent a lot of time in Soho over the past 175 years, so we decided to look back at an unusual theatre project in London

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From the archive: 2013 — A light touch

2019-10-30T06:00:00+00:00

As we look at how Manchester city centre has been transformed, it is impossible to overlook one of the city’s most famous buildings, One Angel Square

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From the archive: 2003 — Born to be boss

2019-10-28T13:50:00+00:00

A glance far back in time reveals workers determined to raise their pay amid a burgeoning trade union movement

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From the archive: 1846 — Right to strike

2019-10-21T12:05:00+01:00

A glance far back in time reveals workers determined to raise their pay amid a burgeoning trade union movement

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From the archive: 2015 — Nuclear: always controversial, never cheap and rarely on time

2019-10-15T13:38:00+01:00

Cost overruns at Hinkley Point C nuclear power plant in Somerset come as little surprise given the project’s history of funding delays

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From the archive: 2000 — New look

2019-10-03T14:15:00+01:00

As we look at the Conservative pledge to boost 100 struggling conurbations with the Towns Fund, Building experiences a sense of deja vu

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From the archive: 2014 — Let the good times roll

2019-09-30T09:37:00+01:00

While consultants this year grapple with uncertainty and the gradual slowing of the economy, looking back to 2014 brings on nostalgia

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From the archive: 1999 — Far-flung frontier

2019-09-23T05:00:00+01:00

A few years ago Building interviewed a resident of the south London borough who escaped to a remote destination

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From the archive: 2007 — They are the champions

2019-09-13T05:00:00+01:00

Tottenham Hotspur’s stadium has made it into this year’s Building Project of the Year shortlist, but it’s not the first football ground to feature

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From the archive: 1999 — The right education

2019-09-06T05:00:00+01:00

Young quantity surveyors faced opportunities two decades ago that would make many graduates today jealous.

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From the archive: 2011 — Hell to pay

2019-09-02T16:18:00+01:00

In 2011, Building reported on SMEs’ battles to gain credit – it might strike a chord with businesses facing slowing investment in this week’s piece on financing

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From the archive: 2016 — Let the games begin

2019-08-27T05:00:00+01:00

As the venues being constructed for the Tokyo 2020 near completion, we look back on the problems that hit the Rio Olympiad in 2016

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From the archive: 2013 — In a hotel far, far away

2019-08-14T05:00:00+01:00

As we look at the progress of space tourism, the archive revealed what lunar holiday resorts could look like – don’t expect any Jacuzzis or all-inclusive cocktails

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From the archive: 2018 - A fresh look at the Big Apple

2019-07-31T05:00:00+01:00

The UK version of New York’s High Line has a lot to live up to, as shown by an interview about the famous regeneration project

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From the archive: 2008 - Tech travel

2019-07-22T11:22:00+01:00

After talking technology this week, Building has dug up a digital time capusle from the archives

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