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NewsGreater London 'needs housing revolution'
London Society calls for greater housing powers for Greater London and more diverse array of affordable options
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NewsGB Building creditor debts to be revealed next month
Total owed to creditors by stricken GB Building Solutions will be shared by May 4
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CommentThe perils of perfection
Design consultants usually fear getting sued for producing work that fails to perform as it’s supposed to. But they can also end up in court if their design is too good
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NewsStanton Williams wins planning for £34m business school expansion
£34m plan to expand Cambridge Judge Business School at Old Addenbrooke hospital
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NewsConstruction confidence hits highest level in nine years
Business confidence highest for almost a decade despite March slowdown in growth
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NewsNorth Midland issues profit warning
Contractor expects “materially larger loss” than previously anticipated due to problem contracts
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NewsLondon electrical fire prompts evacuation of 2,000 people
Fire chief says it will be ‘some time’ before Holborn electrical fire is fully extinguished
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NewsL&Q appoints former Savills boss as chair
Aubrey Adams to take over from Turlogh O’Brien at London housing association
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NewsBDP agrees BIM partnership with Autodesk
Deal includes support for the architect on major projects
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NewsRiver Thames heat pump could power Battersea Power Station development
Feasibility study will also investigate re-using existing power station infrastructure
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NewsFoster lands Jeddah transport plan
New transit system will be inspired by coastal city’s most walkable district
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CommentBIM: Are you ready for this?
The government is spearheading a drive towards the new generation of building information modelling. What impact will BIM Level 3 have on the way construction works?
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NewsNew UKGBC chief sets out green priorities for election
Julie Hirigoyen, former UK head of sustainability at JLL, expects sustainability to be a ‘big issue’ in the election
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CommentHansom: The weird and wonderful
Things take a turn for the strange this week. The Serpentine’s summer pavilion dabbles in psychedelia, a national memorial centre is shaped like a Spitfire, and Boris Johnson can be found tunnelling underneath London
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NewsFunding restrictions hamper Euston redesign
Station redesign hampered by Treasury restrictions on Network Rail’s ability to source development funding
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Turnmill
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Stuart Piercy at Piercy Co. Architect
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FeaturesThe Farrell Review: Into the long grass?
One year on from the publication of Terry Farrell’s review of architecture and the built environment, it’s time to see whether the government is prepared to support good design - or whether it will favour continued procrastination
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FeaturesBodleian library: The new edition
As custodian of millions of precious books and manuscripts, Oxford’s Bodleian library needed a much bigger - and safer - building to house its collection. With the new Weston Library, Wilkinson Eyre provided this and much more
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FeaturesImage of the week: The men who would be king
Cameron and Miliband launch their bids to lead the country after May’s election