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FeaturesCountry focus: Czech Republic
With the strengthening of the Czech koruna and increased expenditure on the part of high-income groups, will foreign investment come at a price? Miroslav Vasko of EC Harris, Prague reports
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FeaturesGloomwatch - Building's industry panel assesses the downturn
In the past few months, the construction industry has become an anxious and uncertain place. To help us make sense of it, we’ve asked a student, a subcontractor, a small builder, an architect, an entrepreneur, a forecaster and a consultant to form a panel.
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NewsCitywatch: Temporary relief
“A moment of euphoria, and then a sharp intake of breath.” This is how one analyst described the City’s reaction to the Bank of England’s decision to cut the base interest rate by 1.5 percentage points to 3% last week.
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FeaturesHow bad can it be? The nineties recession vs the noughties crunch
Remember 1991? For those now starting their careers, it may have been a time of cartoon turtles and spinning hedgehogs, but for older workers it was all about a recession that left the industry on its knees. Emily Wright spoke to both old and young to find out how they’re ...
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FeaturesWhere it hurts – where is the downturn doing most damage?
Emily Wright and Muireann Bolger assess the pain region by region – with only the city of Durham showing any signs of good health
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Features10 ways the downturn is changing the construction industry
The days when clients competed to build the tallest, bendiest and greenest architecture are now over. But how will the new era of scrimping, saving and surviving change the industry, and therefore the built environment? Building makes 10 predictions.
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The tracker: Plumbing new depths
The slowdown continues to eat into firms’ workloads and order books, with the activity index for September falling to an all-time low, according to Experian Business Strategies
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Balls gives go-ahead to £3.6bn of primary schools
Hundreds of English primary schools will be rebuilt after the government approved building plans worth £3.6bn, in the first wave of its Primary Capital programme.
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Let it Sno
After three years on ice, the largest indoor ski resort in Europe has finally been given the go-ahead.
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NewsLet there be light: Munro at Eden Project
Bruce Munro's light sculptureon the roof of Eden Project in Cornwall
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Six times too many energy assessors set to flood the market
More than six times the number of energy assessors for non-domestic buildings than are needed are set to join the industry, despite earlier warnings of a shortfall.
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UK architects ruled out of race to design US embassy
Three American architects with UK offices are in the running to design the American government’s new US embassy in London. In fact, they are the only UK-based architects eligible for the work.
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NewsArt in the Alps: David Chipperfield's Zurich modern art museum
David Chipperfield Architects has won an £80m international competition to design the extension of the Kunsthaus Zurich modern art museum
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300m regeneration
UCS Civils has started work on the first phase of the £300m Chesterfield Waterside project, which aims to turn an industrial site into a mixed-use development in Derbyshire.
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Widnes masterplan
Taylor Young has been appointed to update the masterplan for southern Widnes in Cheshire.
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£1m hotel extension
Leisure contractor Multibuild has won a £1m contract to build a hotel extension in Merseyside
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Here’s an idea: No 16
A new internet-based company is supplying recycled boxes to homeowners and removal companies to make moving house greener.
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UK may get first PassivHaus school
Sustainability consultant Inbuilt Consulting and Sir Robert McAlpine are to work on the UK’s first school based on the German low-energy PassivHaus standard.