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£100m Croydon scheme stalls
A £100m scheme for 500 homes and a swimming pool in London has been put under review, according to Croydon council.
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EP boss wins two-horse race to chair new superagency
English Partnerships’ chair Robert Napier will be the first chair of the Homes and Communities Agency when it goes live on 1 December.
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NewsWilkinson’s grand design: Keppie Design's Salford hotel
Keppie Design, Scotland’s largest architect, is to turn the Buile Hill Park mansion in Salford into a four-star, 92-bed hotel for John Wilkinson, chairman of Salford City Reds Rugby Club
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NewsOlympic Park to host ‘Constructionarium’ site for students
A deal has been struck to set aside part of the Olympic Park site for construction students at London universities to practise building scaled-down projects.
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Don’t let up on nuclear, urges EDF chief
EDF Energy’s chief operating officer has called on the government “not to let up for a second” in its drive to build nuclear power stations in the UK.
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NewsA premiere: David Chipperfield's design Haute Ecole de Commerce
David Chipperfield Architects has won its first work in France: a gateway building for the Haute Ecole de Commerce in Paris
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NewsGianni’s place: RIBA Lubetkin Prize winner
A tiny private house in Costa Rica, designed by London-based architect Gianni Botsford, has won the RIBA Lubetkin Prize for international architecture.
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Migrant worker paid less than £10 for a 40-hour week
Lithuanian workers on a Skanska PFI hospital site in Mansfield took home £8.80 for a 40-hour week, according to construction union Ucatt.
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CommentChina goes to town
China is ravenous for British expertise. And no wonder: in 20 years’ time it could account for more than half of the global market for construction services
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Public funding for land buying
Housing minister Caroline Flint is set to announce a major expansion of publicly funded land buying within weeks to ensure homes continue to be built in the downturn.
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Courts Service appoints five to consultants’ framework
Turner & Townsend, Mouchel Parkman, Mott MacDonald, Drivers Jonas and Hurd Rolland have been appointed to HM Courts Service’s consultants’ framework.
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CommentChongqing express
You may never have heard of it, but the Chinese city of Chongqing is the largest on the planet. What’s more, says Li Shirong, it’s growing at a hell of a rate
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CommentWebmaster review: Beijing Olympics website
Surf your way to en.beijing2008.cn, then see if you agree with our analysis of the website for the Beijing Olympics
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Communities department energy claim greeted with disbelief
Energy assessors have questioned the claim this week by the communities department that the average commercial building almost meets the latest energy regulations.
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FeaturesSolar-powered LED cladding: Great wall of China
Beijing’s ‘media wall’ brings to life Simone Giostra’s concept of a narrative facade. Stephen Kennett looks at how this unique, decade-in-the-making concept merges art and artifice onto one illuminated electronic showstopper
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FeaturesSandwich panel facades
This sandwich wall facade by Hunter Douglas was used on an extension to Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
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Ceramic facade panels
Shackerley is extending its ventilated rainscreen offerings with a range of terracotta and unglazed ceramic tiles.
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FeaturesAluminium perforated cladding
Manchester’s Chill Factor, the UK’s longest indoor ski slope, has more than 5,000m2 of Kalzip aluminium cladding, as well as perforated facades and profiled sheets.