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CommentLesley Lokko: 'I enjoy writing the sex scenes. It's great fun!'
Erotica isn’t perhaps the first thing you think of when Building drops on your desk, but then it’s not every week we get to interview best-selling bonkbuster author Lesley Lokko. Emily Wright spoke to her about her African upbringing, her training as an architect and, well, you know, the naughty ...
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NewsOslo opera house: Opera on ice
Oslo’s new opera house, opened by King Harald of Norway last Saturday, was designed by the country’s coolest avant garde architect, Snøhetta. But it’s still the hottest building in town …
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CommentWeb watch - On board
Building’s new sustainability, regeneration and general construction message boards will allow users to chat, argue or just let off some steam
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NewsSalvage operation begins as Erinaceous finally collapses
Managers at a host of consultancies plot buyouts from failed property services company
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NewsA world first: London’s first cycling bridge over the Thames
Sustrans, the sustainable transport charity, is developing a proposal for London’s first cycling bridge over the Thames.
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Architects attack plan to split Building Regs research
RIBA and CIAT write to the government to warn that letting 16 R&D tenders will damage coherence
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NewsHBOS takes the long view – and buys more housing shares
Bank takes stakes in Tulloch and Miller after calculating 3.5 million homes will be needed by 2020
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Fresh setback for Ocean estate as three teams pull out
2000-home east London regeneration scheme reduced to four bidders over cost fears
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More than one dispute in an adjudication: David and Teresa Bothma (T/A DAB Builders) vs Mayhaven Healthcare Ltd
This is a Court of Appeal decision. At first instance, the judge refused to enforce the adjudicator’s decision.This was because he came to the conclusion that there was more than one dispute. The contractor’s notice of adjudication identified a dispute in respect of the date for completion of the contract, ...
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NewsGrove Village Manchester
Watch how local residents and a Grove Village consortium transformed a no-go Manchester estate into Building's PFI Project of the Year
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NewsOnly nine firms benefited from bid rigging
Senior industry source says payments were paid to bid 'losers' on only 12 occasions
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NewsIs the new housing agency ready for super Bob?
Sir Bob Kerslake's inaugural address met with plenty of applause but the role of the Homes and Communities Agency is still a mystery
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Leeds housebuilder goes into administration
Credit crunch and lack of consumer confidence is blamed by administrator KPMG
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CommentSplendid isolation
Mediation is an excellent alternative to court proceedings, but these days the two forms of dispute resolution are getting mixed up. Mediation should be left to its own devices
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NewsNothing up our sleeves …
The fallout from Northern Rock has led to fear and mistrust in the housing market. So Barratt has decided to establish a more transparent relationship between itself and lenders, says Mark Clare
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Building intelligence Q4 2007: Mixed signals
The housebuilding sector has been the main casualty of instability in the financial markets. In contrast, commercial projects are steaming ahead, says Experian Business Strategies
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NewsCallcutt: Government is ignoring my report
The man charged with reviewing the economics and delivery of housing supply has heard nothing from ministers since publishing his findings
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HBG plans £150m spree on city sites
HBG’s property arm is poised to spend up to £150m snapping up and developing sites in cities such as Manchester and Glasgow that have seen their values plunge because of the credit crunch.
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Stewart Milne plans to use downturn to dash for growth
Scottish housebuilder aims to take advantage of falling land prices to expand across UK