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David Curry
Kate Barker has proposed far-reaching tax and planning reforms to steady a volatile housing market. But a lack of political consensus could mean her suggestions make matters worse
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FeaturesStage magic
Or how Grimshaw transformed precision, clarity and a stumbling quest for answers into nine performance arts spaces in a scientific research centre in upstate New York
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Eastern block
London's Whitechapel district is one of the most aggressively hard-core inner city areas in Britain. Architect Wright & Wright was asked to design a law department for London Metropolitan University on a long, thin slice of it. We find out how it tackled the brief.
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Pressure testing the HBF
The Sustainable Buildings Task Group. It doesn't sound like a revolutionary cabal.
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We can buy Poland!
Poland's accession to the European Union in May will fire a starting pistol for foreign investors who want to get their hands on the country's land
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Novation without tears
In the wake of Blyth & Blyth, novation agreements have needed clarification. But will the publication of not one but two standard forms be a help or a hindrance?
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NewsSelect sightseers
Foster and Partners' viaduct at Millau in southern France was given the royal once-over this week by the Queen and Prince Philip. The viaduct, which will complete a motorway linking Paris to Barcelona, spans the plateau to the north and south of the Tarn gorge. The 2.5 km multispan cable ...
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Asite beefs up board as it plots route into black
Construction portal Asite has strengthened its executive board as it tries to break into profit.
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Carillion fights for director
Carillion has offered its London operations director Richard Houson a better job in an attempt to keep him at the firm.
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Dutch firm to plan Thames Gateway site
Dutch architect Maxwan is set to work on a 229 ha Thames Gateway site at Belvedere, its second scheme in the London growth area.
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Scottish TUC warns on migrants
The general council of the Scottish Trades Union Congress is to press the British government and the Scottish executive to combat the exploitation of migrant labour in the construction industry
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Ferguson makes a modest proposal
RIBA president George Ferguson has laid into bad architecture, saying he would like to create a demolition "X-List" of badly designed buildings.
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Rail union calls off strike after jobs promise
RMT union members at rail maintenance firm Jarvis have called off plans to strike after settling a dispute over the transfer of staff to Network Rail.
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Profit leaps 125% at Tulloch
The pre-tax profit of Inverness contractor Tulloch has increased 125% to £5.4m for the year ending 31 December 2003 from £2.4m the previous year.
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Mott and May make hay in Norfolk council deal
Consultant Mott MacDonald and services firm May Gurney have been selected by Norfolk council as part of a £400m partnership to deliver planning and transportation.
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Fall in death toll offers 'no reassurance'
The number of deaths from site accident has fallen in the past year from 76 to 72, according to the latest Health and Safety Executive figures.
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News72 weeks later …
M&E contractor Emcor Drake & Scull has completed work on 30 Gresham Street in the heart of the City of London. The development spans a two-storey glazed entrance lobby, 10 office floors, two of which have been designed to accommodate trading floors, and a roof terrace. Contracted to Sir Robert ...
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NewsDramatic entrance
Work has just begun on Allford Hall Monaghan Morris' design for a three-year scheme to improve entrances and foyers at the Barbican Arts Centre in London. The £12.5m project will create two easily visible entrances from Silk Street and Lakeside and improve internal navigation. The project team includes contractor Wallis ...
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CommentBe reasonable, Ann
A reader writes Stavry Onissiphorou of ACE picks a good-natured – and closely argued – fight with Ann Minogue over whether it’s fair for consultants to limit their liabilities
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Damage limitation
The claimant, a development company, issued proceedings for negligence against the defendant, their retained architectural consultants, as a result of water penetration into the rear basement structure of a number of houses in a terrace which the claimant was refurbishing for investment purposes. The defendant issued Part 20 proceedings against ...