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    Zaha's latest Italian outfit

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    This is the interior of Zaha Hadid's design for the Afragola station in Naples, southern Italy. As well as a train station, the development includes a nature and technology park, with agricultural experimentation centres, sports facilities and an exhibition centre. The station will cover about 20,000 m2 and could be ...

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    Wembley welders laid off

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Steel contractor Cleveland Bridge has laid off 96 welders working on Wembley Stadium.

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    HSE asks courts to give tougher safety fines

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Tim Walker, the director-general of the Health and Safety Executive, has called for a sharp increase in fines for companies who put staff at risk in the workplace by breaking safety regulations.

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    Liverpool shortlists six for £85m dock

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    Six renowned architects are in the running to design an £85m arena and conference centre at King's Dock on Liverpool's waterfront.

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    Big in Beijing

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    A joint-venture team consisting of architect Foster and Partners, engineer Arup and Dutch airport planner NACO has won a contest to design the Beijing Capital International Airport Terminal 3. The terminal is to be built between the airport's eastern runway and a planned third runway. The terminal building to be ...

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    Bright green homes

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    Brighton-based architect Alan Philips Associates has revealed designs for an environment-friendly "Smart House". A prototype house, currently on site in Brighton, is a seven-minute walk from the city's mainline station and is due to be completed by spring 2004. The zero-energy dwelling is a single-storey, single-frontage unit that ...

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    Brent Cross shopping centre to expand by half

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Architect Building Design Partnership is working on plans to expand the Brent Cross shopping centre in north London.

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    EU law may push up cement cost

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Fears are growing that proposed European safety legislation will push up the price of cement

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    Royal Courts in line for redevelopment

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    A business case for the redevelopment of the Queen's Building, part of London's Royal Courts of Justice, is due to be put to Lord Falconer, the lord chancellor, within weeks.

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    How's this for a car pool?

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Aston Martin's engineering and assembly line facility in Warwickshire is now open. The Weedon Partnership's design will be used to produce Aston Martin DB9s, with the first models being completed early in 2004. There are more than 900 trees on the 55-acre site, and the population of greater-crested newts – ...

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    Entrepreneurs die of cancer

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Two of the industry's leading entrepreneurs have died within three weeks of each other.

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    Bovis consortium wins £500m MoD property deal

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The Ministry of Defence has chosen a consortium led by Babcock International and Bovis Lend Lease for a £500m property maintenance and capital works contract.

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    Broadway production

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    Broadway Malyan has been appointed by Peel Holdings to design a £40m waterside development in Runcorn, Cheshire. Old Quay development will include 450 apartments and a restaurant, bar and leisure facilities overlooking the Mersey. Peel Holdings previously worked with Broadway Malyan on its development of Salford Quays.

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    Firms count the cost of wildcat postal strikes

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Builders' associations fear delays will hit members' cash flow and could affect up to a million businesses.

  • Features

    The Hawksmoor mystery

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    Julian Anderson has spent the past two years chronicling the restoration of Christ Church in Spitalfields, east London. Over the next eight pages, we show a selection of his photographs of the work in progress. What they do not reveal is the story behind the restoration.

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    Wonders & blunders

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    Simon Woodroffe raises a cup of saki to Foster and Partners' GLA building, but makes water in the direction of a London estate

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    Tender price forecast: North-west leads the way

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    London is still suffering from the office sector slump, according to Davis Langdon & Everest, which is dampening inflation and keeping tender price increases to a minimum. But UK output as a whole has continued its steady increase – especially in the booming North-west

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    Sheltered by Mother Earth

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The tale of the three little pigs could take on a new meaning for children at an Old Kent Road nursery, which is built not of straw or sticks, but rammed earth. We went on site to find out how it was done

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    Heirs and graces: Prince Charles gets in on Ashford shortlist

    2003-11-07T00:00:00Z

    The Prince's Foundation has a fair chance of winning the 31,000-home masterplan for the Kent growth area – they're pally with Prescott, and win points for planning-delay-busting design codes. So is Ashford set to be another Poundbury?

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    Making a mark on the 21st century

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    The Brick Development Association's annual Brick Awards showcase excellence in the use of brick, whether by architects, designers, engineers or brickwork contractors.