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Our other prime minister
Blair may be disenchanted with Brown, but he is stuck with him. As the Budget showed, the chancellor has complete control over the domestic agenda
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Mike Coleman
Project managers have a unique opportunity to influence change in the industry, are they making the most of it?
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FeaturesA Disney classic
It would have been the first 'Bilbao' if not for years of delays. But now, finally, Frank Gehry has come home to La-La Land with his suitably fantastical Walt Disney Concert Hall
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Court is your last resort
The relaunch of the Court of Appeal mediation scheme is a clear sign that the UK's senior judiciary wants litigation to be used only when there is no other way
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Let the seller beware
Another housing project more or less finished, so it's pints all round while we wait for the money. Sadly, new mortgage rules mean it may be a long wait …
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A stinging rebuke
I am sorry about the delay in sending in this letter but I have only just been catching up on my reading of Building.
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Let's build in Gordon's garden!
Having just read Gordon Isgrove's argument in your Homes supplement arguing for more building on greenfield sites, I feel the need to ask if Gordon was scared by a tree when young.
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Gensler wins Deutsche Bank HQ
Property company Helical Bar and architect Gensler have been appointed by Deutsche Bank to redevelop Ropemaker Place in the City of London
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NewsCue Q
The mixed-use Q building in Stratford, east London, has been completed. It was designed by Buckley Gray for Imperial Developments, and includes 27 one and two-bedroom apartments, all with external terraces. Four floors of apartments sit above a restaurant and bar.The building uses a combination of timber, glass, ...
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News¡Olé!
Richard Rogers Architects has unveiled plans to convert a historic bull ring in Barcelona into a £63m leisure centre. A huge semi-transparent dome will cover the Las Arenas bull ring, which opened in 1900. The complex is to include a central garden complete with palm trees. It will remain an ...
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FMB poll calms market fears
Fears over the impact of the Iraq war eased this week after a Federation of Master Builders survey showed 41% of small and medium-sized firms had increased workloads in the first quarter.
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HTA wins £200m Coventry plan
London-based architect HTA has been selected as preferred bidder to draw up the masterplan for the £200m regeneration of four rundown housing estates in Coventry
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NewsBuilding sites face logistics nightmare
Construction firms face an increasingly exhausting struggle to get their materials moved to building sites, according to research carried out by the Road Haulage and Freight Transport associations.
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NewsFloat like a butterfly
The Tanzbrunnen pavilion in Cologne, built in 1957 to celebrate the German Federal Horticultural Show, has been restored to its former glory by local contractor Officium Design Engineering.The circular pavilion, which was designed by Frei Otto, floats off the eastern bank of the Rhine and is covered by a canopy ...
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Halcrow to lead British mission to rebuild Iraq
Consultant Halcrow is to head a working group set up by the government to help British companies win contracts in Iraq.
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Christopher Willis dies aged 74
Christopher Willis, a past president of the RICS' quantity surveying division, has died.
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12 years late is not unreasonable
This was an appeal from a decision of Judge Silber who refused the claimant's application for judicial review with decision of Lewisham London Borough council to enforce a demolition notice. The demolition notice had been served under Section 36 of the Buildling Act 1984 and require the claimant to remove ...