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Shard of class
Renzo Piano’s design for London Bridge Tower was praised to the skies by Lord Rogers this week. If the “shard of glass” doesn’t get built, it won’t be the architect’s fault.
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Step on the gas
Gordon Brown’s Budget pledges to deal with the logjams in the planning system, release sites for housebuilding, review the progress of PPG3 and more, are further proof of the prominence of housing on the government’s agenda.
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Strangled by many hands
As chancellor Gordon Brown made clear in this month's Budget, the undersupply of new housing in Britain needs to be addressed if we are to prevent future shortages.
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FeaturesThe way we live now
Three years after the government launched PPG3 and ahead of its review of housing supply, looks at the guidance that has won over housebuilders but still has some way to go before it convinces all of their customers
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FeaturesWelcome to our chateau
Laing Homes is turning a 19th-century hospital into 190 chateau-style homes – one-third of them affordable. How do affluent buyers feel about sharing their castle with social tenants? We talked to its first residents and to marketing manager Christine Tiernan.
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FeaturesHolliday homes
David Holliday, managing director of Kent-based Ward Homes, has found his place in the sun. With huge housing growth predicted in the Thames Gateway, he couldn't be in a better position. But he won't be resting on his laurels – as we found out, he's flat out keeping up with ...
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Oxford, we have a problem
This town has a standard of living so high that only a few people can afford it.
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Factfile
The South-east registered the highest number of approvals in March. Two approvals, totalling 548 units, gave Bellway the lead in the private housebuilder table. Southern Housing Group, the RSL behind the regeneration of east London's Nightingale Estate, tops the housing associations
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Get it right: Roofing
Recent years have brought increased rainfall and wind speeds, and images of floods and storms have become commonplace.
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A test of their metal
It's easy to say steel-frame housing is the way of the future, but things get a bit trickier when it comes to actually making it work. We look at the struggle over the spec at one Basingstoke housing scheme
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Lifetime costs: Secured by Design
What is the most cost-effective way of reducing criminal damage to property? We consider the whole-life costs of Secured by Design standards for housing refurbishment
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FeaturesGo-faster bunnies
After a slow start, leading industry figures are gushing about MBAs being a must-have for anyone wanting to get ahead in construction. If you have experience, motivation and the right institution, they say, it can bring your career on leaps and bounds.
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FeaturesIf we can make it there …
With Murray Grove, Cartwright Pickard established itself as the practice that could turn modular technology into architecture. Now that the Americans want it to do the same for them, the practice is poised to realise some of its ambitions. And boy is it ambitious …
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If the cap fits …
You've got insurance cover for up to £5m. Great. Trouble is, you're being sued for £50m. Not so great. So, ever thought of capping your liability?
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FeaturesThe Status Seeker
RICS president Peter Fall wants the institution to have a global profile and he expects its members to fork out for it. The only problem is, some of them are beginning to wonder just what the point of RICS is …
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Serious Fraud Office to examine Driver Construction
Police interview creditors as sibling of collapsed Bickerton Construction tries to avoid liquidation.