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Imhotep & Sons
The first ever architect was so successful, his descendants became pharoahs. Now, 4500 years later, the profession is still plagued by the unreliability of dynasties
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Into the fast stream: The further education market
With building expenditure in further education about to increase 60%, we highlight the challenges and opportunities in the sector
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Lost clauses
An architect can't just put the RIBA adjudication provisions into a contract with a homeowner and hope for the best. If he doesn't draw attention to them, they may be worthless
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At the mercy of the panel
The combustibility of cladding panels is a hot topic, and it's left one architect facing millions of pounds in damages and building owners struggling to afford insurance
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It's still all to play for
I want to respond to Steve Elkin's letter (14 March, page 34), which criticised the Construction Industry Training Board for "pulling the funding" of Regional Construction Careers Groups.
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Vote of no confidence
Harking back to Tony Bingham's "Blair vs Hussein" article (28 February, page 50), I would find in favour of Mr Hussein.
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Lawyer: know thy stuff
Philip Harris says the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations are unpopular and ineffective (14 March, page 54), and asks the question, what if they came in the form of contractual terms and the right to compensation?
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Just deserts, on two counts
I would like to respond to two of your articles. Firstly, I am troubled by environmental matters – I see all the energy we use and the waste we generate and wonder how can we sustain this?
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Barratt fights Israelis for £50m job
Israeli developer Ampurius Holdings is competing against UK housebuilder Barratt Homes for a £50m mixed-use scheme in south-east London
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Anti-cowboy scheme opens in Wales
The government has launched its anti-cowboy initiative, the quality mark scheme, in Wales.
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NewsOfficer class
Architect HLM Design has been retained by the Ministry of Defence to design its £38m Defence Sixth Form College in Loughborough, Leicestershire.The 19,000 m2 scheme will start on site next month, and when it is finished will house 350 students. HLM Design will do the interior and landscape design. ...
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NewsBoy-oh-boyo
Construction will start next week on the 72 m Altolusso tower in Cardiff. The 22-storey block, which will be the highest residential housing scheme in the Welsh capital, comprises 292 apartments ranging from one-bedroom flats to luxury penthouses with views over Cardiff Bay. The scheme's client is Redrow Homes; architect ...
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Middle classes welcome
In the first of a new series, Brian Moone accuses columnist John Smith of inverted snobbery
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The price of passion
The Scottish parliament is spectacular on many levels – not least in spiralling nine times over budget. But as these first pictures of the building show you get what you pay for.
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NewsMiletrian calls in receiver after huge loss
London fit-out contractor Miletrian has gone into administrative receivership after losing £2m on a single contract.
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NewsThe eye of the gherkin
The capping piece to the pinnacle of the Swiss Re headquarters in the City of London was dropped into position last week. It is made up of a steel trellis enclosing a 2.5 m diameter, double-glazed, double-curved skylight. The entire two-storey nose cone to the cigar-shaped office ...
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NewsTwo-month hole in CTRL work
Tunnelling work on part of the £5.2bn Channel Tunnel Rail Link will be delayed for at least eight weeks after a 10 m deep hole opened up at Stratford, east London, last month