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Manufacturers gear up for prefab push
Manufacturers are responding to the government's concern about the lack of housing for key workers by expanding their prefabrication capacity.
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£80m Bradford mill plan reprieved
Developer Urban Splash's delayed £80m regeneration of a derelict woollen mill in Bradford may get the go-ahead if a deal on state aid is agreed between the government and the European Commission.
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Ethics are not optional
A housebuilder, now sadly deceased, once recounted the tale of how he won permission for luxury flats in Europe by agreeing to sponsor the local football team and paying for the mayor and his family to stay at The Ritz for a month. That was 20 years ago, but international ...
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Britain set to get new embassy in China
The government is working up plans for a British embassy in Beijing.
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NewsDesigning for diseases
Designing for diseases: An extension to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in central London has been granted planning permission. Designed by Devereux Architects, the addition comprises a seven-storey, 2269 m2 extension in the northern courtyard of the school within a glass atrium. It is linked to the ...
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Three winners score hat-tricks at RIBA awards
Architects Building Design Partnership, Feilden Clegg Bradley and Munkenbeck + Marshall were the principal winners at the RIBA awards this week.
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BDP gets green light for CrossRail stations
Building Design Partnership has been selected to design train stations on the proposed £200m CrossRail train lines in central London.
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Waterworld
Waterworld: This is the first view of the Terry Farrell & Partners-designed aquarium planned for the Thames Gateway. The 12,000 m2 building, sited between the Silvertown and Victoria docks, received backing from London mayor Ken Livingstone last month. The project, which will be London's first purpose-built aquarium, follows hot on ...
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Contracts
Jaguar pounces on BirseBirse Construction has won a £5m contract to design and build a new car park and rail terminal for Jaguar at Castle Bromwich, Birmingham.Offshore fabrication for AmecAmec has secured a £50m contract to provide main deck fabrication and integration work for an offshore development for BP Exploration.Shepherd ...
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NewsFit for a millionaire
Fit for a millionaire: Work has started on this £45m residential tower block in Liverpool's Old Hall Street, which is due to house the city's first £1m apartment. The 27-storey tower, designed by Aedas AHR (formerly Abbey Holford Rowe) and developed by Beetham Organisation, will have 132 apartments, a swimming ...
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FeaturesWalk of art
Glass artist Alexander Beleschenko has turned a featureless underground passage into a festival of light and colour
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Wates announces one-stop-shop plans
Contractor Wates is planning to expand its services to include cost planning, facilities management and maintenance.
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AWG to sell Morrison Homes
Utilities Group AWG this week put its housebuilding arm Morrison Homes up for sale two years after it acquired it as part of Morrison Construction.
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NewsNightingale associates become partners
Associates at healthcare architect Nightingale have been made equity partners as part of the firm's £9m takeover by Tribal, a support services company listed on the alternative investment market.
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FeaturesWhat the talking toilet has to tell us
The long wait is over. Intelligent objects, the smart design tools that are set to revolutionise the way buildings are constructed and operated, have materialised in the UK – in the rather unexpected form of communicating airport loos.
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FeaturesBest of British
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation is making life better for thousands of people – and no, it's not handing out free chocolate. Foundation director Lord Best told Martin Spring about his organisation's innovative plans to tackle the housing crisis.
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Engineers anonymous
Given that construction has contributed so much to the environment and the economy, why are we all so embarrassed to admit that we're part of it?
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Whom can we trust?
Clients want buildings that will benefit their business interests, not just enhance the reputation of the design team – and we can tell the difference, you know