Opinion – Page 214
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CommentDavid Lawrence
David Lawrence is executive director responsible for Capita Symonds’ health property division
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CommentGood design is an essential activity on any project
Good design is not an extra that adds aesthetic value – it is the essential intellectual process at the heart of every product
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CommentWalkie Talkie: The danger of innovation
Pioneering designs can lead to monumental headaches, as the team behind 20 Fenchurch Street will be well aware
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CommentHow happy is the housing market?
Housebuilders have received a massive injection of confidence from government, but like any drug fix the good times cannot last long
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CommentRogers vs the Prince: A battle between two establishments
Richard Rogers speaks for an elite whereas the Prince of Wales defends the view of the ordinary citizen
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CommentBringing house buying into the digital age
Improving the quality of new homes, the choice available, and the purchasing experience would help get the public on the side of housebuilding
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CommentA new era of greener homes
Construction can now boast a return to growth thanks to this government’s focus on capital projects, and one happy consequence will be more homes built to greener standards
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CommentHansom: Recognising greatness
A great feat of Scottish engineering is honoured, Bam does a lot of good work for charity, a US design practice prints a pavilion, and there’s the latest in a long line of hilarious building-shaped confectioneries
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CommentThis is a critical time for low-carbon housing policy
There are a number of political balls in the air and this is a critical period
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CommentMy digital life … Kris Gamble
The Customised director on speaker envy, Jamie Oliver and being a tweetaholic
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CommentNo place like home
Trade delegations to lucrative markets abroad are great PR for politicians but to sure up this tentative recovery the focus has to be on activity in the UK
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CommentBlacklisting or prudent management?
We haven’t heard the contractors’ side of the blacklisting argument
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CommentHousebuilding: An attitude problem
The public sector isn’t known for risk-taking or innovative thinking, but that’s what is required to release enough land for housebuilding
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CommentBirmingham Central Library, 1973
How was the original Birmingham Central Library received when it opened in the 1970s?
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CommentWonders & blunders with Dan Benham
Incoming Royal Society of Architects in Wales president Dan Benham praises Zumthor’s Bruder Klaus Field Chapel and laments the ‘lump’ of the Celtic Manor Resort
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CommentMy digital life … Emma Brophy
The CRASH marketing manager on iPhone bereavement, habas fritas, and aspiring to own a Mac