Opinion – Page 240
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CommentHansom: The art of speaking
Danny Alexander defends government infrastructure spending (in the dark) and Mark Prisk invites the media into his Croydon boudoir. Plus, would RMJM’s Peter Morrison be a good wartime prime minister?
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CommentSafe and sound: The US embassy
A reader assesses the fortress-like nature of the proposed US embassy at Nine Elms
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CommentMy digital life ... Peter Blunt
The Innovaré Systems MD on Westlife, PCs being better than Macs and why he spends a lot of his time looking at cartoon trains
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CommentWonders and blunders with Malcolm Fraser
Malcolm Fraser loves how Edinburgh’s Commonwealth Pool complements its surroundings, but is left cold by another building’s attempt to mimic nature
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CommentParty conference season: Ready, set, action
Policy makers are keen to be seen with the industry - but here’s how they could really make a difference
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CommentHansom: Whistle-stop tour
This week, we travel from an artillery room to the men’s section of Selfridges, via Newport, Edinburgh Zoo panda enclosure, the new Design Museum (in cake form) and Teletubbyland (just outside Bolton)
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CommentA fairer system on carbon emissions
Proposed changes to regulations on consequential improvements to property do not address carbon emissions
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CommentCash flows and the supply chain
Cash is king - but with less of it around, contractors are taking different approaches to their supply chain
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CommentWonders & blunders with Ben Derbyshire
HTA’s Ben Derbyshire was moved to tears by the beauty of Thomas Heatherwick’s Olympic cauldron whereas One New Change makes him weep for other reasons
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: Basketball Arena
The BasketBall Arena for the London 2012 Olympic Games, photographed by Kevin Button
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CommentBank of England agents give construction a gloomy assessment
In the sober judgement of banks, construction is getting worse faster
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CommentMy digital life … Pero Maticevic
A Fletcher Priest Architects partner reveals a digital dependency and love of navigation apps
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CommentCompany restructures: Wake up and shake up
Some of the UK’s biggest contractors are restructuring – but the drive for efficiency goes beyond cutting staff numbers
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CommentRather than provide growth, private sector new construction has gone into reverse
Private new work in commercial, housing and industrial combined has declined steadily since the start of the year
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CommentBuilding on Flickr: Chobham Academy, Stratford, London
Chobham Academy, Stratford, London, by Allford Hall Monaghan Morris, photographed by Timothy Soar www.timothysoar.co.uk
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CommentResi: Yes, it's Groundhog Day
Joey Gardiner finds government money and planning reform fail to lift the mood at this week’s RESI 2012 conference
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CommentHansom: Mistaken identities
This week, Danny Alexander is lost in time, a career change is suggested for Sir Nicholas Grimshaw, Berkeley looks to heavenly ladies to sell property and Grant Shapps bids farewell to the housing brief