All ɫTV articles in 2007 issue 49 – Page 4

  • Tony Lenehan
    ɫTV

    Bovis entices back Carillion man to rebuild northern arm

    2007-12-07T00:11:00Z

    Former Bovis associate director Tony Lenehan to take over troubled division after £40m loss

  • Comment

    Web watch — ‘Tis the season …

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    … to grin and bear enforced office jollity, misuse of mistletoe and the ritual of Secret Santa. But don’t despair, Amanda Lopez is here with building4jobs.co.uk’s survival guide to Christmas

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    Swan refurbishment

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Swan Housing Group has been selected by Newham council to deliver a £55m PFI project to refurbish 1,400 houses in Forest Gate, east London.

  • ɫTV

    Paradise regained

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The Eden Court Theatre in Inverness has become Scotland’s largest arts centre after a refurbishment and extension project completed by Robertson Construction.

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    Super-lab at St Pancras

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    A £500m “super-laboratory” in central London has been given the go-ahead by the government.

  • The building flows into the landscape using these branch-like forms on the facade
    Features

    One with nature

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Landscape and structure meld into one in German architect’s 3deluxe’s first permanent building

  • ɫTV

    Two in race for Tate Modern

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Mace and Balfour Beatty are understood to be vying for the role of construction manager on Herzog & de Meuron’s extension to Tate Modern.

  • Tony Bingham
    Comment

    Talking yourself out of a job

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Alright, love, I’ll rebuild your bungalow in 17 weeks for £130k. Agreed. What, you want a kitchen? That’s extra. And where’s my dosh? All of it! Of course I need more time, I can’t work in the rain, can I? I’ve been what? !!£**@!!!*

  • Comment

    Names can be hurtful

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Nicknaming buildings just reduces complex ideas into simplistic soundbites. Having said that, the Vol-au-vent does seem quite appropriate for HOK’s vile Olympic stadium …

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    Oh, the humanities

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The new humanities building at Queen Mary, University of London has been given planning permission.

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    Homes in York

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Planning permission has been granted for 154 homes in York designed by John Thompson and Partners.

  • Comment

    High standard

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The criticism of the new RIBA Standard Agreement 2007 by Ian Yule (23 November, page 59) is inaccurate and self-serving.

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    Help from Lloyds

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    LIoyds TSB has appointed Andrew Moorfield as managing director of housebuilding and building materials to lead a team that helps businesses with their financial needs.

  • ɫTV

    The Harlem shuffle

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Renzo Piano’s $7bn (£3.5bn) expansion of Columbia university was given the green light this week by New York’s department for city planning.

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    Wallace, Gromit & Gleeds

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Work has got under way on the headquarters of Aardman Animations, the creators of Wallace & Gromit.

  • ɫTV

    MPs given ultimatum on R&D

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    A single government body must co-ordinate industry R&D, research bodies have warned in the latest BERR select committee hearing into construction.

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    Government reveals plans for giant prisons

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    The government plans to build three giant “Titan” prisons by 2014, it said in a report published on Wednesday.

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Get stuck in

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    HOK Sport’s Olympic Stadium Vol-au-vent is merely the hors d’oeuvre. We’re about to tuck in to a rich feast of design excellence at reasonable cost. It’s a victory for common sense

  • Features

    Fight for the skies

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    ɫTV’s campaign to prevent crane collapse is coming up to its first anniversary. Here, Olivia Boyd recalls the tragedies that triggered it, and looks at whether our skylines are any safer now

  • The fire on the Olympic site in east London last month; sprinklers would have significantly reduced and cooled the smoke
    Comment

    Fight fire with sprinklers

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    I object to some of the comments made by Paul Timmins regarding the Local Government Association’s call for sprinklers to be fitted to all new buildings (16 November, page 36).