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    2012 countdown: The stadium

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    One year from now, the 80,000-seat Olympic stadium has to be ready. Will it make it?

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    2012 countdown: Jonathan Edwards and the Olympic village

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    Don’t worry. Jonathan Edwards hasn’t fallen on hard times since winning gold at Sydney in 2000. Rather, Locog is using his expert knowledge to help with the delivery of the £1bn Olympic village, right down to the fixtures and fittings

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    2012 countdown: The velodrome

    2010-07-02T00:00:00Z

    The plan with the velodrome was to make it as lean as a racing bike, says Chris Wise, one of its designers

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    Millennium projects: 10 years of good luck

    2010-06-25T00:00:00Z

    From the wobbly Millennium Bridge to the infamous Spinnaker Tower and the runaway success of Tate Modern, fortune smiled on some millennium projects more than others. Ike Ijeh celebrates their 10th anniversary

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    Aldar’s Abu Dhabi HQ: One last spin of the wheel

    2010-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Aldar’s Abu Dhabi headquarters is one of the final feats of jaw-dropping construction machismo we’ll see from the UAE for a while, says Thomas Lane. And it gives us plenty of reasons to mourn their passing …

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    Steelwork repairs hamper Shard progress

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    Mace’s deadline to build the Shard has come under renewed pressure after a key part of the 310m tall tower has had to be repaired

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    Mainstream green: Brighton belle

    2010-06-04T00:00:00Z

    One Brighton is the brainchild of the team behind super-green development BedZed. But although sustainability is at the heart of the scheme, it’s going to do it its own sweet way

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    Sands of time: Foster's shell roof

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Novum Structures had just four months to build this complex shell roof structure - part of Foster + Partners’ sand-dune inspired pavilion for the Shanghai 2010 Expo. So how did they do it?

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    Welcome arrivals: East London Line

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    The East London Line extension has brought four new stations to the capital. Ike Ijeh reviews their designs

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    Support act: Cannon Place

    2010-05-28T00:00:00Z

    Finding somewhere to lay the foundations for an office block above London’s Cannon Street station proved so difficult, the engineers had to call on the structural principles of the Forth Bridge to get the job done

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    Positive thinking: Masdar HQ

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    The seven-storey Masdar Headquarters, under construction outside Abu Dhabi, will be the world’s first large building that generates more energy than it consumes

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    Beyond the pale: Renzo Piano's Central St Giles

    2010-05-21T00:00:00Z

    Controversial it may be, but Central St Giles has cheered up an obscure corner of London with a riot of reds, yellows, greens and oranges – making the rest of the capital look a tad grey.

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    Bankside: Have you met the Tate’s new neighbours?

    2010-05-07T00:00:00Z

    Once snubbed as the poor relation of the trendy South Bank, Bankside has been transformed over the past decade by ambitious design. Now, finally, the residential sector is moving in

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    The Shard: Foot of the mountain

    2010-04-30T00:00:00Z

    The Shard had already climbed to 21 storeys by the time 700 truckloads of concrete were poured to create its foundation. So what was stopping it from falling down?

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    Mall mania: Majid Al Futtaim Group’s building boom

    2010-04-14T12:47:00Z

    You don’t have to be British to work for the Majid Al Futtaim Group but it certainly helps. Having built 10 malls in the Middle East, MAF now has plans for another 10 and, it wants you in on the shopping spree

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    Strata tower: Southwark’s sore thumb

    2010-04-09T00:00:00Z

    The Strata tower sticks out 150m above south London’s downtrodden Elephant and Castle. But, rather than being a symbol of aspiration, the building is turning away from the very area it’s meant to be giving a lift

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    The London Library: Speaking volumes

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    The London Library has been extending in higgledy-piggledy fashion ever since it moved to its St James’s home in 1845. Now Haworth Tompkins has set out to rationalise its circulation so that readers may actually be able to find the books they’re looking for

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    Double crossing: Heneghan Peng’s Olympic bridge

    2010-03-19T00:00:00Z

    Heneghan Peng’s 54m-wide central bridge at the Olympic park, which was lowered into place last week, has been ingeniously designed to form two narrower walkways after the Games have finished. Stephen Kennett explains how it all works

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    The two-year rush hour: London’s Park Plaza hotel

    2010-02-26T00:00:00Z

    Park Plaza has built a 1,000-bedroom hotel and conference centre in the middle of one of London’s noisiest roundabouts. But it was delivering the project in just 24 months that kept the construction team suitably stressed

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    The best seats on earth: South Africa’s World Cup stadiums

    2010-02-12T00:00:00Z

    On 11 June, the 2010 World Cup kicks off in South Africa, the first time it’s been held on the African continent. Some 32 nations will compete in 10 stadiums, five of which are new. Stephen Kennett and Thomas Lane take a look at the construction of the big three