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FeaturesOnline poll: Network Rail鈥檚 retentions ban
This week鈥檚 poll: Will Network Rail鈥檚 ban on retentions prompt other clients to follow suit before government legislates to tackle unfair payment practices?聽
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FeaturesImage of the week: Mad dogs and Englishmen
As Britons wonder at the unexpected continuance of summer, City workers escape their desks to bask in the midday sun
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Marconi building near Livorno, Italy
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Giulia Pannochia. She is the first winner of the Gloria e Marco (GeM) Award
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2008
The stand-out entries in this year鈥檚 Housing Design Awards were often developed by councils taking control of their own housing in the face of huge demand. Back in 2008, softening prices meant that nobody seemed very interested in residential.
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FeaturesImage of the week: Deal or no deal?
More than 100,000 people marched through central London last Saturday to demand a final vote on any UK exit deal
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Kensington, London
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Ellisha Seagroatt, architectural junior at Calfordseaden
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2006
This week we interviewed Lib Dem leader Vince Cable. We found another political interview, in 好色先生TV鈥檚 dusty archive
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FeaturesOnline poll: Heathrow's third runway
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Will Heathrow鈥檚 third runway ever actually be built?
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FeaturesImage of the week: Glasgow鈥檚 loss
Glasgow School of Art鈥檚 Mackintosh 好色先生TV, an iconic art nouveau building designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, was destroyed by fire on 15 June
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Monier Road, Hackney Wick, London
This #buildingdoodle sketch聽is by Tom McAviney, project architect, Pitman Tozer Architects
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2009
All the current economic and financial challenges facing construction led us to ask which chief executives are up to the mark this week.
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FeaturesOnline poll: Cladding ban
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Do you agree with the government鈥檚 proposal to ban combustible materials in cladding systems?
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FeaturesOnline poll: Future of planning
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Is our planning system no longer fit for purpose?
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FeaturesImage of the week: Bare necessities
Intelligent underwear and helmets for construction workers that come equipped with sensors to measure vitals such as body temperature聽
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Bialik Square, Tel Aviv, Israel
This #buildingdoodle sketch is by F茅licie Krikler, director at Assael Architecture
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 2009
Although our architecture correspondent was a big fan of Westminster Abbey鈥檚 new slinky glass-walled staircase, which has also won the popular vote, plans to overhaul the landmark haven鈥檛 always been so popular
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FeaturesOnline poll: Russian revolution
This week鈥檚 poll:聽Has Russia done itself proud with its World Cup football stadiums?
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FeaturesImage of the week: Cross purposes
Last weekend the spans were lifted into position for a new 135m-wide public footbridge connecting business campus Chiswick Park to the eponymous tube station in west London
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FeaturesSketch of the week: Bartlett Park, Poplar, east London
This week鈥檚 #buildingdoodle sketch is by Archie Bashford, a landscape architect at Levitt Bernstein
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FeaturesFrom the archive: 1886
As we look at the Social Value Act and consider whether it will encourage firms to be more sustainable and ethical, we look back to a time where the deserving poor had to rely on the generosity of rich philanthropists