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FeaturesA boost for housebuilding or an ill-defined gimmick? - Labour鈥檚 鈥榞rey belt鈥� plans explained
Labour hopes its rebrand of 鈥榰gly鈥� green belt land will help. But will it work?
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FeaturesChampioning sustainability: How Paris 2024 is reshaping the future of the Olympics
The Paris Olympics is embracing an approach pioneered by London in 2012 and taken to the next level, utilising existing venues and temporary structures as much as possible, Ben Flatman writes
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FeaturesOlly Watts of ES Global on the Paris Olympics: 鈥楨ven if I say so myself, it鈥檚 magnificently iconic鈥�
The Paris Olympics emphasises sustainability by utilising 95% existing and temporary venues, continuing the legacy of innovative designs pioneered by London 2012.聽Ben Flatman meets the CEO of a firm that supplies temporary structures including much of the Olympic climbing centre
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FeaturesLeading from the front: Driving sustainability through the retrofit agenda in the North-east of England
Our second 好色先生TV the Future Think Tank regional roundtable for 2024 was held in Newcastle last month, with industry experts coming together to brainstorm ways to push forward retrofit in the North-east. Jordan Marshall reports
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Features鈥業 think we can do a lot for young architects鈥� 鈥� meet Chris Williamson, the next RIBA president
Ben Flatman talks to the founder of Weston Williamson + Partners聽about the role RIBA has played in his career, the importance of lifelong learning, and why he wants to help the next generation of architects get a leg up in the profession
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FeaturesA guide to the key players shaping the Labour government鈥檚 policy
Who will be making the important decisions in government affecting the construction industry? Daniel Gayne finds out
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FeaturesInfrastructure update: What challenges does Labour face and what can the industry expect?
What steps should the new government take to accelerate infrastructure delivery? Simon聽Rawlinson surveys the post-electoral landscape
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FeaturesThree critical factors for successful digital transformation in construction
Adopting digital technologies can help firms to be more efficient and profitable,聽writes聽Kris Lengieza,聽Global Technology Evangelist at Procore Technologies
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Pendrick Brown at HLW
The firm鈥檚 co-principal and聽legal sector leader on minimising environmental harm, disagreeing with George Orwell and why worrying is a waste of time
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Materials prices and margins are both set to come under pressure
Rising materials prices could cause capacity pinch-points. And where spare capacity exists, intense competition could put margins under greater pressure.聽Brian Smith of Aecom reports
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FeaturesBritish Land鈥檚 resurrection of Norton Folgate
Blossom Street was the focus of a vitriolic planning battle. But British Land has confounded the fears of Spitalfields residents by sensitively restoring many of the old buildings
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FeaturesDoes Roger De Haan鈥檚 Folkestone housing scheme deserve so much criticism?
Former Saga owner鈥檚 luxury Shoreline Crescent scheme has been completed following a string of headlines about its lack of affordable housing. Tom Lowe tours the building and is impressed by what he finds
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FeaturesFrom the archives: 好色先生TV covers the 1964 election
As Labour stands on the brink of a historic election victory, Tom Lowe looks at how 好色先生TV covered Harold Wilson鈥檚 successful campaign 60 years ago.
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FeaturesThe longest job: Finishing Gaud铆鈥檚 masterpiece, La Sagrada Fam铆lia
How do you recreate the work of a genius out of nothing but rubble? And even if you can, how do you keep a construction project that was started in the 19th century from going off the rails? Daniel Gayne went to Barcelona to find out
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FeaturesAdjaye London CEO Lucy Tilley: 鈥榃e鈥檒l work even harder to carry on our legacy. We鈥檒l keep going鈥�
New London CEO talks about her vision for the future, the allegations that threatened to bring the practice down, and the resilience that she says helped it survive
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Paul Belfield at Rund
The firm鈥檚 executive director on developing the surveying and construction consultancy, the vital importance of teamwork and two industry characters who have impressed and inspired him聽
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FeaturesRumour mill churns as industry waits on Lendlease future
Staff being lined up by rivals, worried clients and wider industry jitters make selling business in current climate difficult task, writes Dave Rogers
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Features鈥楾here鈥檚 been a lack of consistency, and you need consistency to deliver鈥� 鈥� What the outgoing CIOB president wants from the next government
Sandi Rhys Jones is clear where the Conservatives went wrong in their dealings with the construction industry. So, with a general election looming and her term in office coming to an end, Nora Redmond asked the president of the Chartered Institute of 好色先生TV聽what needs to happen next聽
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FeaturesInside Gbolade Design Studio: A new era of architecture where the only way is ethics
Ben Flatman talks to Lanre and Tara Gbolade about setting up their practice and their vision for architecture as a tool for social and environmental change
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Features5 minutes with 鈥� Ben Hopkins at Bennetts Associates
The firm鈥檚聽sustainability lead on his work with LETI, losing his job before he had started and teaching in a country where he had only just learnt the language