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FeaturesDesigning for the desert: how British architects approached the 2022 World Cup
For Qatar 2022, Zaha Hadid Architects, Foster + Partners and BDP Pattern had to create open-air arenas where players and spectators are protected from temperatures of 40潞C
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FeaturesRecession dos and don鈥檛s: Industry leaders鈥� advice on keeping afloat
Ahead of the likely longest downturn since the 1930s,聽Daniel Gayne聽asks construction experts for tips on how to ride out the hard times
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FeaturesIn business with Galliford Try鈥檚 Bill Hocking: 鈥楾here are some things that just have to carry on鈥�
The talk is of the longest recession in 100 years but for all that, Galliford Try chief executive Bill Hocking cannot contain his optimism. Dave Rogers went to meet him
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FeaturesMarket forecast: Upward but uneven
As building costs soar, yearly tender price increases are close to double figures 鈥� but that should slow next year. And while construction output is still rising overall, there is greater fragmentation
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FeaturesWhy Nigel Wilson is persisting with L&G鈥檚 huge housing push
L&G鈥檚 chief tells Joey Gardiner why not all of its investments have worked out聽so far聽鈥� and why he remains optimistic that they will
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FeaturesCost model: Build-to-rent
Build-to-rent offers a solution to low housing supply and stable returns for investors and developers 鈥� if they can meet the demands of a quickly evolving tenant base聽
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FeaturesIs artificial intelligence the answer to HS2鈥檚 rising cost problem?
As inflation bites, HS2 has been told to find savings. Could artificial intelligence be the cost-cutting ace up the project鈥檚 sleeve?聽
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FeaturesCan housing associations keep building as the rest of the market slows?
Thanks to subsidy, housing associations have typically carried on building through a downturn as the volume housebuilders slow down. But, there is now scepticism about whether they can do so this time around
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FeaturesGove is back: the key questions facing the returning housing secretary
Just 111 days after being sacked, Michael Gove is back. Carl Brown聽looks at what鈥檚 facing Whitehall鈥檚 disruptor-in-chief
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FeaturesQ&A: what Sunak has told us about his views on housing
The new prime minister spoke over the summer about his proposals on the issue
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FeaturesClouds gather over HS2: What would cutting Britain鈥檚 biggest infrastructure project mean for the industry?
HS2 has survived a lot in the past decade, but as Jeremy Hunt prepares his Halloween Budget, some in the industry are feeling frightened. 好色先生TV considers what could be at risk.
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FeaturesA known quantity in uncharted waters: Rishi Sunak takes the helm in Downing Street
With Jeremy Hunt reportedly staying on as chancellor, the incoming PM looks to be setting a course for financial stabilisation.聽But is UK plc really bound for calmer waters?
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FeaturesCost model: 好色先生TV brownfield
Regenerating previously used land offers multiple environmental, social and cost advantages but there are many factors to consider
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FeaturesIt鈥檚 hard to let go: Laing O鈥橰ourke and the problem with succession
The latest man tipped to replace Ray O鈥橰ourke is leaving after less than a year. Dave Rogers considers why the septuagenarian founder is still at the helm of his firm
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FeaturesCost model: Labs in the sky
Record levels of investment into the life science sector and an increasingly limited supply of space have encouraged laboratory buildings to enter the high-rise realm
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FeaturesJeremy Hunt鈥檚 拢40bn hole: where cuts could fall and what it could mean for builders
Paring back investment may prove the least politically painful way to make the sums add up
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Features22 Bishopsgate: Looking down on the neighbours
Its grand height and formal aloofness may give it an air of superiority but the 鈥榲ertical village鈥� goes out of its way to make people feel at home. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2022: with the economic heat rising, will things halt again?
This year鈥檚 Top 150 Consultants data shows activity has picked up after the pandemic -but is the industry coming out of the frying pan into the fire?
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FeaturesTop 150 Consultants 2022: the main table
See the latest Top 150 Consultants sortable league table
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FeaturesTop 50 Architects 2022
Explore this year鈥檚 top architects via 好色先生TV鈥檚 sortable league table