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FeaturesCountry focus: Czech Republic
The Czech Republic is showing tentative signs of recovery after the most difficult year in its brief history. But what are the implications for construction costs? Miroslav Vasko of EC Harris reports
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FeaturesEarthship: Sustainable building with 900 spare tyres
David Matthews wanted to build his own Earthship 鈥� a radically sustainable home built of recycled materials 鈥� and live in it forever. Trouble was, he didn鈥檛 have a clue how to go about it. So 好色先生TV sent him on a three-day course to find out
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FeaturesElection 2010: Dear prime minister...
Sarah Richardson collects the industry鈥檚 messages to the new occupant of Number 10 and we reveal the final choices of our panel of floating voters
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Inntel hotel near Amsterdam
Architecture students Rachel Harding and Jo Parsons comment on the Norwegian scheme
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FeaturesThe many lives of Joseph Aloysius Hansom
Talented inventor, kamikaze contractor, prolific architect, hopeless entrepreneur, socialist eagle fancier and of course founder of the magazine in your hands 鈥� Nick Jones reviews a biography of one of the Victorian age鈥檚 most remarkable characters
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FeaturesThe new face of banking: Middelfart bank
3XN鈥檚 bold and dynamic savings bank in Denmark offers unbeatable interest. Ike Ijeh opens an account
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FeaturesKeith Whitmore: 鈥業 do not suffer fools gladly鈥�
Working for Westfield鈥檚 head of design Keith Whitmore may seem a little intimidating at first. But once you鈥檝e got used to his ferociously demanding standards and early morning phone calls, he鈥檚 really very approachable
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FeaturesThe Shard: Foot of the mountain
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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FeaturesMarket forecast: Chink of light
Construction prices edged up in the first quarter of the year. So does that mean the industry recession is at an end? Sadly not, says Peter Fordham of Davis Langdon
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FeaturesElection 2010: Invitation to a hanging
On this page Sarah Richardson and Roxane McMeeken look at what would happen to construction if nobody won the election, and overleaf we catch up with our floating voters, receive a letter from David Cameron and meet the former Jarvis man who founded his own political party
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FeaturesBill鈥檚 battle
Bill Rawcliffe is one of the many victims left by the collapse of Jarvis. So he started a campaign for justice, and failed to make progress. So, next stop the House of Commons
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FeaturesFirst impressions: Daniel Libeskind's Grand Canal Square theatre
Nottingham Trent University and Royal College of Art students comment on the Dublin scheme
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FeaturesBDP's Peter Drummond: The revolutionary in carpet slippers
BDP, Britain鈥檚 biggest architect, is better known for quiet competence than daring. But this is the firm that defied Tesco, beat the downturn, expanded into India and Libya and doesn鈥檛 give a fig for profit. Chief executive Peter Drummond tells Roxane McMeeken all about it
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FeaturesLondon: The last of the past
The final projects of London鈥檚 long, long commercial boom are going to finish over the next year or so. Ike Ijeh rounds up the best of them
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FeaturesCost model: Energy from waste
Simon Rawlinson and Matthew Hicks of Davis Langdon weigh up the costs and the risks of treatment solutions
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Features好色先生TV buys a pint 鈥� for CB Richard Ellis
鈥淵our shoes look like pork pies.鈥� Charles Ingram-Evans was pointing at my Clarks loafers. Apparently they contravened the 鈥渘ever wear brown in town鈥� City dress code, which also applies to the property industry
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FeaturesLondon: The first of the future?
Commercial development has the encouraging ability to kick itself into gear, once a shortage of schemes elevates rents and depresses prices. But which developments? Emily Wright looks at the most exciting plans, and their chances of becoming buildings
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Election 2010: Are they listening?
Roxane McMeeken went to a Derbyshire constituency where construction has a big say, and a bigger stake, in the result. So how much do the candidates know and care about their voters鈥� fears?
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FeaturesOpen letter to readers of 好色先生TV magazine from Gordon Brown
Unlike the Conservatives, who have said they would cut the school building programme and won鈥檛 even guarantee existing projects unless they have reached financial close, Labour is committed to seeing BSF through
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FeaturesUpgrading old windows: Old panes, new gains
Improving the performance of old windows is a key part of the strategy to upgrade the UK鈥檚 inefficient building stock. But how best to go about it? Thomas Lane made inquiries