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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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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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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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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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FeaturesThe making of Egham: how to pull a town centre up by its bootstraps
Allford Hall Monaghan Morris and Runnymede council have delivered a mixed-use scheme that aims to reverse the slow decline of this busy Surrey town. Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesElection focus 2024: policy tracker
好色先生TV鈥檚 frequently-updated policy tracker will keep you up to speed on the latest pledges and announcements made by the parties in the run up to polling day
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FeaturesWho鈥檚 who in Labour鈥檚 would-be cabinet
With Labour riding high in the polls, Daniel Gayne looks at who will be the major players in the party if it wins the keys to Number 10
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FeaturesIs the City set for a new tower boom?
At least 18 major schemes are planned for a small area around Bishopsgate, including some of the tallest buildings in the capital. But how many will actually get built? Tom Lowe talks to some of the biggest players in the City鈥檚 commercial sector about what lies behind the latest cycle ...
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FeaturesLearning on the job: how Wales is leading the way with net zero schools
The Vale of Glamorgan council and ISG have spent the past 10 years refining and monitoring their standardised school solution and have now gone from gas guzzlers to carbon negative, Thomas Lane reports
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FeaturesCost model: How construction can meet the data centre challenge
With the demand for data storage soaring, the construction industry must find ways to rise to this challenge efficiently and sustainably, against a background of land and energy scarcity
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Features鈥榃e鈥檝e not had any engagement from the Labour leadership 鈥� and we鈥檝e tried鈥�: The CPA鈥檚 new chair on the need for a positive products strategy
It was not that long ago that Adam Turk was knocking on doors for the Tories. Now he says the construction products sector needs a change. But Labour is proving a tough nut to crack
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Features鈥業鈥檓 at a loss about what to make of it all鈥� 鈥� Will Lendlease disappear from UK construction, and what would that say about the state of the sector?
A sale has to happen quickly or staff will leave and jobs will disappear, say rivals. Dave Rogers looks at the implications of the decision to sell up聽鈥� or shut down
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FeaturesA harmonious blend of context and concept: Mass Studies reimagines the Serpentine Pavilion
Mass Studies鈥� innovative design for this year鈥檚 Serpentine Pavilion, engineered by Aecom, reimagines traditional concepts, blending contextual sensitivity with conceptual boldness, writes Ben Flatman