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CommentUp for the cup
Goal celebrations are brilliant expressions of national identity (but not you, Clint Dempsey). How does architecture reflect where a nation has come from and where it鈥檚 going, asks Amanda Levete
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CommentJohn Nash joins the iPhone revolution
The London Festival of Architecture kicks off with an ingenious new iPhone application celebrating one of London's greatest urban spectacles.
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Comment好色先生TV buys a pint 鈥� for Chandler KBS
The memory of Thierry Henry鈥檚 handball seems to still cause noel physical pain
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A technical glitch with the latest jobs figures...
There's a delay with data on construction jobs, but it's worth looking at the broader unemployement picture
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CommentBetter than expected but forecast won't spare construction's pain
Pre-budget forecast says UK debt is not as great as first feared but growth id revised downwards
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CommentAn interesting judgment on late payment provision
Employers imposing unfairly low interest on late payment could pay a penalty
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CommentPassivhaus refurb diaries, part 1: Stripping the house bare
The architect behind the retrofit of an Edwardian property using Passivhaus principles takes us through the project鈥檚 first steps鈥�
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CommentMoving to the UAE despite the downturn
The global credit crisis has hit this region hard, but there are still job opportunities out there
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CommentThe Small Builders Housing Revolution
The government has a lot to learn from the experience of small builders
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CommentWhy local authorities would be mad to grant planning permissions right now
The government has created an atmosphere of doubt by pulling apart the planning system before coming up with a new one
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CommentBudget responsibility and all that
The latest forecast from the Office of Budget Responsibility makes grim reading, particularly for construction鈥�
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CommentHousebuilding gets all shook up
With regional spatial strategies binned, is the recent housebuilding revival in jeopardy? And what about density targets?
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CommentSchools out
Michael Gove鈥檚 attack on BSF has angered the construction industry, but might he have a point?
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CommentArchitects 鈥� meet the real world
Many architects have evolved into service providers for giant PFI contractor consortiums. Which means that, if they lose their jobs, they can鈥檛 fend for themselves
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CommentQuentin Shears: The wages of synergy
鈥淯sually, rebranding takes months, but the stationer鈥檚 on Potter Street had a half-price offer on business cards鈥�
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CommentHansom: Sporting chances
The industry is getting in shape, with directors tackling the high jump, architects cycling through time, Boris jogging and islanders getting ready for a long swim. And some soccer tournament, apparently
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Architects for change
I found 好色先生TV鈥檚 reporting of Paul Morrell鈥檚 comment piece (28 May, page 28) rather misleading
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CommentLeft in the lurch
Just when I thought that we had got over the Learning and Skills Council funding debacle, it appears that it is now the turn of the affordable housing sector to suffer the implications of having allocated or 鈥減romised鈥� government funding withdrawn