All UK articles – Page 29
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Close Heathrow to raise funds for Thames Hub airport, Foster argues
Lord Foster insists his £20bn-plus estuary airport is financially viable
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Lasers and searchlights shine on Shard's big day
Twelve lasers and 30 searchlights lit up the sky last night to celebrate the inauguration of The Shard - the tallest building in Western Europe.
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Court of Appeal gives green light to the Quill
Spparc-designed 30-storey tower in London Bridge wins planning battle after Court of Appeal grants its consent
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Elephant & Castle regeneration: Mammoth project
Lend Lease presents new image for massive regeneration project in south London, expected to be completed in 2025
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Tessa Jowell praises 'socially responsible' 2012 Olympics build
“Supportive” work culture and partnership between client and unions provides a blueprint, MP argues
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Vince Cable joins Kier in launching apprenticeship scheme
Business secretary says such schemes vital to develop construction skills
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Against the grain: Granary Square
New public space near Kings Cross designed by Townshend Landscape Architects and built by Bam Nuttall opens
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Pringle Brandon Drew unveils plans for Shakespeare theatre site
Exhibition space for historic remains to be incorporated into residential and retail devleopment
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Newham's first council housing in a decade completed
Bell Phillips Architects has designed first new council-commissioned housing in ten years
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New orders in first quarter down on last year, ONS reveals
Orders for Q1 2012 down 3.6% compared with same period last year
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Rope trick: Thames cable car
An ambitious plan to build a cable car over the Thames was up against some seriously tough technical challenges, not to mention the dreaded jinx of the Greenwich peninsula. ɫTV finds out whether they pulled it off. Photography by Tim Crocker
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Muse puts 'sparkle' into Doncaster
Coloured tiles on civic office designed to give the city’s cultural quarter a sense of space
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Interserve secures £150m police deal
West Yorkshire contract comes after Alder Hey hospital work announced, set to be worth £50m
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Crossrail: Pulling out all the stops
Crossrail - the biggest engineering project in Europe - also claims to be a driver for multimillion-pound regeneration in the capital. Ike Ijeh takes a look at three key stations along the route and asks how much Londoners will really benefit
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Osborne gives ground over listed buildings tax backlash
Chancellor divides critics with £30m fund annoucement
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Biology centre uses own walls to control temperature
University of Warwick’s Centre for Mechanochemical Cell Biology includes phase change material that absorbs and re-distributes heat
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The Mary Rose museum: Hidden treasure
The Mary Rose museum is ready for fit-out but to get to this point the contractor had to build around the ancient hull, keeping it at a constant temperature to allow restoration to be uninterrrupted. Thomas Lane found out how the team handled an historic gem
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Diplomatic move
Architect Waugh Thistleton designs temporary pavilion at Lancaster House for Olympic business summit
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Walthamstow Stadium plan romps to victory
Council approves £50m Conran scheme to build on dog track
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Brighton set to give tower plans a lift
Council could borrow £14m needed to get new landmark off the ground