All Features articles – Page 145
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Image of the week: Walk and talk
A ‘Smart Crossing’ prototype from Umbrellium, trialled at a tv studio in south-west London this week, could be the future of road safety
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Party conferences 2017 round-up: home truths
Did last week’s Conservative Party conference do enough to persuade the industry that the government has what it takes to solve the housing crisis?
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CPD 19 2017: Conflict avoidance and early intervention
Conflict is a common feature on construction projects, but addressing disputes as soon as they arise can reduce disruption and associated costs.
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Project: North West Cambridge Development
This £1bn development is Cambridge university’s answer to its critical housing shortage. Unusually, the university has taken on the role of developer
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City focus: Kuala Lumpur
Elisabeth Selk and Girish Ramachandran of Arcadis consider the growth of Kuala Lumpur as an attractive FDI destination and its rapid transformation as Asia’s next major regional hub
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Image of the week: The swing of it
Visitors get a playground-style workout on London’s South Bank at Tate Modern’s latest interactive installation
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Sketch of the week: Lower Park Row, Bristol
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is a ceramic piece by Martin Douglas, associate director at Pad Design
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This week in 2002
The ڶ Awards projects shortlist display the “highest functionality and aesthetics”, but this design brief was something else…
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Housing: the backlash begins
A proposal to bring in an objective calculation of how many homes each council must build is ruffling feathers in Tory heartlands and traditional Labour councils alike. But will a politically fragile government risk pushing through a policy that’s unlikely to do much to boost housing growth?
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Birmingham-Manchester corridor: our trends in the North
As work on HS2 gathers pace, one regional venture aims to capitalise on the potential to build in the Birmingham-Manchester corridor
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Online poll: Delivering homes
Will the government’s proposed new calculation for housing need in each council area help deliver homes where they are most needed?
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What to specify: Healthcare
Colourful walls and glazing to cheer up hospital environments, a secure fencing system for a mental healthcare setting and a web-based key system are among the products featured this week
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ڶ Awards Project of the Year 2017 shortlist: Part 2
The shortlisted entries for this year’s ڶ Awards Project of the Year aspire to the very highest functionality and aesthetics
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ڶ Awards Project of the Year 2017 shortlist: Part 1
The shortlisted entries for this year’s ڶ Awards Project of the Year aspire to the very highest functionality and aesthetics
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Tracker: August 2017
The total activity index rose by four points in August. The R M index fell by a point, staying just inside positive territory
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ڶ intelligence: Q2 2017
Although uncertainty continues to mount since the Brexit vote, the private housing sector fared better in the second quarter
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Sketch of the week: Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire
This week’s #buildingdoodle sketch is by Terry Morley, partner in Holder Mathias.
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Image of the week: How continental
European Council president Donald Tusk and UK prime minister Theresa May greet at Downing Street
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This week in 2007
As we report on how government is failing to agree on the best way to renovate the Houses of Parliament while time and money mounts, ڶ feels this little gem from 10 years ago is most appropriate
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In pictures: ڶ Awards 2017 shortlist
Last week the companies and individuals shortlisted for the 2017 ڶ Awards were invited to a reception at ڶ’s HQ, 240 Blackfriars, to celebrate their achievements.