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The ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ Hall of Fame
To celebrate the 40th anniversary of its name change from The Builder, ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ has launched a Hall of Fame. Today we've inaugurated 40 people who have made the greatest impact on the built environment over that period.
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No regrets
The chairman of Wembley National Stadium Limited has broken his silence on the project, but don't ask him to take the blame for its troubles.
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A midtown Xanadu
Foster and Partners has turned a Manhattan office into a 48-storey tower. Here's an exclusive look at the arrestingly cinematic interior
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Herd the one about the two architects and the sheep?
Making the news An exclusive joint interview with Renzo Piano and Lord Richard Rogers, moments after they successfully conveyed a flock of sheep across the Millennium Bridge
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Express elevation
Double-deck lifts - Office workers at Broadgate Tower won't be hanging around waiting in the lobby. They'll be speeding up its 34 storeys in the latest lift innovation.
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The office
Do you have a tricky problem in the workplace? Let our office politics strategist show you how to turn it to your advantage …
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The 99% campaign - greening the stock we're stuck with
Almost all our energy efficiency regulations apply only to new buildings, which add a mere 1% to the built environment a year. Today ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ opens a campaign to persuade the government to improve the performance of the other 99%. At the moment they're allowed to leak energy like there's no ...
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A bitter pill
The PFI is not responsible for the NHS' headline-grabbing deficits - the NHS is
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Whole-life costs: Concrete vs steel
What are the environmental, capital cost and lifetime cost differences between a building with a steel frame and one built using concrete? David Weight of cost consultant Currie & Brown applies the firm’s Live Options modelling system to find out
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Curved space – the Peter Harrison Planetarium
Greenwich park is about to get a strange and beautiful adornment: a weird bronze cone through which the heavens will be made manifest. Thomas Lane found out how it's being made
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Just the job
Angus Robertson tells Sonia Soltani how he followed his heart to the city that never sleeps
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The technology and beauty of aircraft
A sleek building in the shape of a boomerang, or more appropriately a pair of aircraft wings, has been opened at Farnborough airport in Hampshire.
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Where in the world?
From the salmon runs of British Columbia to the golf courses of Hong Kong, the white rum of Antigua to the jade green pastis of southern France … there's a whole world waiting for you. Hays Construction & Property and ¾«¶«Ó°ÊÓ's international salary guide helps you take off the blindfold ...