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FeaturesMerchants of Venice
The world's best designers have descended on the Venice Biennale to show their wares again 鈥� so where's world architecture going next?
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FeaturesPleased and Prowed
Cardiff may be bustling, and its bay may be the largest regeneration project in Europe, but critics have derided its architecture 鈥� partly because every building seems to think it's a boat. Local boy Peter Rees, head planner at the Corporation of London, returned to give his verdict.
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FeaturesModule behaviour
Despite the tricky site, Raines Dairy in north London 鈥� Peabody Trust's follow-up to the acclaimed Murray Grove 鈥� is set to be the UK's largest ever prefabricated affordable housing scheme. Andy Pearson reports on the fully kitted-out modules and partnering contract that are all slotting together perfectly
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Cost update: September 2002
In Hot Rates this quarter, Davis Langdon & Everest examines the current prices of typical groundworks items in various regions 鈥� plus there's the latest in labour costs and building materials price changes
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Foreign agents
Jonald Vos, recruitment consultant at Hays Montrose International Executive, gives advice on how to take those first steps in the overseas recruitment market
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FeaturesAfter the fall
A year after the day that everybody said would change everything forever, we have apparently returned to business as usual. But, as Matthew Richards reports, the commercial and psychological trauma of 11 September is still very much with us
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FeaturesPure genius
Having made his millions with his own construction firm, Irishman John Fleming now wants to become the UK's biggest supplier of prefab housing. But he's prepared to make us wait until his system is perfect 鈥�
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FeaturesSchool show-off
Boys returning this week to a north London school will find it has thrown off its fusty image and smartened up with a glamorous extension
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Take a chance on PPP?
This postcard from Sweden looks at the struggle over the use of private finance in public projects. After next week's election, a decision must be made
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Five things you need to know about office romance
Know any architects? A whopping 48% of designers are single. So if your office isn't packed with available talent 鈥� you know where to go.Who needs dating agencies? One in four long-term relationships starts at work. Long working hours and a shared interest mean you're as likely to meet someone ...
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FeaturesPulling the leavers
The dearth of construction industry professionals is becoming as serious as the skills shortage on sites. And so few school leavers are enrolling on built environment courses, some universities are scrapping them. So, asks Martin Spring, where will the talent come from to carry through all those urban regeneration programmes?
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FeaturesFilth, dirt and poison
Removing toxins from soil has become one of the most vital and dynamic areas of modern construction. Here's a guide to the latest techniques on the market and an insight into how microbes are eliminating the poisons at a former colliery site in Yorkshire 鈥� by eating them.
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FeaturesCost model: Tall buildings
Despite the fate of the World Trade Centre, developer interest in tall buildings hasn鈥檛 diminished 鈥� and will increase if the mayor鈥檚 plan for London is put into effect. Here Davis Langdon & Everest, Arup and Mott Green and Wall summarise the key issues and examine the costs of building ...
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Just the job
Interior decorator Keith Newbury tells Joanne Lambert why he has continued to work for construction company Bluestone for the past 40 years
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FeaturesTrying times
When Terry Morgan took the helm at Tube Lines, he thought he would be running part of the London Underground in a matter of weeks. Then the legal challenges began 鈥� Phil Clark finds out how the former international rugby player has been using his extra time.
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The International Brigade
A gutsy band of UK consultants have stormed the Johannesburg world summit to take up the flag of global sustainability in construction. Matthew Richards reports on their manifesto 鈥� and asks: where on earth are the contractors?
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Bouncing back
In this month's tracker, Construction Forecasting and Research reports that a chilly May turned into a splendid June, with activity rising sharply on the back of government spending 鈥�