All Comment articles – Page 90

  • Colin Harding
    Comment

    Get stuck in

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    HOK Sport’s Olympic Stadium Vol-au-vent is merely the hors d’oeuvre. We’re about to tuck in to a rich feast of design excellence at reasonable cost. It’s a victory for common sense

  • Jules Harbage
    Comment

    One over the eight at 8am

    2007-12-07T00:00:00Z

    Christmas means parties, and that means drinking alcohol, which is okay as long as you aren’t out first thing with a forklift or using heavy tools while still under the influence

  • Thomas Lane
    News

    Cameron's renewables plan will put wind up Labour

    2007-12-06T13:23:00Z

    David Cameron's brilliant proposal for boosting domestic renewables could force Labour to adopt the policy for itself

  • Imtiaz Farookhi
    Comment

    Experimenting on homeowners is wrong

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

    When it comes to introducing low-carbon systems into houses, we have our work cut out to convince the owners that they’re not just guinea pigs for the next wave of technological misadventures, says Imtiaz Farookhi

  • Comment

    Corporate bloat

    2007-11-30T00:00:00Z

     Some companies’ merger strategies are little more than an attempt to puff themselves up and appease the egotism of senior management. So, if you get the urge, ask yourself whether your purchase is really necessary

  • David Bucknall
    News

    Redeploy frontline QSs to win construction battle

    2007-11-29T13:41:00Z

    A shortage of QSs is holding up the upgrade of the Ministry of Defence's £18bn estate. The chairman of Rider Levett Bucknall says a smarter deployment of QS resource could ease the problem

  • Gus Alexander
    News

    St Pancras: nice station despite the hype

    2007-11-29T10:41:00Z

    After watching the TV series our architect visits the station for the first time and pays tribute to its saviour

  • Gus Alexander
    News

    TV Show hits the buffers with arrival of St Pancras' Upper Crust

    2007-11-22T13:17:00Z

    Watching contractors fitting-out a baguette food outlet failed to stir our columnist last night but at least he missed the football

  • Michael Glackin
    News

    Erinaceous board offers handsome reward for ugly failure

    2007-11-22T11:18:00Z

    A leaving present of £736,000 ensures Erinaceous' two bosses a secure future, something not guaranteed for the 4000 employees

  • Gus Alexander
    News

    Drama and conflict: The St Pancras saga continues

    2007-11-21T10:40:00Z

    Last night's BBC 2 docusoap on St Pancras focused on an engineer who looks 14 and another who can't wait to resign. But who are these people and why should we care? Gus Alexander is as unmoved by the programme as he is by the project itself

  • Dan Stewart
    News

    Not exactly bowled over

    2007-11-08T12:47:00Z

    The hoo haa surrounding the unveiling of HOK's 'compelling bowl' at the Olympic site left Ðǿմ«Ã½'s reporter feeling strangely umoved

  • Martin Spring
    News

    Can London's big top become the main attraction?

    2007-11-07T15:28:00Z

    HOK Sport's temporary stadium will be taken down once the Olympic circus leaves town but will its design capture the public imagination

  • Denise Chevin
    Comment

    Why Crossrail is looking good

    2007-10-19T00:00:00Z

    After 18 years, Crossrail is finally up on the departures board.