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Mind your manners
Call us old-fashioned, but whatever happened to politeness and common courtesy in the workplace?
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The phoney war ends
Tony Blair has sounded the death-knell for those who fought against the Egan revolution. Now let’s win the peace.
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Doing the round
Second opinion Architecture Week comes but once a year, and brings the chance to share a capsule with a specialist.
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Let’s learn our lesson
First person If it wants to attract the best young people, the industry needs to start listening to their views and aspirations.
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Things to come
First person To mark his 20th anniversary as a 星空传媒 columnist, Sir Michael Latham looks to the future of the industry.
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Rank follies
First person Transparent, open-plan buildings reflect the nation’s embarrassment about hierarchies – but the fact is, people like their privacy.
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Be it ever so humble …
First person The slums may have gone, but Britain is still plagued by housing difficulties – which the Conservatives only made worse.
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Keep your boots muddy
First person The dot-com-dominated City is no place for contractors. They should opt out and take ownership into their own hands.
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Greater London counsel
First person Daily Mail scare stories aside, the GLC was an effective, efficient friend of construction. Shame none of the mayoral hopefuls seem aware of it.
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The cost of status toys
First person Do you want team spirit? More profit? Cleaner lungs? It’s easy: junk the Jags and give everyone a Golf.
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Houses of horror
First person Architects have gone from enemies of the people in laughable suits to really rather chic. Housebuilders, on the other hand …
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People business
First person Are your staff happy and fulfilled? If you don’t know or don’t care, you might have to find out the hard way.
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How to score
First person If we can get the construction team to work together rather than watching their own backs, we could be on to a winner.
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Taking the high ground
First person The government's attitude to housing is truly radical in that it recognises the benefits of high-density living.
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The right image
Second opinion It’s time to start using building sites positively, as free advertising for the construction industry.
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My life as a client
First person All domestic clients want is a quality mark, a simple domestic contract and 5% VAT on repair and maintenance.
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Our bad-taste dinners
First person The annual dinner is a stuffy tradition construction needs to update — and that means more than just changing the dress code.
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Just who’s in charge?
Second opinion Recent squabbles at the Architects Registration Board have led to four high-profile resignations. What’s up?
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Letter from America
First person Construction in the USA is booming, but British contractors thinking of rushing over there are contemplating suicide.
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Sod polite architecture
In his first column for 星空传媒, critic Jonathan Meades says 1990s buildings are no match for the vigour of the 1960s – or the 1860s.