All articles by Joseph Aloysius Hansom 鈥� Page 5
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CommentHansom: Darling, you were fabulous
Gurkhas, thesps and other fans of the great Joanna Lumley will be thrilled to see her gracing these pages this week, while the rest of us make do with unexploded bombs, 180km cycle rides and free PR advice
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CommentHansom: Parties and politics
The anti-Garden Bridge brigade phone it in, RIBA gets theatrical in an ex-Shed, Prince Charles鈥� fears about fish are published, and someone has to pay at Balfour Beatty. Plus, Make parks itself in its new studio
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CommentHansom: Ups and downs
This week, London property moguls and an arts executive consider their respective fortunes under a Tory government, while others escape politics by embracing the virtual world and life at high altitude
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CommentHansom: Polling booth blues
An election week special is soon diverted to more intriguing matter, including Man City footballers seeking solace on a construction site, mixed-reality headsets and what RMJM鈥檚 office building did next
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Hansom: Desperate marketing
Labour remembers to mention housing, Jean Nouvel tries to escape his creation, disputes around the Garden Bridge turn nasty and children design both schools and murals
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Archive TitlesHansom: Follies galore
This week, the builder of a mock-Tudor castle prepares to move into demolition, a petition is launched for a duck, Network Rail gives us the willies, and election excitement reaches fever pitch as politicians dig a hole
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CommentHansom: Reasons to be cheerful
Happiness has broken out on the UK鈥檚 building sites, it seems (are they putting something in the tea?). Plus, tall towers, oversized sculptures, fantasy drama and Iain Duncan Smith. Happy?
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CommentHansom: Digging deep
This week sees an industry mired in conflict and charity, as a warrior against the Garden Bridge takes a break, Tory donors swell Cameron鈥檚 war chest, Osborne does a good deed, and Costain enters the Dragons鈥� Den
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CommentHansom: The weird and wonderful
Things take a turn for the strange this week. The Serpentine鈥檚 summer pavilion dabbles in psychedelia, a national memorial centre is shaped like a Spitfire, and Boris Johnson can be found tunnelling underneath London
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CommentHansom: The young ones
This week, how watching telly can inspire the next generation of construction workers; northern youth marches south; an octogenarian architect is unstoppable; and the chancellor contemplates a career change
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CommentHansom: Party poopers
Mipim was as varied as a pack of liquorice allsorts this year with delegates from far-flung corners of the world such as Dagenham imbuing the fair with fun-filled exoticism - all the more puzzling that some failed to show
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NewsHansom: Virtual realities
Exploring alternative planes of existence, there鈥檚 Alastair Campbell at Ecobuild, Mipim by bike, bat warnings, and building structures in a 3D procedurally generated world. More mundanely, there鈥檚 stamps and Lego
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CommentHansom: It's a size thing
News from contracting鈥檚 big beasts, an estate agent鈥檚 imaginative reworking of geography, Washington is taken down a peg or two (as is a former RIBA president) - plus, it鈥檚 true, our readers really are getting younger
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CommentHansom: Grey matter
Those whose sexual preferences lean towards concrete will be excited by this week鈥檚 offerings - the rest of us will have to make do with more cerebral ruminations on the intersection between life, art and fog
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CommentHansom: Going underground
Good news for fans of transport infrastructure - this week鈥檚 tattle has plenty to get your motor running, including tube line cycleways, haunted rail stations, and a bid to bring beauty to Britain鈥檚 roads. Yes, roads
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CommentHansom: No double-speak here
No (more) news at Balfour Beatty, no one dislikes Boris, and buying yourself a railway line to run around your mansion isn鈥檛 an insane overindulgence. Plus, the Scottish health secretary sets a bad example
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NewsHansom: At your leisure
Visit parliament, nuke the Welsh, or kick back on the London Eye with a can of Coca-Cola TM . But don鈥檛 expect to visit the Garden Bridge with more than seven chums. Plus, can you understand what our architectural writer is saying?
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CommentHansom: From the horse's mouth
Real estate investors do battle for Knightsbridge barracks, architects clear their diaries for an exhibition dedicated to working with clients, and Redrow makes a late Bafta entry for best psychological thriller
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CommentHansom: Good Dogma! Sit!
Worked out your ideological resolutions? There鈥檚 a row about 鈥�-isms鈥� across the pond, Prince Charles ingratiates himself with architects (as usual), and some old bricks get a new lease of life. Plus, the New Year鈥檚 Honours
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CommentHansom: The Presents under the tree
Hello, children 鈥� Were you naughty or nice this year? Let me rummage in my sack and produce some Lego, a load of bikes, a massive train set, and a bottle of whisky. Plus, finally, a policy document that makes sense