Opinion – Page 209
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David Lawrence
David Lawrence is executive director responsible for Capita Symonds’ health property division
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Good design is an essential activity on any project
Good design is not an extra that adds aesthetic value – it is the essential intellectual process at the heart of every product
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Walkie Talkie: The danger of innovation
Pioneering designs can lead to monumental headaches, as the team behind 20 Fenchurch Street will be well aware
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How happy is the housing market?
Housebuilders have received a massive injection of confidence from government, but like any drug fix the good times cannot last long Â
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Rogers vs the Prince: A battle between two establishments
Richard Rogers speaks for an elite whereas the Prince of Wales defends the view of the ordinary citizen
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Bringing house buying into the digital age
Improving the quality of new homes, the choice available, and the purchasing experience would help get the public on the side of housebuilding
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A new era of greener homes
Construction can now boast a return to growth thanks to this government’s focus on capital projects, and one happy consequence will be more homes built to greener standards
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Hansom: Recognising greatness
A great feat of Scottish engineering is honoured, Bam does a lot of good work for charity, a US design practice prints a pavilion, and there’s the latest in a long line of hilarious building-shaped confectioneries
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This is a critical time for low-carbon housing policy
There are a number of political balls in the air and this is a critical period
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My digital life … Kris Gamble
The Customised director on speaker envy, Jamie Oliver and being a tweetaholic
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No place like home
Trade delegations to lucrative markets abroad are great PR for politicians but to sure up this tentative recovery the focus has to be on activity in the UK
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Blacklisting or prudent management?
We haven’t heard the contractors’ side of the blacklisting argument
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Housebuilding: An attitude problem
The public sector isn’t known for risk-taking or innovative thinking, but that’s what is required to release enough land for housebuilding
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Birmingham Central Library, 1973
How was the original Birmingham Central Library received when it opened in the 1970s?