Opinion – Page 210
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Birmingham Central Library, 1973
How was the original Birmingham Central Library received when it opened in the 1970s?
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Wonders & blunders with Dan Benham
Incoming Royal Society of Architects in Wales president Dan Benham praises Zumthor’s Bruder Klaus Field Chapel and laments the ‘lump’ of the Celtic Manor Resort
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My digital life … Emma Brophy
The CRASH marketing manager on iPhone bereavement, habas fritas, and aspiring to own a Mac
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Interpreting ambiguities in contract documents: RWE Npower Renewables Ltd vs JN Bentley Ltd
The judgment highlights that interpretation of contract documents requires one to determine what a reasonable person, with the background knowledge available, would have understood the parties to have meant
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Low-carbon UK? Don’t hold your breath
The government’s policies on lowering carbon emissions aren’t working
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Shifting the blame for the Green Deal ...
Ed Davey has a cheek in trying to pin the slow take-up on external wall insulation providers
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Failing to raise Green Deal awareness
The government must invest to ensure the public knows what is on offer
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A real recovery needs broad sustainable growth
Data from the CPA/Barbour ABI index shows the need for growth outside of London
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Work opportunities at home and away
Even if things are looking up here, don’t rule out looking abroad for work
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Hansom: And the livin' is easy
The tranquility of summer days is disturbed by a trouser scandal that has rocked the world of architecture, and the Chinese authorities clamping down on self-build - but happily, there’s a boring story to end on
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Halfway housing
The government has made some welcome decisions over housing but has created a mood of uncertainty over space standards
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Ðǿմ«Ã½ equipment from 1950
What was considered cutting edge in the construction industry six decades ago?
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Construction pipeline: Unprecedented clarity
How the latest data released by the government will help the industry
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Construction jobs figures provide reasons for hope
The number of unemployed construction workers has dropped- and the need is there to start a huge training programme now
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Wonders & blunders with John Tebbit
John Tebbit finds Hagia Sophia in Istanbul awe-inspiring but longs for the day when the Shell Centre on London’s South Bank has been removed and forgotten about
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Interpreting today’s house building data
It’s easy to see a turning point in housebuilding if you look at the figures, but they still point to some major issues in the industry
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Days gone by
This August, we’re taking a trip back through summer months of the past and celebrating the industry’s heritage
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