All Comment articles – Page 87
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Go Caroline!
Thanks to an astonishing laspe in security at the communities department, Chris Addison has obtained a first draft of a mailout from housing minister Caroline Flint, in which her inner thoughts are exposed
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Go Caroline!
Thanks to an astonishing lapse in security at the communities department, Chris Addison has obtained a first draft of a mailout from housing minister Caroline Flint, in which her inner thoughts are exposed
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What's wrong with cheap flights to Krakow?
Environmentalists have hijacked the debate about air travel, now it's time to stand up for the freedom to roam where and how we please
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A bit of a stretch
The work may not sound as attractive as the 2012 Olympics but the boom in prison building will be almost as lucrative for construction
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Beijing flies into an unsustainable future
Foster's Beijing airport is a masterpiece but it doesn't bode well for the environment especially when you hear that China is planning 97 more airports over the next decade
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Rock at the Roundhouse
John McAlsan and Partners' refurb of the Roundhouse has created an exciting, edgy music and theatrical venue
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The cost of future-proofing homes
Mandatory Lifetime Home standards will threaten housing affordability and won't be necessary for a large proportion of the population
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What ever will we do without the Poles?
News that Polish workers are returning home is a blow to construction. What we need now is a brilliant plan to improve home-grown talent...
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Gatwick sale would fit the bill for Ferrovial
Spanish contractor could pay off airports debt and stymie monopoly criticism
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What would you rename Multiplex?
Brookfield is the new name for Multiplex, which we think is a tad dull. Can you think of anything more appropriate?
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Nice stadium, shame about the football
It's hard to feel passionate about the corporate world of Premier League football, but Arsenal's Emirates Stadium goes some way to restoring faith in the beautiful game
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Call the paving police!
Making it illegal to pave over front garderns with non-permeable surfaces is a good idea, but who will enforce the legislation?
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The pulling power of PFI funds
The credit crunch may have dampened enthusiasm among investors, but PFI and infrastructure funds are proving a safe bet
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Construction is full of Mrs Conways
The building industry employs plenty of family members, so why do MPs get such a rough deal?
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The loo queue
The Barbican, like so many venues, falls short when it comes to providing enough toilet facilities
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Who's afraid of the credit crunch?
Despite all the recent doom and gloom many building firms have good reason to be optimistic about the next financial year
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Prince Charles maybe mired in tradition but he has a point
Prince Charles' criticism of today's 'carbuncles' has more substance than his 1984 diatribe against modern architecture
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A Teflon tent, ketchup dispensers and the Spice Girls
Not being a Spice Girls fan is no barrier to appreciating the The O2 Arena, which gets top marks in the first of a mini series of venue reviews
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The missing ingredient
School building programmes were already ambitious but now there's another challenge - to offer cookery facilities in all schools by 2011