All Comment articles – Page 87

  • Chris Addison
    News

    Go Caroline!

    2008-03-06T14:21:00Z

    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

  • Chris Addison
    Comment

    Go Caroline!

    2008-03-06T00:00:00Z

    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

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    What's wrong with cheap flights to Krakow?

    2008-03-04T10:33:00Z

    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

  • Denise Chevin
    News

    A bit of a stretch

    2008-02-29T23:42:00Z

    The work may not sound as attractive as the 2012 Olympics but the boom in prison building will be almost as lucrative for construction

  • Comment

    Go east

    2008-02-29T00:00:00Z

    The Thames Gateway is the perfect location for an international airport that won’t annoy the neighbours like Heathrow does, argues Nick Raynsford

  • Gus Alexander
    News

    Beijing flies into an unsustainable future

    2008-02-28T13:16:00Z

    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

  • Ray Davis performing at the Roundhouse
    News

    Rock at the Roundhouse

    2008-02-27T10:30:00Z

    John McAlsan and Partners' refurb of the Roundhouse has created an exciting, edgy music and theatrical venue

  • Stewart Baseley
    News

    The cost of future-proofing homes

    2008-02-26T15:16:00Z

    Mandatory Lifetime Home standards will threaten housing affordability and won't be necessary for a large proportion of the population

  • Tony Bingham
    News

    What ever will we do without the Poles?

    2008-02-21T10:55:00Z

    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...

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    Gatwick sale would fit the bill for Ferrovial

    2008-02-19T13:29:00Z

    Spanish contractor could pay off airports debt and stymie monopoly criticism

  • Dan Stewart
    News

    What would you rename Multiplex?

    2008-02-15T04:10:00Z

    Brookfield is the new name for Multiplex, which we think is a tad dull. Can you think of anything more appropriate?

  • Arsenal Emirates stadium
    News

    Nice stadium, shame about the football

    2008-02-12T11:45:00Z

    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

  • Thomas Lane
    News

    Call the paving police!

    2008-02-11T13:11:00Z

    Making it illegal to pave over front garderns with non-permeable surfaces is a good idea, but who will enforce the legislation?

  • Mark Leftly
    News

    The pulling power of PFI funds

    2008-02-08T10:59:00Z

    The credit crunch may have dampened enthusiasm among investors, but PFI and infrastructure funds are proving a safe bet

  • Tony Bingham
    News

    Construction is full of Mrs Conways

    2008-02-07T12:28:00Z

    The building industry employs plenty of family members, so why do MPs get such a rough deal?

  • Gus Alexander
    News

    The loo queue

    2008-02-06T06:30:00Z

    The Barbican, like so many venues, falls short when it comes to providing enough toilet facilities

  • Stephen Gee
    News

    Who's afraid of the credit crunch?

    2008-02-05T12:51:00Z

    Despite all the recent doom and gloom many building firms have good reason to be optimistic about the next financial year

  • Martin Spring
    News

    Prince Charles maybe mired in tradition but he has a point

    2008-02-02T01:01:00Z

    Prince Charles' criticism of today's 'carbuncles' has more substance than his 1984 diatribe against modern architecture

  • Gus Alexander
    News

    A Teflon tent, ketchup dispensers and the Spice Girls

    2008-01-30T11:00:00Z

    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

  • Simon Rawlinson
    News

    The missing ingredient

    2008-01-28T15:28:00Z

    School building programmes were already ambitious but now there's another challenge - to offer cookery facilities in all schools by 2011