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FeaturesHere鈥檚 the pitch
Sport England鈥檚 standardised design is starting a Mexican wave of achievable, accessible halls that don鈥檛 look like tin boxes. We report from the touchline at Dagenham.
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FeaturesOur homes in Havana
A UK architect is bringing prefab housing to Cuba in the hope that it will eliminate poor quality homes, delays and light-fingered builders. With government backing, residents of old Havana could soon be moving to new homes, leaving their grand colonial buildings for the tourists.
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FeaturesAisle be back
Construction's often lucrative relationship with supermarkets has had its sticky-wheel moments. But now that competition between stores has hit an all-time high, the sector is racing back towards the building checkout.
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FeaturesMaker's mark
London's Holloway Road was not exactly crying out for an edgy, in-yer-face building, but Daniel Libeskind's latest design does wonders for it anyway. Martin Spring assesses the design, Thomas Lane reports on the building techniques.
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Bovis wins league in 2003 with 拢600m December deal
Hard on Bovis' heels in monthly and annual leagues is HBG, and Gardiner & Theobald tops QS chart
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Just the job
After completing his science degree, Matt Tanner decided to work in construction. We find out if being a project manager is all he hoped it would be 鈥�
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FeaturesUniversity of Hertfordshire campus
The University of Hertfordshire is no stranger to innovation, as its de Havilland campus demonstrates.
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FeaturesColin Monk
On the oche is the Basingstoke Builder, famous in the darts world for his larger-than-life personality and beer-assisted escapades. And he's a nice guy 鈥� as long as you don't try to take food from his children's mouths.
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FeaturesPeter Vince
There's a good reason for these kid-in-a-candy-store looks. The boss of one of the UK's hottest project management firms is out to double its 拢20m turnover in three years 鈥� and fulfill his childhood dream.
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FeaturesWhere grass will be greener
Last Friday, Wimbledon submitted designs for a brand new Centre Court. We report on the concertina roof that will revolutionise our televisual experience of the tennis championship by banishing the rain, extending the hours of play and, most importantly, keeping a lid on Sir Cliff
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FeaturesHomage to isokonia
This block of tiny flats in north London was once the trendiest address in 1930s Britain. Agatha Christie, Walter Gropius and Marcel Breuer all lived here. In the 1990s, only the pigeons called it home. We report on the restoration of a modernist gem
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Careers: Ask Edward
Having problems at work? Not sure about your legal position? In the first of a regular series our expert Edward Goodwyn, a partner at solicitor Masons, answers your questions
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Feeling the winter chill
The first Tracker of the year from Experian Business Strategies forecasts that construction growth will cool off over the next three months, but offers a sunnier outlook for 2004 as a whole
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FeaturesBasque in glory
Eduardo Arroyo was determined to give his countrymen a football stadium that reinforced their Basque identity. The result, as Justin McGuirk found out, is a building that welds the region's steel-producing past to its hope of a cleaner, greener future.
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Local lowdown
Six months ago, Wales hit the headlines over its massive skills shortages. Robert Smith of Hays Montrose looks at the projects that are desperately seeking staff
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FeaturesFair and square
Stride Treglown's rectilinear community building in Bristol enriches the lives of local residents 鈥� not least because of its clean lines and accessible courtyard garden