Briefing – Page 36
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Barbour ABI's December market review
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for December is now available to download
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Barbour ABI's November market review
Barbour ABI’s Economic Construction Market Review for November is now available to download
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Features
Chasing tigers: Opportunities in South-east Asia
China and India might be the big beasts of the East but huge untapped potential lies waiting in their smaller neighbours, finds Iain Withers in South-east Asia
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Home economics
The recovery is still moving at a slow pace, driven mainly by housing, but August saw a year-on-year increase in construction awards. Michael Dall presents highlights of Barbour ABI’s latest monthly Economic Construction Market Review, with a special focus on the commercial and retail sector
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Will the Hammersmith 'flyunder' take off?
The latest tunnel project for west London will need to overcome enormous economic and infrastructural obstacles before it is delivered, says Ike Ijeh
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‘It’s not just a breathing space, it’s a social space’
Landscape architect James Corner has created a promenade of public play spaces dotted around the main venues of the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Ike Ijeh speaks to the designer as the park re-opens to the public
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Custom build: Give us the tools
Once trumpeted as a way of raising housing output by as many as 50,000 homes a year, custom build was responsible for barely a fifth of that figure last year. So what’s the hold-up and can anything be done to reinvigorate the market?
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Peter Rees: 'I'm a one-off'
Peter Rees’ 29 years as head of planning in the Square Mile have been nothing if not controversial. In his first interview since announcing his departure, he talks about his legacy of transforming the City
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On the waterfront: Royal Docks green design competition
Ecobuild and the Landscape Institute launched a competition for ideas on how to turn the Royal Docks into a green infrastructure space for east London. Thomas Lane reports on some of the top proposals
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Where are architecture’s Bravehearts?
Talk of independence omits Scotland’s built environment
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WA100 2014: When global meets local
As Aecom’s 2016 Rio Olympics masterplan becomes a reality, the firm explains the benefits it has gained from partnering with a local Brazilian architect
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2014 preview: a slow start for the new landmarks
The legacy of the recession means the new year will be about architectural beginnings rather than completions
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Can your practice get a kick out of Qatar?
Here’s how British architects can share in the Doha boom
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Doha shoots for World Cup goal
Qatar’s hotel-building boom is good news for architects, but how long can it last?
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Designer hotels find room for local character
Universal Design Studio’s Ace Hotel London in Shoreditch typifies an alternative approach to the blank, homogenised feel of many international chains
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Whatever happened to student housing?
With university accommodation now defined by the developers’ desire to cram students in as densely as possible, high-quality design may be too much to ask, says Owen Hatherley
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Why is it so hard to keep non-EU architecture students in the UK?
Are the Home Office’s migration policies affecting the education of foreign students?
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Aecom: don’t be scared of the giant
Aecom may be a huge company but it likes smaller partners, reports David Rogers
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Keep it cool: designing for the TMT market
Architects must get inside the heads of their design-conscious media and technology clients