Planners want to be loved
[MMC-IMG=894-A=Left] Planners want to be loved and respected. So they need to move beyond their historic legacy of promoting socially-problematic tower blocks,…
Helen Board
Helen Board rounds up this month’s key developments, including the restoration of the Victorian Candle Factory in London’s Battersea and a striking art deco ap…
Success stories
[MMC-IMG=889-A=Left] Despite construction being one of the largest industries in the UK, women still account for less than 10% of the workforce. As the industr…
Sitting Pretty
[MMC-IMG=888-A=Right] David Pretty was thrust into the limelight as chief executive of Barratt on the untimely death of Frank Eaton in 2002. He now runs the fi…
City breaks
[MMC-IMG=870-A=Left] Steve Menary analyses the latest results of Housebuilder’s survey of who is planning to build where in the UK and finds mixed feelings in …
Design and deliver
[MMC-IMG=869-A=Left] On the eve of his second keynote speech to the industry at the Housing Market Intelligence conference, housing minister Keith Hill tells B…
Expanding housebuilding
[MMC-IMG=868-A=Left] Many people are sceptical the government will achieve a substantial increase in housebuilding. John Stewart looks at the evidence and find…
St Albans station
Persimmon's profits soar
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