Building

Once a booming mideast Las Vegas, Dubai is struggling amid the economic downturn. As a result, bills are going unpaid. By some estimates, UK engineers and architects are owed more than $652 million. One architect breaks his silence on the issue.

New "Lifetime Homes" standards in the U.K., which are designed to accommodate people at all stages of life, will lead away from ultra-small flats to larger apartments, says Builder Magazine.

With nearly 20,000 retail outlets shutting down so far this year in England, the future of towns' high streets looks shaky. But some say reviving these main streets is as simple as converting empty shops into housing units.

The group tasked with reenergizing Bermondsey Square in southeast London see their target audience as "urban safarians."

The Saudi Arabian economy is still prospering, and development is booming. This piece looks at the Kingdom as an opportunity for developers and planners looking for work in tough times.

The planning adviser on London Mayor Boris Johnson's staff has his eyes on the future of the city, and the architectural legacy he hopes to establish.

Need a sustainable slogan to show your green cred? Look no further than Building Magazine's Sustainability Buzzword Generator.

The 2012 Olympics in London -- a one month event three years away -- has already created nearly 30,000 construction jobs.

London's Wembley City development is the proud owner of the first automated waste collection system in the U.K. Recycling or garbage are deposited in bins, then sucked underground, eliminating the need for trucks or garbage collectors.

A Chinese architecture team has proposed a futuristic star-shaped city of 15,000 that would visit cities around the world and change the stereotypes of Chinatowns.

Architect Robert Adam likens modern architecture to modern democracy, where decisions made on high supposedly represent the will of the people.

With available landspace running low, a 1-million square-meter underground development is being planned in Amsterdam.

Liverpool is currently undergoing a broad revitalization effort, including more than 40 buildings and a brand new city center. This article from Building talks with the man in charge of it all.

Plans are bubbling for a "solar city" in the Arizona desert -- a new town for more than 300,000 people that will be largely powered by solar panels.

The Building website invites readers to send in pictures of construction safety blunders.

This article from Building looks at a new environmentally sustainable suburb near Stockholm and weighs its applicability in England as a model for Prime Minister Gordon Brown's proposed eco-towns.

In the coming age of "superdensity", planners and architects are going to have to rethink the way they plan new developments, according to a recent study.

The British government has proposed lifting planning barriers that hindered the domestic installation and use of energy generating devices such as small wind turbines and solar panels.

A UK report on crime prevention lists key attributes of safe neighborhoods and offers 17 case studies.

Consultant Atkins is looking to hire 400 professional staff such as engineers and architects for its UK businesses in 2004.