All articles by Joseph Aloysius Hansom 鈥� Page 4
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CommentHansom: A chill wind
The season of goodwill comes to a screeching halt as Zaha looks over the new design for Tokyo鈥檚 Olympic stadium and a council has its revenge on piss-takers. It鈥檚 left to Costain to warm the cockles of our hearts
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CommentHansom: A touch of class
This week, the case against Heathrow is nailed, a beer is launched specially for architects, a ballet school is a pas de deux or two away from expansion, and the burghers of Mayfair get sniffy about affordable housing
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NewsHansom: Tales of imagination
Croydon embraces the life aquatic, Ed Davey strikes like a mongoose, Kenya gets itself in a jam, RICS celebrates a young woman鈥檚 contribution and Amazon erects a wind farm. Plus, Antony Gormley invades Hong Kong
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CommentHansom: Shape up
Time to get health conscious as Arcadis enrols on the Bear Grylls Survival Academy, and construction workers鈥� daily diet is examined. Elsewhere, the Daily Mail runs a mile as Jeremy Corbyn moves in down the road
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CommentHansom: Going viral
Ah, the internet. Where else would we find an Essex bricklayer capable of laying 90 bricks in a minute, the Institute of Civil Engineering鈥檚 self-penned song, or China鈥檚 psychedelic promotion of its five-year plan?
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CommentHansom: Without a paddle
Have your faith in humanity restored by this week鈥檚 tattle as construction employees cycle, paddle and run in the name of fundraising. Then swiftly lose it again as research shows how many DIY jaunts end with a trip to A E
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CommentHansom: Carry on building
This week, more double entendres than we would like, perhaps, the French rugby team find out what fine dining really means, a descendant of Guy Fawkes plans a revolution, and Amber Rudd pops in - and out
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CommentHansom: Blowing your own trumpet
This week, QSs back a winner, Heathrow does some independent research, Melbourne introduces height limits, there鈥檚 a crowdfunded tower and a data firm with data on why data is good. Plus, Costain packs a punch
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CommentHansom: Attention seekers
性吧电台 Towers gets some well-deserved coverage, Canary Wharf鈥檚 seagulls get more attention than they deserve, a secret marriage goes viral, the South Bank looks for funds, and Berkeley Homes joins the FTSE 100
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CommentHansom: Unreal
This week: Star Wars comes to Disneyland, World Trade Centre visitors are hearing noises, and construction bods are climbing unbelievably far and sailing incredibly fast. Plus, some schoolkids are virtually flattening Stockholm
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CommentHansom: The right words
Plans are afoot to build Tolkien鈥檚 fictional city of Minas Tirith, to get children into construction via computer games, to impersonate owls, race yachts and then do a charity run. And after all that you鈥檒l need a shower
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CommentHansom: Cheap as chips
Zaha explains the 拢1.3bn Tokyo stadium bill, Beijing prepares to put on the entire Winter Olympics for just 拢962m, and for a fiver you should be able to slide down Kapoor鈥檚 Orbit. But that鈥檚 not quite as low as we go
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CommentHansom: All downhill from here
Tolkien fans support a venture to create a real-life Hobbit holiday home, team Mace prove their construction skills know no bounds as they enter the Red Bull soapbox race, and Chelsea top the house price Premier League
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CommentHansom: This too shall pass
We meditate on the world鈥檚 transient nature, as we see sandcastles washed away, Zaha鈥檚 Olympic dream ends, and we are walked out on by a nuclear bigwig. But friends are forever, especially at Balfour Beatty
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CommentHansom: Parks and recreation
The sun has been out, so who鈥檚 for a spot of croquet at the airport, a jolly old sing-song, a trip to Wembley and a tour of the more unusually named towers of London?
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CommentHansom: Pole position
In a week of stats and records, can you guess a builder鈥檚 favourite on-site groove? Or how many Brits claim home ownership is their main ambition in life? And do you think a builder from Derby can pull a 12-tonne truck?
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CommentHansom: Tell us a joke
Former City of London planning officer Peter Rees is game for a laugh, Mace celebrates its 25th birthday, Elizabeth II gets her tool belt on, and the 性吧电台 crew take to the waters of a west London reservoir
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CommentHansom: Withering Heights
A lot of people are at the top of their game this week, with guest appearances from Marcus Trescothick and Ellie Goulding, and the architect of One Blackfriars looking to the stars - but someone else is in the doghouse
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CommentHansom: Just plain silly
Fun and games this week as we visit brutalist playgrounds and consider Cambridge university鈥檚 professorship of play - plus, creepy crawlies, open seas, and a plea for nonsensical projects
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CommentHansom: Nature鈥檚 bounty
A good week for bees, areas of outstanding cooking and dilapidated Victorian villas, but DIY skills are on the wane and the Garden Bridge is wilting - as, apparently, are those who spot hunky builders working onsite