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Urban Ideas in Action
Edwin Heathcote
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LIFE & ARTS
Mapping the innovative city
Edwin Heathcote, the FT’s architecture critic, examines just what makes an ingenious solution to an urban problem
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LIFE & ARTS
From Commonwealth Institute to Design Museum
New museum site could do for design what Tate Modern did for contemporary art, Edwin Heathcote reports
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UK
Echo of eco-towns to face fierce opposition
Cameron likely to encounter local barriers to ‘garden city’ idea
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LIFE & ARTS
‘British Design 1948-2012’ at the V&A
From the socially conscious postwar years through the 1970s’ subversive creativity and punk to the post-industrial present, by Edwin Heathcote
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MARKETS
Villagers fight over patents in rural China
Ikea knock-offs stir up storm that reflects new sophistication
Luke Johnson
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MANAGEMENT
Time to fire up the cauldrons of creativity
The era of research and development innovation appears to be fading
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LIFE & ARTS
Frieze Art Fair’s debut in New York
Our mission was to make it fun, say the architects behind a 1,500ft-long tent that will weave its way through a riverside park with views of Manhattan
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LIFE & ARTS
Ai Weiwei and Herzog to design London pavilion
Serpentine attracts Beijing ‘Bird’s Nest’ partnership
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LIFE & ARTS
Chennai property: Gearing up in Asia’s Detroit
Investment by global car manufacturers outside Chennai is fuelling a housing boom in the city
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INVESTING IN JAPAN 2012
Energy needs: Thinking small is new big idea
Jonathan Soble examines the arguments for producing green power at the local level
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LIFE & ARTS
German architect, Beijing practice
Still only 40, Ole Scheeren is making waves with an extraordinary trio of structures in Singapore and Kuala Lumpur, writes Edwin Heathcote
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DOING BUSINESS IN NICE AND THE COTE D'AZUR
Economy: A sunbelt location for sunrise industries
Ross Tieman reports on the region’s attempt to create a 21st-century nirvana
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LIFE & ARTS
An ‘architour’ of Brazil
Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo and Brasília and where to see the ‘utterly thrilling’ architecture of Oscar Niemeyer
Soapbox
Entrepreneurs are only taught half the lesson
Students need to be shown how to use their abilities to build different businesses
Feature of the Week
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MANAGEMENT
The house that students built
A blog asking how to design a $300 house for the poor was the catalyst for a business competition
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MANAGEMENT
Leaders who go the extra mile
GE’s decision to move its global HQ to Asia has given the head of its international operations John Rice plenty to write home about
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COMMENT
How to crank up America’s economic dynamo
In dynamic economies, both creation and destruction are high
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LIFE & ARTS
Market, homes for elderly and hospital vie for design award
Designs of the Year contest features strong architecture entries
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COMPANIES
Facebook plays ball with Madison Ave
Share of US online display advertising to reach 20 per cent
Edwin Heathcote
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LIFE & ARTS
Building hope
Replacing soulless institutions with astonishing architecture can improve the lives of cancer patients, as exemplified by Maggie’s Cancer Caring Centres
The Monday Interview
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MANAGEMENT
Pioneer of patents and palates
Intellectual Ventures’ Nathan Myhrvold talks about investment and modernist cuisine
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MARKETS
Brazil to launch environmental exchange
Capital seeks niche as an alternative financial centre
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BUSINESS LOCATIONS IN FRANCE 2011
Digital economy: Education produces the ‘geeks’ for dotcoms
James Boxell discovers a new generation that is shaking off France’s staid business image
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California dreaming in such a British way
Our aim is to turn Britain into Europe’s technology centre, write George Osborne and Eric Schmidt