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Welcome to Venice, China: Dalian copies canals, palaces … and gondoliers

22 Oct 2014: The copycat city in north-eastern Liaoning province is just the latest example of China’s fondness for replicating Europe’s greatest architectural hits
Oxford ‘struck by housing shortfalls, top prices and rising rents’

16 Oct 2014: Investors, first-time buyers and wealthy vying for homes while city council identifies need for 30,000 new dwellings
Lyons review for Labour urges new powers to boost housebuilding

16 Oct 2014: Housing industry welcomes 180-page review calling for 200,000 new homes to be built each year
Ecotricity windfarm project hopes to power more than 50,000 homes a year

14 Oct 2014: Eco energy supplier teams up with construction company Skanska in £500m onshore operation named Skylark
Housebuilding falls for first time in 18 months, ONS says

10 Oct 2014: August’s 3.9% slump in output will disappoint George Osborne, who has repeatedly championed infrastructure growth
DIY gadgets: Unleash your inner DIY god with the latest hi-tech tools

10 Oct 2014: Kit Buchan: Building guru Mark Millar of TV show DIY SOS puts the latest tech tools through their paces
‘A sad loss for Blackpool’ as unprofitable airport to close

8 Oct 2014: Disappointment and nostalgia for holidaymakers and workers as Balfour Beatty confirms regional airport to shut on 15 October
Rise in luxury London homes could trigger construction crunch

7 Oct 2014: Record number of high-end homes being built looks set to outpace construction capacity in the capital, warn experts
Architect Richard Rogers faces £5m legal claim over leaky houses

7 Oct 2014: Taylor Wimpey takes action against architecture firm and specialist contractors over award-winning Oxley Woods estate
Housebuilder Miller Homes cancels plan to float on stock market

3 Oct 2014: Edinburgh-based firm says market volatility is behind decision not to proceed with public listing aimed at raising £140m
Wooden skyscrapers could be the future of flat-pack cities around the world

3 Oct 2014: The development of engineered timber could herald a new era of eco-friendly ‘plyscrapers’. Christchurch welcomed its first multistorey timber structure this year, there are plans for Vancouver, and the talk is China could follow
Construction sector optimism fades as housing market cools

2 Oct 2014: Markit/Cips construction PMI shows signs that strongest rates of expansion may be behind us
Benefit cut could force social landlords to turn tenants away

Sponsored feature, Guardian Professional, 1 Oct 2014: Housing associations warn Conservative policy would also prevent them from building new homes as funding dries up. Rebecca Ratcliffe reports
UK economy bigger and growing faster than thought, says ONS

30 Sep 2014: Interest rate debate reignites after new European standard of GDP measurement revises up growth to 0.9%
George Osborne’s ‘Google tax’: chancellor’s bite may match his bark

29 Sep 2014: Tax avoidance crackdowns seldom raise the billions promised, but Google is using a loophole that should be easy to plug