Tom Lowe
Tom Lowe is the senior reporter at Building Design and Building.
Areas of focus include politics and how trends in Westminster affect the industry, how buildings are built and what materials go into making them.
He also leads the titles' Grenfell Inquiry coverage and follows the latest developments in the industry's progress towards net zero.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 3011 3133
- Email:
- tom.lowe@building.co.uk
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800 still working on Co-op Live as embattled project runs 24 hours a day in race against time to open
Bosses behind Populous’ delayed venue flood job with staff in attempt to hit revised opening
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I saw the Co-op Live site with my own eyes three months ago. These delays do not come as a surprise
The UK’s largest arena was still far from being finished when Building went to see it in early February, says Tom Lowe
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Fosters unveils plans for third office tower on New York’s Park Avenue
Practice working with hedge fund Citadel on 62-storey Art Deco-inspired scheme
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Twelve Architects win approval for plans to refurbish grade II-listed Devon hotel
Practice to add ornamental domes and castellations to Indian-inspired 19th century building
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Carmody Groarke and Sheppard Robson team win £400m student resi scheme for LSE
Pair beat shortlist rivals RSHP, AHMM and Allies & Morrison to win redevelopment job next to Tate Modern
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Broadway Malyan appoints new group chair
Move follows its merger with workplace practice Will & Partners
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Green light for Fosters’ £1bn Blackfriars towers scheme
Project finally gets nod after delays caused by Historic England intervention
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GSS masterplan for £500m mixed-use campus in Newcastle gets thumbs up
Outline approval granted for 24 separate developments plots on former General Hospital site
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Firm behind rejected plans for ‘bonkers’ Birmingham tower to draw up new proposals
Marrons says it will work with council on new design for 80 Broad Street site
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JTP gets planning for modular student housing scheme in Ealing
Plans for 16-storey block approved after height reduction
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‘Bonkers’ plans to build 42-storey tower above listed Birmingham building flatly refused
Councillors deride “utterly ludicrous” plans by development consultancy Marrons for 80 Broad Street scheme
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Architects put on notice for design services framework
Four-year deal to replace existing £400m framework featuring some of the UK’s best known practices
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Green light for Asif Khan and Theaster Gates’ Liverpool docks transformation
Team to create place for contemplation in former dry dock used in the Atlantic slave trade
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Apt redesigns KPF’s 55-storey twin towers
KPF dropped from controversial Ealing scheme set to be tallest residential tower in London as developer eyes “holistic review”
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KPF to submit planning application for revised 70 Gracechurch tower in June
But construction on 33-storey scheme not expected to start before 2028
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PRP revives plan for 475-home Camden estate redevelopment
Countryside and One Housing Group working up plans for eight buildings next to Camden’s Roundhouse
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KPF rejigs approved City tower plans to make scheme more sustainable
Developer Stanhope to focus on re-using existing building at 60 Gracechurch Street two years after buying site from Hong Kong firm
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Influential Conservative think tank backs Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans
Bright Blue says Keir Starmer is “absolutely right” to propose building on poor quality areas of the green belt
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Decision to ditch Scotland’s 2030 climate target ‘disappointing’, housing body says
Climate Change Committee warned last month that 75% emissions reduction target was unachievable
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Buckley Gray Yeoman completes Heal’s department store refurb
Practice has transformed upper floors of grade II*-listed building in London’s West End into office space