All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsCorstorphine & Wright appointed to deliver Foggo-designed City block extension
Scheme at 5 Chancery Lane to add three storeys to roof of Edwardian office
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NewsMultiple teams bid for Heathrow airport expansion as £25bn Scott Brownrigg scheme proposes shortened runway
Heathrow airport’s own £49bn proposal facing cheaper rival as government gears up to choose winning bid
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NewsAHMM’s Elephant & Castle student resi block approved
Plans for 500 student beds on Jewsons site signed off this week
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NewsJRA appoints former Conran & Partners sustainability chief as new director
Anja Schellenbauer’s projects include the refurbishment of Seifert’s Centre Point tower
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NewsParts of Grenfell Tower could be included in official memorial, government says
Demolition work at site to start this summer, with parts of the building to be made ’available for inclusion as features in the memorial’
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NewsMake’s Harrods jewellery department overhaul approved
Scheme to include Europe’s first curved escalators
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NewsTributes paid to Arup engineer behind 8 Bishopsgate who has died aged 49
Jeremy Edwards described by Stuart Lipton as ’one of the great engineers of the 21st century’
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NewsKPF returning to Unilever’s listed City headquarters for second facelift
Practice aiming to transform buiding with all-electric scheme aiming to ‘attract new generation’ of occupiers
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NewsHistoric England says revised Liverpool Street station plans a ‘significant improvement’ over first scheme
But Network Rail’s Acme-designed rethink of scrapped Herzog & de Meuron scheme has already amassed nearly 2,000 objections from members of public
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NewsConstruction risk increasing amid fears of fresh tax rises this autumn, new report warns
Trade body’s latest output forecast unchanged from spring but it says uncertainty has set in ahead of autumn Budget
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NewsGPE ‘considering further amendments’ to Orms’ London Bridge office scheme mired in planning row
Decision on St Thomas Yard redevelopment was deferred this week amid concerns over scheme’s impact on heritage assets
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NewsGreen light for second phase of Hawkins Brown's Timber Square scheme in Southwark
Two office buildings to ‘perch’ on top of railway viaducts under Hawkins Brown-designed plans
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NewsHowells’ 3,300-home Edgware scheme approved after amassing more than 2,000 objections
Plans for 31 buildings next to Edgware tube station make it over the line after overcoming significant local backlash
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NewsOrms told to make further changes to long-delayed office scheme next to Shard
Redesign which saw scheme scaled back from 37 storeys to 10 storeys still not enough to address heritage concerns, council says
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NewsPRP submits plans for downsized 478-home Camden Roundhouse scheme
Scheme replaces former plan for 680 homes on site and neighbouring land
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FeaturesWill the Building Safety Regulator overhaul be enough to tackle the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. The industry’s reponse so far has been muted. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up ...
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NewsAllies & Morrison’s £200m Wimbledon expansion can go ahead, High Court rules
Obstacle cleared for plans to triple size of tournament grounds, but campaigners suggest they will challenge ruling
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NewsFosters unveils design for 188m Paraguay tower
Building to be headquarters of local bank Sudameris
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NewsGreen light for BDP’s refurbishment of Cambridge University’s James Stirling Building
Historic England raises no objection despite acknowledging plans would cause ‘high level’ of harm to grade II*-listed landmark
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NewsLondon council increases housing target by 10%
Lewisham updates local plan with commitment to build more than 30,000 homes by 2040