All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsRIBA submits £60m plans to refurbish its 66 Portland Place headquarters
Benedetti Architects-designed plans to create a more “enlivened and inviting” face for the institute
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NewsRSHP’s £1.1bn British Library extension to start next year after Japanese developer takes control of scheme
The 12-storey extension will contain around 100,000sq m of floorspace
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News‘We rode out the storm’: Adjaye Associates projects confidence after ‘worst year that any architecture firm could have gone through’
Practice makes loss of £720,000 after one-off £1.4m tax payment but describes drop in revenue as a “blip”
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NewsRayner approves Howells’ plans for supersized version of Tebay services in Cheshire
Deputy prime minister said greenfield site could be class as grey belt amid concerns over harm to wildlife
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NewsPlanning inspector refuses Howells’ ‘monolithic slab’ Stratford tower at appeal
Student resi scheme criticised for breaching local plan policy on tall buildings
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NewsWW&P unveils designs for £140m Cardiff Central station expansion
Proposals include row of brick arches outside redesigned rear entrance
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NewsGreen light for AHMM’s Tower Hamlets life sciences scheme
Council said plans contibute towards its goal to create life sciences cluster in Whitechapel
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NewsFosters' Whitechapel office tower finally approved after eight years
But council warned conservation area may need to be reviewed if controversial 17-storey scheme is built
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NewsJudicial review on Allies & Morrison’s £200m Wimbledon expansion plans set for July
High Court has accepted all three grounds raised by local campaign group for legal challenge
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NewsLocal Government Association hits back at plans to curtail role of planning committees in approving development
Legislation introduced yesterday would put more decisions in hands of planning officers
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NewsIndustry welcomes planning shake-up but tells government to ensure councils are adequately resourced
Role of council planning committees to be curtailed under legislation introduced by government today
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NewsFosters reveals plans for Manchester United’s 100,000-seat Old Trafford replacement
Practice confirmed as lead architect on stadium described by co-owner Jim Ratcliffe as the “greatest in the world”
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NewsAllies & Morrison’s plans for Cambridge manufacturing complex get go ahead
Scheme to support city’s life sciences supply chain
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NewsFormer Liverpool mayor and ex-council regeneration chief charged with bribery
Merseyside Police names 12 people charged following investigation into awarding of council contracts
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NewsWestminster approves AHMM’s Knightsbridge redevelopment
Plans will partially demolish and replace Caltex House on Brompton Road
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NewsAHMM gets planning for Southwark tube station resi tower after replacing office proposal
Scheme swapped for student accommodation because of falling demand for workspace
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NewsStudio Egret West adds third tower to Manchester mixed-use scheme in viability redesign
Office space reduced and homes doubled as developer admits the “financial landscape has shifted significantly”
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NewsGreen light for Tate & Co’s hotel expansion at Tudor stately home
Scheme to include contemporary inteventions at grade II*-listed Seckford Hall
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NewsMake’s City fringe redevelopment approved at third time of asking
Office-led scheme signed off with design changes following two deferrals over height policy breach
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FeaturesHow closely has the government followed the Grenfell Inquiry’s recommendations?
While Angela Rayner has promised to ‘take forward’ all of the recommendations, not all appear to have been adopted to the letter. Daniel Gayne and Tom Lowe analyse the wriggle room the government has given itself over some of the key measures