All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsArchitects’ confidence rebounds in early signs last year’s output slump could be on the turn
Greater post-Budget clarity and expectations of interest rate cuts signal revival of stalled projects this year
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NewsShortlist unveiled for 2026 RIBA North East Awards
Tonkin Lui’s multi-storey carpark in Sunderland and MawsonKerr’s Auckland Castle walled garden among 11 shortlisted schemes
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NewsMore than a quarter of Oxfordshire’s laboratory space stood empty at the end of last year
Rate set to increase over the next few months as more life sciences schemes complete
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NewsARB sets out five-year strategy to improve public confidence in architects
Plan seeks to build on reforms rolled out by regulator over the past five years
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NewsCollective Architecture submits plans for Robert Burns farmstead revamp
Scheme to restore 18th cottage to its original appearance and save historic buildings from further decay
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NewsShortlist unveiled for 2026 RIBA South Awards
David Kohn Architects’ New College expansion and FCBS’ Foggo office overhaul among 13 shortlisted schemes
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NewsConservatives call for ‘fundamental rethink’ of Parliament restoration programme
Kemi Badenoch describes project as ‘out of control’ as report suggests work could cost £40bn and take 61 years
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NewsGrid Architects submits revised plans for O2 shopping centre with affordable housing cut to 20%
Amendments show influence of Heatherwick Studio’s Humanise campaign on design of 1,800-home scheme’s first phase
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NewsGreen light for Grimshaw’s scaled back Eden Project scheme in Morecambe
Delayed visitor attraction set to complete in 2028
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NewsGeorgian Group granted permission to pursue judicial review into decision to approve Allies and Morrison’s Clandon Park plans
Campaign group said visitor attraction at fire-damaged mansion sets ‘dangerous precedent’
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NewsMcAslan delays plans for new office in Riyadh amid Saudi slowdown
John McAslan said Saudi capital is “not the place at this point” for new regional base as firm looks to Dubai instead
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NewsZHA unveils designs for 47-storey Taipei tower
Building inspired by the fluting structure of a native species of orchid
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NewsSix projects shortlisted for RSAW Welsh Architecture Awards
2026 list includes a stylish coastal home, a small council-housing development and a care home for people with dementia
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NewsRIBA unveils 17 projects on South West and Wessex Awards shortlist
Projects include Tuckey Design Studio’s experimental rammed earth house and two schemes in Bristol by AHMM
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NewsLiverpool Street scheme set for final sign-off by summer but office scheme not set to start for eight more years
Station upgrade to be front-loaded with four-year programme of civils work set to begin first
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News‘Brutalism has finally come of age’: C20 hails decision to list Southbank Centre after 35-year battle
Decision means 1960s building joins its Brutalist neighbours including the National Theatre and Royal Festival Hall in benefitting from protected status
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NewsNiall McLaughlin team wins Jordan baptism museum contest
Project at UNESCO World Heritage Site to take visitors on an allegorical journey celebrating the story of Jesus’ baptism
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NewsMcAslan says Network Rail’s Liverpool Street station plan will leave future generations asking ‘how in the name of God did this get built?’
John McAslan asks councillors to think about what a ‘successful outcome’ would be as City readies for long-delayed planning decision
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NewsRecord response to Acme’s Liverpool Street overhaul as number of people opposing or supporting plan nears 5,000
Controversial scheme due to be heard by City’s plannning committee tomorrow afternoon
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NewsHistoric buildings risk becoming uninhabitable without planning reform, report warns
Grosvenor calls for new planning rules allowing automatic consent for low-risk retrofit jobs on listed properties