All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 20
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NewsOnly a quarter of tall buildings with unsafe cladding have completed remediation
Latest official figures reveal scale of work still to be done to make high rise housing blocks safe
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NewsWinner of Davidson Prize 2024 announced
Team led by Somerset pracitce Studio Saar wins £10,000 prize for department store re-use idea
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NewsCity Hall to make a decision on tweaked Wimbledon expansion plans next month
Allies & Morrison has submitted amendments to £200m scheme following call-in by deputy mayor Jules Pipe
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NewsAHMM’s controversial plans to demolish and rebuild entire Westminster city block recommended for approval
Council to make a decision on Marylebone scheme next week
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NewsGreen light for FCBS’ plans for Dundee Eden Project
Visitor attraction to see cylindrical glasshouse built inside former gasholder
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FeaturesIs the City set for a new tower boom?
At least 18 major schemes are planned for a small area around Bishopsgate, including some of the tallest buildings in the capital. But how many will actually get built? Tom Lowe talks to some of the biggest players in the City’s commercial sector about what lies behind the latest cycle ...
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NewsArup veteran Dervilla Mitchell made a Dame in King’s Birthday Honours
Taylor Wimpey chief executive Jennie Daly also made a CBE for services to business and housing
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NewsFosters announced as architect behind £50m revamp of Manchester United training ground
Work on refurbishment of Carrington facility starts today
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NewsArchitects broadly welcome Labour’s ‘wealth creation’ manifesto
Planning reforms and commitments to build new towns mostly backed by experts but lack of ambition on climate criticised
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NewsDesign competition for Grenfell Tower memorial to launch next month
Procurement process to open on 10 July with planning submission pencilled in for 2027
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NewsFarrells cuts five storeys from its Battersea Bridge tower after flood of objections
Firm now proposing 34-storey scheme on site close to Foster & Partners’ London headquarters
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NewsBig names warn Labour not to ‘fall for’ traditional housing design trend
Ben Derbyshire leads group calling on party to ensure future developments “reflect the genius of our age”
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NewsRIBA slams Conservative manifesto for lack of planning reforms
Muyiwa Oki also criticises absence of clear plan for addressing the UK’s “shamefully” energy inefficient housing stock
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NewsDevelopers press pause on new London office schemes as construction hits all time high
Number of new starts in capital has fallen by almost a fifth in six months, Deloitte crane survey finds
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NewsLiberal Democrats outline housing and net zero plans in manifesto
Party confirms pledge to build 380,000 homes a year and would take a second look at HS2’s northern leg
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NewsDesigns unveiled for Fletcher Priest’s latest City tower
Axa IM Alts’ plans for the 40-storey 63 St Mary Axe scheme given public airing
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NewsLendlease’s £1.9bn Birmingham Smithfield plans recommended for approval again
Mammoth city centre scheme heading back to city’s planning committee next week following developer’s decision to pull out of UK
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NewsWilkinson Eyre wins competition to design pedestrian bridge in Toronto
S-shaped crossing has been inspired by indiginous peoples’ connection to nature
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NewsCompetition for ‘landmark’ transformation of Piccadilly Circus and Regent Street to launch this month
Westminster council and the Crown Estate looking for design team to lead “once in a generation” upgrade of world famous shopping district
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NewsUS media giant to submit plans for Europe’s largest theme park in Bedfordshire
Comcast drawing up planning application for 476 acre site following “overwhelmingly positive” consultation with locals