All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 38
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NewsBritish Council names curators to represent the UK at the 2025 Venice Biennale
Appointed team will present an exhibition on the subject of restoration and repair in architecture
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NewsFosters showcases first project in Uruguay
Luxury residential block on Montevideo beach to feature a central courtyard with a tree growing through the roof
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NewsCIBSE takes over from BRE as new NABERS UK administrator
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers picks up licence agreement for influential operational energy tool
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NewsLOM unveils plans for retrofit of brutalist Glasgow groundscraper
Former oil company headquarters was once the largest single-occupant building in the UK
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NewsSecond staircase design guidance will still result in delays to schemes, housing body warns
Ambiguity in newly published documents means schemes will still be “impossible” to sign off, say housebuilders.
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NewsWestminster refuses Savile Row rebuild scheme in warning shot to developers
Council unanimously approves Fosters-designed department store retrofit at same meeting as council consults on net zero plan
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Features‘You’ve got to be prepared to see change. It’s natural’: HLM on its plan for the future
It’s all change at the practice as its leadership makes way for the next generation. Karen Mosley and Richard O’Neil talk about how to do an orderly succession, the crunch moment that led to it and the decision to walk away from two flawed MMC school projects
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NewsTributes paid to Oliver Chapman after OCA Studio founder’s death aged 54
Chapman died last month after a long illness
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NewsWorkload optimism ticks up as market shows sign of improvement, RIBA finds
But uncertainty over the election and high interest rates are dampening investment according to latest Future Trends survey
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NewsCouncil rejects plans for huge expansion of Sky’s new Elstree Studios
Concerns over loss of green belt land sink UMC Architects-designed application to add eight new blocks to existing site
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NewsCrooked House pub owners appeal against rebuild order
Council served enforcement notice last month giving owners three years to recreate “Britain’s wonkiest pub”
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NewsMayfair rebuild scheme set for refusal as Westminster targets net zero plan
But Foster & Partners’ proposed retrofit of nearby department store site handed recommendation for approval ahead of next week’s planning meeting
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NewsDavidson Prize reveals longlist for upcycled housing competition
This year’s £10,000 award will be handed to team with best proposal for building homes in existing non-residential structures
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FeaturesBuilding archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing
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NewsAdjaye Associates turnover jumps following workload boom in the Middle East
But income falls in five out of the firm’s seven global regions including 66% slump in the UK
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NewsPopulous completes major global shake-up following private equity deal
Co-founder Earl Santee named as new chief executive among a raft of other appointments
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NewsFosters designs ‘ultra-luxury’ apartment blocks in Dubai
Towers to feature triple-height “sky palace” with its own “grand arrival gallery”
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NewsCity launches guidance for reducing carbon in historic buildings
Heritage practice Purcell worked on toolkit explaining how heritage assets can be retrofitted responsibly
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NewsGreen light for revised Morris & Co office block eight years after original consent
Latest update adds statement new front door and several new sustainability improvements
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NewsRSHP reveals first look at plans for City’s latest skyscraper
Consultation on 240m-tall scheme to replace 99 Bishopsgate opens today