All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 56
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NewsDeveloper team planning mixed-use tower cluster in Liverpool
Architect already appointed on plans to boost existing consent with fresh application being drawn up
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NewsApt gets OK for £250m City office block plan
Councillors vote to approve proposal to replace 1970s office near Fleet Street
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NewsHowells revives plan for 1,600-home Newham neighbourhood
Developer adds co-living homes after criticism from Sadiq Khan over affordable housing shortfall in original 2021 proposal
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NewsApt’s £250m City block set for approval despite heritage concerns
Concerns over demolition of site’s existing 1970s building and impact on nearby listed churches among reasons for objections from Westminster council and campaigners
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NewsDevelopers sign deal for Allies & Morrison’s £1.1bn York Central scheme
Agreement with Homes England and Network Rail to see construction of 2,500 homes and along with office and retail space
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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