All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 64
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NewsBuilt environment welcomes £6bn funding for energy efficiency measures
Three-year package is ‘step in the right direction’ but chancellor warned money will be wasted without the right skills
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NewsPlans for UK certification system have ‘absolutely no benefit’, trade body chief tells government
Government department overseeing introduction of new certification rules accused of ‘radio silence’
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NewsIndian business school set to flatten Louis Kahn dormitories
Ahmedabad institute criticised as it reverses previous decision to save 1960s buildings
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NewsHopkins’ Albert Embankment towers set for approval
Twin hotel blocks would be third scheme on site to get go ahead in five years
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NewsGreen light for SPPARC plan to convert listed car park into BRIT School theatre
Scheme part of wider £1.3bn redevelopment of the Olympia Exhibition Centre in Kensington
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NewsPlan for verifying net zero buildings launches call for evidence
Firms asked to submit operational energy data from their most efficient buildings
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NewsSunak U-turns on decision not to attend COP27
There is no long-term prosperity without action on climate change, PM says
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NewsDevelopers will lose customers if they fail to retrofit buildings, M&S inquiry told
Seaforth chief says clients “need to take the high road now” as M&S battles to save its plans to rebuild flagship Oxford Street store
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NewsRIBA adds to calls for Sunak to attend COP
Institute’s president says change “starts at the top” following PM’s decision last week not to attend UN summit
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NewsIndustry calls on PM to attend COP climate summit
London Eye architect Julia Barfield says Sunak’s initial decision not to go was a “huge foreign policy failure”
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NewsHawkins Brown’s plans to remodel grade II-listed City block set for approval
Plan to strip away three facades of post-modern extension to 19th century office received hundreds of objections
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NewsInfrastructure must be made more resilient to extreme weather, ministers told
Damning report finds “extreme weakness” at heart of government over ability of key services to cope with climate change
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NewsSave slams Marks & Spencer's ‘threat’ to leave flagship store if demolition plans are blocked
Heritage group says warning is not the “attitude of a retailer dedicated to sustainability” on first day of public inquiry into controversial Pilbrow & Partners plans
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NewsInquiry into Pilbrow & Partners’ plans to demolish M&S’ Oxford Street store kicks off today
Controversial Pilbrow & Partners scheme would see landmark 1920s building flattened and replaced by office block
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NewsRIBA calls for reassurance and stability from new PM
Simon Allford says new government must reform the planning system and implement a national retrofit strategy
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NewsEleanor Jolliffe awarded British School at Rome scholarship
Building Design columnist to live in Italian capital for three months while carrying out research into the city’s medieval towers
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NewsHeatherwick working up plans for East London hotel
Practice in pre-application talks with council on “organic-looking” scheme
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NewsArb sharply hikes retention fee for second year running
Architects now required to pay £179 to stay on register for 2023, 60% more than three years ago
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NewsRIBA warns of slump in workloads as political chaos batters sector
Architects’ confidence falls to lowest levels since 2009 financial crisis and first covid lockdown
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NewsThree Stirling prize winners in running to design £23.5m Kingston University scheme
Grafton Architects, the practice behind univeristy’s award-winning Town House building, among trio of high profile firms in RIBA competition






