All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 67
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NewsBuilding control body sought sponsorship deal with Kingspan, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Local Authority Building Control also failed to correct “misleading” certificate clearing Kingspan’s K15 insulation as safe above 18m despite repeated warnings
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NewsAlison Brooks Architects scoops RIBA house of the year
Judges heap praise on “extraordinary” extension to restored 18th-century farmhouse
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NewsGreen light for DMFK’s refurb of Voysey office block
Architect to restore modernist pioneer’s only commercial building
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NewsArb approves Cambridge’s part 2 architecture apprenticeship
Course involves both off-site and on site intensives
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NewsConcealment of cladding dangers ‘one of the major scandals of our time’, Grenfell Inquiry hears
Inquiry told that coalition government allowed itself to become the “junior partner” to the construction industry in a drive to cut red tape
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NewsDiller Scofidio & Renfro unveils plans for two towers at Museum of London site
Diller Scofidio & Renfro’s proposals replace plans for Centre of Music concert hall which was scrapped after its conductor moved to Germany
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NewsFeilden Clegg Bradley completes Warwick arts building
Seven-storey scheme centred around timber staircase
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NewsBIG unveils designs for Slovakian tech hub
Bratislava campus designed to resemble the sloping foothills of the Carpathian mountains
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NewsSimpson Haugh submits two more Manchester towers
Pair of 51-storey blocks would add to growing cluster at southern edge of the city centre
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NewsListing of Dormon Long tower was a ‘farce’, Teesside mayor says
Ben Houchen said Historic England officer ‘didn’t understand what brutalist architecture was’
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NewsNorthern Powerhouse high-speed rail set to be scrapped
HS2’s eastern leg to Leeds also expected to be binned as government poised to publish long-awaited plan for rail upgrades this week
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 2
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his latest despatch
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FeaturesBuilding Design at COP26: The view from Glasgow, part 1
Tom Lowe is covering the vital final days of the climate crisis conference. This is his first despatch
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NewsArup pledges lifecycle carbon assessments on all projects
Firm also pledges to withdraw from energy schemes involving fossil fuels
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NewsInvestors ‘reluctant to adopt green building practices’
RICS survey finds more than half did not take biodiversity into account on schemes
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NewsSheppard Robson cleared for Cambridge science park
Project to consist of two office buildings and a transport hub
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NewsMore than 95% of firms support mandatory carbon calculations
Survey finds overwhelming majority of industry thinks whole life carbon calculations should determine whether projects get planning
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NewsSheppard Robson submits Berkshire science park for planning
Meanwhile work starts on delayed Studio Egret West scheme in neighbouring town
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NewsChancellor to announce nearly £2bn for housing on brownfield sites
Critics say trailed spending review pledge is not enough
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News‘Imminent risk’ of steel production shutdown amid critical magnesium shortage
Europe set to run out of magnesium by the end of next month as China shuts down production due to rising energy costs