Tom Lowe
Tom Lowe is the senior reporter at Building Design and Building.
Areas of focus include politics and how trends in Westminster affect the industry, how buildings are built and what materials go into making them.
He also leads the titles' Grenfell Inquiry coverage and follows the latest developments in the industry's progress towards net zero.
Contact info
- Tel:
- 020 3011 3133
- Email:
- thomas.lowe@assemblemediagroup.co.uk
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Save Britain’s Heritage adds 86 new entries to Buildings at Risk register
Decaying country house and huge Welsh colliery among empty and disused buildings in need of urgent repair
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Green light for residential towers scheme at Olympic Park in east London
Work at Straford Waterfront site set to start in 2026
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Balfour Beatty names new construction chief
Nick Crossfield poached from railway engineering group Alstom
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BCO chief executive Richard Kauntze stepping down next year
Office sector group also names Peter Crowther as its new president
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Bond Bryan buys historic Manchester architect
Practice behind several of city’s most famous listed buildings went into administration this week after succumbing to mounting debts and project delays
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1 Undershaft tower set to be approved next week despite continued opposition from consultees
Historic England still objecting to City’s planned tallest building despite design amendments submitted last month
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McAslan begins succession plan as architect returns to black
New ownership model to also see business ownership shared between 15 directors
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Kier starts repair work on King’s Cross block over a year after cladding panel fell off
Remediation of 15-storey King’s Cross scheme expected to complete in August
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Ray O’Rourke stepping down as Laing O’Rourke chief executive next month
Veteran to hand over reins to his son Cathal O’Rourke after five decades at the helm
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FCBS unveils plans for £58m Liverpool museums upgrade
Practice submits plans six months after replacing Adjaye Associates on project
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Multiplex confirmed as winner on £400m City office tower
Firm inks deal with Axa IM Alts on 35-storey 50 Fenchurch Street scheme
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Only 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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City Hall to make 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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Regulator tells teams to down tools on 50 ‘higher risk’ schemes due to building safety issues
Liquidation of one building control surveyor and failure of another to register in time
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Controversial plan to demolish and rebuild entire Westminster city block set for approval
Council to make a decision on AHMM scheme next week
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Green light for FCBS’ plans for Dundee Eden Project
Visitor attraction to see cylindrical glasshouse built inside former gasholder
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Construction still the sector with most insolvencies as high interest rates continue to squeeze firms
Sector still seeing the most amount of firms going bust, latest official figures show
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Farage’s Reform UK pledges to scrap IR35 and net zero targets
Reform party unveils policy platform of sweeping tax cuts as it woos disgruntled Conservative voters
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Fosters announced as architect behind £50m revamp of Manchester United training ground
Work on refurbishment of Carrington facility starts today
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Arup 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