All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 15
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NewsDeveloper team planning Liverpool mixed-use tower cluster after buying site from Peel Waters
Architect already appointed on plans to boost existing consent with fresh application being drawn up
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NewsLandsec gets OK for £250m City office block
Councillors vote to approve 20-storey scheme expected to be built by Skanska
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NewsBallymore revives plans 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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NewsAbolition of multiple dwellings tax relief costs Unite Students £67m
Multiple dwellings relief scrapped by Jeremy Hunt in last month’s Budget
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NewsLondon Fire Brigade cautiously welcomes second staircase guidance
But group says focus should not just be on the number of staircases
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NewsLandsec’s £250m City block set for approval despite heritage concerns
Westminster council has formally objected to the 20-storey tower due to its perceived impact on nearby listed churches
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NewsMcLaren signs development deal for £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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NewsConstruction returns to growth despite lingering concerns over margins
Improving economic conditions see output increase after six month lull, according to latest PMI data
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NewsPlans unveiled for retrofit of brutalist Glasgow groundscraper
Former oil company headquarters was once the largest single-occupant building in the UK
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The world’s first nuclear power station, 1956-57
The Builder makes a badly timed recommendation to build nuclear power stations in urban areas, two months before the UK’s worst ever nuclear accident
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NewsSecond staircase design guidance will still result in delays to schemes, HBF warns
Ambiguity in newly published documents means schemes will still be “impossible” to sign off, say housebuilders.
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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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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 architecture practice as the firm’s 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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NewsWorkload optimism ticks up as market shows sign of recovery, 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 application to add eight new blocks to existing Bam-built site
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NewsMayfair rebuild scheme set for refusal as Westminster targets plan to become net zero city
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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NewsArchitect submits plan to transform West End theatre into first European base for Cirque du Soleil
Yoo Capital scheme would add six-storey roof extension to grade II-listed building
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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”