All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 18
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NewsStanhope unveils revised design for City’s tallest tower
Rejig of 1 Undershaft to split building into four vertical blocks with multiple roof gardens
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FeaturesThe chaotic life of Building founder and architect Joseph Aloysius Hansom
To celebrate Building’s 180th anniversary, Tom Lowe talks to historian Penelope Harris ahead of the publication of her biography of the magazine’s founder
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NewsArchitect behind two closed Caledonian schools left projects over concerns with firm’s approach
Practices HLM and Stride Treglown behind trio of shuttered schools break silence as government launches investigation into collapsed contractor
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NewsGovernment launches wider probe into Caledonian Modular after school closures
Poor workmanship blamed for structural defects at three schools as DfE alerts other government departments
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NewsThird Caledonian Modular school told to close over safety fears
Schools in Somerset and Northamptonshire add to list of modular schools forced to rejig autumn term plans
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NewsMid Group administrators given extra six months to investigate firm’s transactions
Cowgills say collapsed offsite builder’s transactions “require further investigation”
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NewsStanhope defends Waterloo plans after Gove presses pause
Developer says five-block Royal Street scheme offers “subsantial tangible benefits”
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NewsGovernment orders modular school to close over structural safety fears
Essex school built by collapsed firm Caledonian Modular in 2020
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NewsHSE to ramp up site safety checks from September
Inspections to ensure workers are protected from injuries and longterm pain
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NewsCouncil contradicts Aecom’s claim that Shell demolition plans had ‘fully explored’ reuse
Aberdeen council says talks with Shell on knocking down former HQ were “not a full assessment”
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NewsSuppliers appointed to £1.6bn NHS consultancy framework
Four-year deal to support government’s £20bn new hospital programme
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NewsGovernment to fast-track ban on shared mixed-sex toilets in new buildings
Amendments to building regulations to require either single-sex shared toilets or private mixed-sex toilets
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FeaturesThe battle SMEs face in reducing their emissions - and proving it
What is holding back small firms that want to reduce their carbon emissions? Tom Lowe reports for the Building the Future Commission.
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NewsEnvironment Agency objecting to huge mixed-use scheme in Oxford because of flood risk worries
Developer insists solution will be found for Hawkins Brown proposals as EA recommends refusal
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NewsPlans go in to refurbish 1980s Westminster office
Revamp on Rochester Row drawn up by Buckley Gray Yeoman
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NewsTime runs out for Chipperfield’s Chinese embassy plans
Deadline to lodge an appeal for rejected scheme passed yesterday
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NewsAdjaye Associates dropped from £57m Liverpool slavery museum scheme
Architect at centre of sexual misconduct allegations
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NewsNotting Hill Genesis defends decision not to rebuild evacuated modular block
Fire safety expert calls for “the whole lot to come down” as housing association agrees deal to spend £72m refacing flawed Paragon Estate
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The great San Francisco earthquake, 1906
The Builder warms to the idea of steel-framed buildings after the “peculiar” structures survive a tremor which flattens 80% of the city
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NewsPlans in for £450m Manchester student resi and life sciences complex
Hawkins\Brown, Sheppard Robson and SimpsonHaugh working on eight-block scheme