All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 26
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From the archives: The Tay Bridge disaster, 1879
News item on the death of engineer Sir Thomas Bouch, who designed the bridge which collapsed in a storm killing 75 people
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Architects’ optimism returns for the first time in seven months
Confidence soared in profession last month despite economic uncertainty, RIBA survey finds
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LABC ‘very concerned’ about exodus of building control veterans as new regulator looms
Organisation’s chief executive said highly experienced people were “desperately needed” to train new recruits
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Industry heavyweights call on Gove to lower second staircase threshold to 18m
RIBA also says all existing blocks above 18m with single staircases should be refurbished with evacuation lifts
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Second staircase rule forces Westminster council to redesign 1,100-home estate regeneration
Marylebone scheme the latest to be redrawn following new fire safety ruling in London
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Controversial 32-storey City tower above Leadenhall Market approved
Carbon concerns dismissed by planning committee this morning
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Green light for Make’s Birmingham John Lewis store office conversion
Shop at New Street station only opened in 2015 but was shut by pandemic
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City tower would contradict corporation’s new carbon guidance, heritage group says
Planners set to decide on Woods Bagot’s 32-storey office scheme this morning
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Dodging the seals: Antarctic project survives toughest season yet
The project team working on the £100m modernisation of the British Antarctic Survey’s flagship research station is racing against the clock to finish the cladding on a huge new facility before the winter sets in
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Green light for plans to transform historic warehouse into BBC Birmingham base
Local practice also asked to rework high-rise tower in city
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From the archives: The construction of the Forth Bridge, 1873 - 1890
The Builder makes an ascent up the “vast bones” of the half built bridge, the scale of which astonished the engineering world at the time
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Spring Budget broadly welcomed but criticised for lack of retrofit progress
Round-up of industry reaction to announcements including £20bn for carbon capture and storage and £600m for regneeration and levelling up schemes
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Plans for York University student centre unveiled
Upside-down trapezoidal block to be built entirely from natural materials, design team say
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Berkeley looks towards low-rise if single staircase ban in towers goes ahead
Developer says fire safety rules will put high rise schemes awaiting planning “back to square one”
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Hunt to spend £20bn on carbon capture schemes across UK
Chancellor also announces launch of first competition to design small modular reactors
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More work needed to persuade young people to take construction T-levels, minister admits
Take-up of new technical qualifications still far behind BTECs
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London architect wins motorway gantries contest
RIBA competition attracted more than 30 entries
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KPF co-founder Gene Kohn dies aged 92
US architect passed away this week following year-long battle with cancer
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From the archives: Dodging falling bricks at the Natural History Museum construction site, 1876
An account of what visitors found when being shown round the half-completed building by its architect Alfred Waterhouse
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Eric Parry gets OK for Tokyo tower
Scheme to be a major landmark in city’s central shopping district