All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 29
-
Features
From the archives: Westminster’s unbuilt gothic skyscraper
The Builder questions the wisdom of plans for a tower twice the height of Big Ben next to Parliament
-
News
Host of consultants appointed to £150m housing framework
Ridge & Partners lands places on six out of seven lots on four year deal
-
News
L&G Modular dismantling Bristol homes after finding basement defects
Customers paid £4,000 in compensation and face 12-month wait while problems are fixed
-
News
VolkerFitzpatrick lands £26m Surrey bridge job
Scheme to replace notoriously dangerous level crossing and unlock land for 1,750 homes
-
News
Contractors sought to build three trench warfare training facilities
Ukrainian troops currently undergoing trench warfare training across the UK
-
News
Plans for £750m battery storage scheme approved
Manchester facility to enable expansion of renewable energy in the North West
-
News
Gove’s move to lower second staircase threshold will stall more schemes, experts warn
Surprise move to tighten fire safety rules to delay more jobs as clients struggle to ensure viability
-
News
RICS names replacement members of standards and regulations board
Appointments follows last month’s mass walkout in protest at plans to break up the board
-
News
British Land gets go ahead for latest London logistics hub
Enfield scheme the second in developer’s £1.3bn logistics pipeline to be granted permission
-
Features
How do we fix England’s crumbling school estate?
Building has been writing about concerns about the conditions of schools long before the RAAC crisis hit the spotlight. Here we republish a piece we published on the need for refurbishment back in July.
-
News
Green light for 269m tower set to be City’s third tallest
AFK-designed 55 Bishopsgate given nod this morning
-
News
M&S boss blasts Gove’s ‘utterly pathetic’ Oxford street refusal
Retailer to review its position at flagship store after nearly a century on London’s busiest shopping street
-
Features
From the archives: Germany surrenders, 1918
The Builder looks ahead to a new era for the industry as peace returns to Europe
-
News
Gove’s M&S decision: how the industry reacted
Move to block rebuild of flagship Oxford Street store broadly welcomed but retail body warns it could damage the West End
-
News
Gove refuses M&S Oxford Street redevelopment in landmark ruling
Save Britain’s Heritage hails “hugely important decision” as Pilbrow & Partners plans are considered to emit too much carbon
-
News
Call for Landsec’s latest City tower to be refused over impact on listed bath house
Victorian Society says 24-storey 55 Old Broad Street scheme would pave way for Sellar’s controversial Liverpool Street plans
-
News
Tottenham Hotspur’s towers plan hit by second staircase delay
Proposals for 850 homes in shadow of club’s stadium approved after fire safety rejig
-
News
Plans for ‘Europe’s largest’ life sciences building approved in Canary Wharf
KPF-designed 23-storey tower to be built on Dockland’s North Quay site
-
News
Adjaye’s controversial Brixton tower pulled ahead of GLA hearing
Developer criticised for not producing any acceptable revisions during 12 months of talks