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
- News
Ben Houchen wins third term as Tees Valley mayor
Result bucks trend of Conservative losses elsewhere in England
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800 still working on Co-op Live as embattled project runs 24 hours a day in race against time to open
Bosses behind delayed venue flood job with more staff in attempt to hit revised opening
- Comment
I saw the Co-op Live site with my own eyes three months ago. These delays do not come as a surprise
The UK’s largest arena was still far from being finished when Building went to see it in early February, writes Tom Lowe
- News
Fosters unveils plans for third office tower on New York’s Park Avenue
Practice working with hedge fund Citadel on 62-storey Art Deco-inspired scheme
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Green light for 166-home Bristol harbourside scheme
Scheme approved despite concerns over flood risk
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Carmody Groarke and Sheppard Robson triumph to win £400m LSE student resi scheme
Pair beat RSHP, AHMM and Allies & Morrison to win redevelopment job next to Tate Modern
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Related Argent appoints former Cushman & Wakefield boss as strategic advisor
Move comes as tie-up between Argent and sister firm is formally confirmed
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Green light for Fosters’ £1bn Blackfriars towers scheme
Project finally gets nod after delays caused by Historic England intervention
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Masterplan for £500m mixed-use campus in Newcastle gets thumbs up
Outline approval granted for 24 separate developments plots on former General Hospital site
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Consultant behind rejected plans for ‘bonkers’ Birmingham tower to draw up new proposals
Marrons says it will work with council on new design for 80 Broad Street site
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Rolls Royce pulls plug on £200m plans for small modular reactor factory
Move comes after delays to government design competition
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Construction still accounts for more insolvencies than any other sector
Latest official figures show industry remains under pressure from high interest rates
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‘Bonkers’ plans to build 42-storey tower above listed Birmingham building flatly refused
Councillors deride “utterly ludicrous” plans by development consultancy Marrons for 80 Broad Street scheme
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Plans for London’s tallest residential towers redesigned
Architect KPF swapped out for Apt as developer eyes ‘holistic review’
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Stanhope to submit planning application for revised 70 Gracechurch tower in summer
Construction on 33-storey scheme not expected to start before 2028
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Supply chain fragility takes over from material prices as biggest threat to contractors, RLB finds
New research shows 87% of firms are now most worried about vulnerability of suppliers
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PRP revives homes plan across eight buildings behind Camden Roundhouse venue
Countryside and One Housing Group working up plans for eight buildings next to Camden’s Roundhouse
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Stanhope rejigs approved City tower plans to make scheme more sustainable
Developer to focus on re-using existing building at 60 Gracechurch Street two years after buying site from Hong Kong firm
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Influential Conservative think tank backs Labour’s ‘grey belt’ plans
Bright Blue says Keir Starmer is “absolutely right” to propose building on poor quality areas of the green belt
- Features
‘Government flip-flopping on climate has cost us work’: Ramboll’s Philippa Spence on what she wants from UK politicians
The UK managing director talks to Tom Lowe about the impact that government dithering over net zero policy has had on her firm and the industry as a whole over the past five years