All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsRIBA unveils 2025 Client of the Year shortlist
UK Parliament shortlisted for Purcell’s restoration of Elizabeth Tower
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NewsMultiple teams bid for Heathrow airport expansion as £25bn Bechtel scheme proposes shortened runway
Heathrow airport’s own £49bn proposal facing cheaper rival as government gears up to choose winning bid
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NewsGreen light for AHMM’s Elephant & Castle student resi block
Plans for 500 student beds on Jewsons site signed off this week
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NewsCurved escalators set for Harrods as Make’s jewellery department overhaul approved
Escalators will be UK’s first with only a handful installed in US and Far East
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NewsTributes paid to Arup engineer behind 8 Bishopsgate who has died aged 49
Jeremy Edwards described by Stuart Lipton as ’one of the great engineers of the 21st century’
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NewsKPF returning to Unilever’s listed City headquarters for second facelift
Practice aiming to transform buiding with all-electric scheme aiming to ‘attract new generation’ of occupiers
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NewsHistoric England says revised Liverpool Street station plans a ‘significant improvement’ over first scheme
But Network Rail’s Acme-designed rethink of scrapped Herzog & de Meuron scheme has already amassed nearly 2,000 objections from members of public
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NewsConstruction risk increasing amid fears of fresh tax rises this autumn, CPA warns
Trade body’s latest output forecast unchanged from spring but it says uncertainty has set in ahead of autumn Budget
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NewsGPE ‘considering further amendments’ to London Bridge office scheme mired in planning row
Decision on St Thomas Yard redevelopment was deferred this week amid concerns over scheme’s impact on heritage assets
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NewsHB Reavis submits plans for student resi tower next to Waterloo station
Proposals drawn up by architect PLP
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NewsBallymore and Places for London’s 3,300-home Edgware scheme approved after amassing more than 2,000 objections
Howells-designed scheme approved yesterday evening after overcoming significant local backlash
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NewsGreen light for second phase of Landsec’s Timber Square scheme in Southwark
Two office buildings to ‘perch’ on top of railway viaducts under Hawkins Brown-designed plans
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NewsGreat Portland Estates told to make further changes to long-delayed office scheme next to Shard
Redesign which saw scheme scaled back from 37 storeys to 10 storeys still not enough to address heritage concerns, council says
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NewsPlans submitted for downsized Camden Roundhouse housing scheme
Proposal replaces former plan for 680 homes on site and neighbouring land
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NewsFinal investment decision signed on Sizewell C with cost almost doubling to £38bn
Previous official figures estimated Suffolk nuclear plant would cost £20bn
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NewsAllies & Morrison’s £200m Wimbledon expansion can go ahead, High Court rules
Obstacle cleared for plans to triple size of tournament grounds, but campaigners suggest they will challenge ruling
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NewsIn pictures: Second nuclear reactor dome lifted into place at Hinkley Point C
Images published showing 14m dome being installed at £46bn nuclear plant
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FeaturesFrom the archives: Building reviews Peckham Library, 1999
Alsop & Störmer’s Stirling Prize-winning library is given a rave review by Building’s impressed, if slightly confused, architecture critic
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NewsResidential towers scheme at east London estate gets green light
Hill Group and Poplar Harca’s proposals for Teviot Estate finally set to get going after planning hold-ups
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FeaturesIs the government’s Building Safety Regulator shake-up enough to fix the delays?
The government has promised to speed up approvals for high-rise residential schemes which have been languishing for up to a year in the new building safety regime. The industry’s reponse so far has been muted. With patience running out and costs mounting, Tom Lowe speaks to the people caught up ...