All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 3
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The world’s first nuclear power station, 1956-57
The Builder makes a badly timed recommendation to build nuclear power stations in urban areas, two months before the UK’s worst ever nuclear accident
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NewsSecond staircase design guidance will still result in delays to schemes, HBF warns
Ambiguity in newly published documents means schemes will still be “impossible” to sign off, say housebuilders.
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NewsCIBSE takes over from BRE as new NABERS UK administrator
Chartered Institute of Building Services Engineers picks up licence agreement for influential operational energy tool
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NewsWestminster refuses Savile Row rebuild scheme in warning shot to developers
Council unanimously approves Fosters-designed department store retrofit at same meeting as council consults on net zero plan
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Features‘You’ve got to be prepared to see change. It’s natural’: HLM on its plan for the future
It’s all change at the architecture practice as the firm’s leadership makes way for the next generation. Karen Mosley and Richard O’Neil talk about how to do an orderly succession, the crunch moment that led to it and the decision to walk away from two flawed MMC school projects
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NewsWorkload optimism ticks up as market shows sign of recovery, RIBA finds
But uncertainty over the election and high interest rates are dampening investment, according to latest Future Trends survey
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NewsCouncil rejects plans for huge expansion of Sky’s new Elstree Studios
Concerns over loss of green belt land sink application to add eight new blocks to existing Bam-built site
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NewsMayfair rebuild scheme set for refusal as Westminster targets plan to become net zero city
But Foster & Partners’ proposed retrofit of nearby department store site handed recommendation for approval ahead of next week’s planning meeting
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NewsArchitect submits plan to transform West End theatre into first European base for Cirque du Soleil
Yoo Capital scheme would add six-storey roof extension to grade II-listed building
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NewsFosters designs ‘ultra-luxury’ apartment blocks in Dubai
Towers to feature triple-height “sky palace” with its own “grand arrival gallery”
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NewsPopulous completes management rejig following private equity deal
Co-founder Earl Santee named as new chief executive among a raft of other appointments
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NewsGreen light for Morris & Co office block first approved eight years ago
Office scheme has seen several revisions since being OK’d in 2016
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NewsDeveloper targets 2026 start on 99 Bishopsgate tower rebuild
Demolition of existing 1970s building to take two years before main contractor is appointed by 2028
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FeaturesMake it the new normal: Gensler’s Diane Hoskins on how to keep growing in a time of crises
The co-chair of the world’s largest architecture practice tells Tom Lowe about the firm’s journey over the past few turbulent years and why they decided to write a survival guide for architects
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NewsRSHP unveils first images of City’s latest skyscraper
Consultation on plans to replace 99 Bishopsgate opens today
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NewsCity launches initiative for reducing carbon in historic buildings
Heritage practice Purcell worked on guide explaining how heritage assets can be retrofitted responsibly
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NewsCouncil finally approves £150m Shoreditch office plan at fourth committee hearing
Twice-redesigned scheme has been mired in planning woes since July last year
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NewsHTA unveils first phase of Crystal Palace Park facelift
Scheme to restore park’s Victorian features including its listed dinosaur sculptures and Italian Terraces
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NewsSellar’s £1.5bn Liverpool Street station plans hit by more than 2,000 objections
Westminster and Hackney councils among onslaught of objectors to planning application expected to be heard later this year