All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 55
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NewsBerkeley overhauls 1,300-home Oval scheme with second staircase revisions
Developer’s approach includes linking already consented stair cores with corridors
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NewsLondon council in search of partner for £500m redevelopment job
Sutton posts contract notice for 10-year regeneration of four town centre sites
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FeaturesKey takeaways and talking points from the Labour Party conference
Amid uncertainty around commitments to net zero and infrastructure investment, the opposition set out its stall for the coming election. Daniel Gayne and Thomas Lowe report
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FeaturesFuture thinkers: six winners outline their ideas for future proofing the industry
The Building the Future Commission has named six up-and-coming professionals as winners of its Future Thinkers Awards. Here, the victorious candidates explain their thinking
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NewsStarmer blasts Tory flip-flopping as he pledges ‘to build a new Britain’
Labour leader unveils proposal to “bulldoze” the planning system and build 1.5 million homes in five years as party aims for decade in power
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NewsVistry’s pipeline ‘stuck’ due to second staircase design uncertainty, director says
Housebuilder which announced ambition to build 25,000 homes a year just last month is now pulling “a lot” of schemes from planning
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NewsBurnham calls for pre-covid rail plan for the north to be built in full
Mayor’s comments come as shadow rail minister questions “implications” of government handling of HS2
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NewsLabour pledges biggest affordable housing boost ‘in a generation’
Party would crack down on developers trying to “wriggle out of their responsibilities”, Angela Rayner says
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NewsGreen light for plan to replace M&S store on Chelsea’s King’s Road with scheme that attracted 1,300 objections
Scheme has been designed by Pilbrow & Partners, the architect behind retailer’s rejected Oxford Street store replacement
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NewsFosters’ Millennium Bridge to close for three weeks for ‘urgent’ repairs
Structure to close for fourth time next month to replace degraded membrane
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NewsPlans unveiled to replace Belgravia police station with luxury hotel
Buckingham Palace Road scheme to transform 1993 building with Victorian-style facade
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NewsWillmott Dixon picked to replace Buckingham on £135m Swansea arena scheme
Council appoints contractor to finish off multi-storey car park and other work
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NewsGreen light for Grimshaw’s redesign of Aston Villa stadium expansion
Academy building to be converted into events space called ‘The Warehouse’
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NewsCostain commercial director becomes first black CICES president
Batsetswe Motsumi is the civil engineering body’s first non-white president in its history
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NewsPlans submitted for £400m Manchester University campus redevelopment
University seeking to demolish several mid-century buildings and replace them with 3,300 new student beds
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NewsBirmingham approves demolition of brutalist Ringway Centre
Corstorphine & Wright-designed plans to replace 1960s landmark with three towers up to 56 storeys
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FeaturesFrom the archives: The Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, 1930
New York’s tower craze restarts following a 15-year lull as two of the city’s most famous towers race to become the world’s tallest
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NewsWinners of Building’s Future Thinkers competition revealed
Six up and coming construction professionals recognised for ideas on how future proof the industry
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NewsProduct industry entering a ‘brave new world’ due to new liabilities, CPA chief says
Peter Caplehorn told Building the Future panel that industry must push towards digitalisation to back up future claims
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NewsStandardisation only way to persuade households to pay for retrofit works, chief says
National Retrofit Hub chair said categorising schemes by building type was the only way to bring down costs