All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 16
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From the archives: Planning the postwar New Towns, 1945-46
The Builder reports on the development of a vast new wave of housing to replace the homes destroyed by wartime bombing
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AHMM redesigns third London scheme to add second staircases
Practice sent back to the drawing board to amend Peabody’s 1,000-home redevelopment at former Holloway Prison site
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Architect Nicholas Hare dies aged 81
Practice Hare founded in 1977 pays tribute to architect’s “curious and continually challenging approach to design”
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Hawkins Brown’s £90m Manchester library set for approval
Proposals for Manchester Metropolitan University will see existing 1970s buildings partially demolished
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Development partners sought for £1.5bn mixed-use framework
Barking and Dagenham’s development firm Be First looking for developers to build 3,500 homes over next four years
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M&S gearing up for start of High Court challenge on Oxford Street ruling
Michael Gove’s rejection of plans to redevelop flagship store has made it “impossible” for developers to interpret planning policy, retailer claims
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Campaigners considering challenge of Gove’s ‘cowardly’ decision to approve £700m ITV Studios scheme
Campaign group which opposed scheme at public inquiry meeting tonight to dicuss next steps
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Gove gives all clear for Lendlease to start £700m ITV Studios redevelopment
Communities secretary backs planning inspector’s recommendation to approve South Bank scheme two years after work was due to start
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Birmingham approves 33-storey build to rent tower
Plans replace scrapped scheme that would have been almost twice as high
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Student housing leading ‘remarkable’ transformation of regional cities, Deloitte report finds
Regional crane survey finds 40% increase in student accomodation schemes under construction in 2023 compared to previous year
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How new satellite data is changing our understanding of London’s overheating problem
A new report by Arup for the mayor of London has highlighted the worsening issue of heat risk in our city centres as summers get steadily hotter. Tom Lowe reports.
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City’s vision to build 1.2 million sq m if new office space by 2040 takes step forward
Three ‘key areas of change’ earmarked for new development as Square Mile eyes transformation into cultural and leisure destination
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‘I’d recommend it to anyone’: views on why an apprenticeship is better than university
For National Apprenticeship Week we spoke to three people who went the apprentice route about the benefits of being paid while you learn
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Council confirms demolition of Birmingham’s Ringway Centre after legal challenge
Campaigners fail in last-ditch attempt to sink Corstorphine & Wright’s plans to replace brutalist landmark with three residential towers
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Scheme to turn London brewery into £1.5bn mixed-use job approved for third time after second staircase changes
Controversial Richmond plan hoping for GLA sign-off after council gives approval despite lack of affordable housing
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TfL scouting for development partner for 1,500-home Newham scheme
Mayor looking to build out five hectare riverside site formerly used for Crossrail tunnelling
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BRE recommends shake up of EPC ratings to encourage retrofit work
Advisor wants shelf life of certificates halved and metrics reformed to more accurately reflect the performance of buildings
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Heritage concerns hit £2bn Lendlease job in Birmingham with one year delay
Proposals delayed following intervention from Historic England over decision to build over medieval site in city centre
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Output to sink by 2% this year as inflation continues drag on housing work, CPA warns
Newbuild housing and RMI sectors to both slump by 4% this year before recovering in 2025, according to new forecast
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Consultants chasing lots on £152m north of England framework
Latest YORconsult deal to include lots for QS services, architectural services and civil engineering