All articles by Tom Lowe – Page 3
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Upgrading UK housing to EPC C rating could cost nearly £120bn, study finds
Retrofit work would cost up to £11,000 for each homes, according to new research
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Khan calls in Make’s rejected student resi scheme in Paddington
London mayor says 600-bed scheme would make “significant contribution” to capital’s student accommodation targets
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Controversial Elephant & Castle towers get green light after knife-edge vote
The proposals have been criticised for their impact on several neighbouring conservation areas and the demolition or part demolition of a number of historic buildings on the site
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Whitbread submits plans to transform City tower into 420-bed Premier Inn
New London House was designed by EPR Architects and built in the 1970s
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Why most new homes are still being built to old standards
Almost two in three new homes are still being built to regulations that applied in 2013, over a year and a half after the end of the transition period for the new part L and other requirements. How has the government got its projections so wrong? Tom ...
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Government ups capital infrastructure spending by £2bn a year in drive for growth
Chancellor spares construction from spending cuts as OBR halves 2025 growth forecast
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Broadway Malyan redesigns plans for Birmingham tower entirely covered in PV panels
Co-living scheme would be one of UK’s narrowest residential buildings at just 8.5 metres wide
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Network Rail to submit £1bn plans for Liverpool Street station redevelopment next month
Replacement scheme for Herzog & de Meuron proposal was first unveiled last November
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More reliable information needed on infrastructure pipelines to ensure private investor confidence, NAO warns
More consistent information on investment opportunities would drive down costs, report finds
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Government approves £9bn Lower Thames Crossing
Decision comes 16 years after scheme was first proposed
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Michelmersh says end-user confidence remains fragile
Brickmaker sees revenue and profit fall last year
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Wates and London council submit plans for 1,000 homes on former civic centre site
Sheppard Robson-designed scheme replaces former plans rejected in 2022
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Developer eyeing 2027 start for Fletcher Priest’s 46-storey City tower
Project team on 63 St Mary Axe scheme includes T&T Alinea and CBRE
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Avison Young makes more than 40 senior promotions
Local expertise key to firm’s growth strategy, regions boss says
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Network Rail and Transport for London weighing options for £2.5bn Victoria Station redevelopment
Decision on scale of scheme to be taken within weeks ahead of first consultation later this year
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Planning reforms a ‘red herring’ for unlocking economic growth, Arcadis cities boss says
Peter Hogg said proposed shake-up would not lead to “step change” in delivery hoped for by government
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‘We rode out the storm’: Adjaye Associates upbeat after ‘worst year that any architecture firm could have gone through’
Practice makes loss of £720,000 after one-off £1.4m tax payment but describes drop in revenue as a “blip”
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Mitsui Fudosan takes control of £1.1bn British Library extension with construction to start next year
Stanhope retained as development manager as part of restructure on RSHP-designed scheme
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Rayner approves Howells’ plans for supersized version of Tebay services in Cheshire
Deputy prime minister said greenfield site could be class as grey belt amid concerns over harm to wildlife
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CITB launches consultation on proposed levy changes
Threshold for exemption from levy raised from a total wage bill of £135,000 to £150,000