All articles by Tom Lowe
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NewsRevised designs submitted for mixed-use scheme in middle of Glasgow
City centre scheme to include cluster of new buildings up to 19 storeys in height
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NewsUK needs 100,000 ‘beautiful’ council homes a year to solve affordable housing crisis, report claims
Policy Exchange report calls for new social housing boom which learns from ‘traumatic’ legacy of brutalist post-war estates
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NewsNetwork Rail appoints architect to design ‘landmark’ office building next to Glasgow’s Queen Street station
City centre scheme is transport operator’s latest planned redevelopment of a station site in its ownership
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FeaturesHow Glasgow is setting new standards for sensitive regeneration
Building Design’s new UK Design Capital of the Year award, part of the Architect of the Year Awards 2025, will recognise cities for ambitious urban strategies. In this instalment, the spotlight turns to Glasgow, where architects, planners and civic leaders are driving a renewed period of development
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NewsPlans in for 2,300-home redevelopment of former GSK headquarters
Howarth Tompkins, dRMM, Studio Egret West and Metropolitan Workshop collaborating on 13-acre scheme
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NewsPlans to replace Blackfriars Crown Court with 600-bed student resi scheme
Previous proposals would have retained 1950s building and created an ‘urban forest’ on its roof
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NewsCostain profit and margin up despite 18% fall in turnover following HS2 reset
Alex Vaughan says firm is on track to meet 4.5% margin target by end of the year
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NewsAukett Swanke replaces Eric Parry on stalled City hotel scheme
Plans for Morley House next to Holborn viaduct have been in limbo for a decade
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NewsLevitt Bernstein draws up net zero guidance for Manchester homes plan
Practice has worked with sustainability consultant Etude on documents supporting city’s carbon targets
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NewsFosters unwraps designs for mixed-use scheme in Seoul
IOTA Seoul I development to include 34-storey office tower
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NewsBDP unveils images of completed refurbishment of Topshop’s former Oxford Circus store
Grade II-listed building transformed into IKEA store and office space
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News£350m Stockport town centre scheme approved by planners
Vinci mixed-use development will include 1,300 homes, new public realm and active travel routes as part of a wider £1bn regeneration programme
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NewsKPF submits plans to overhaul Oxford Circus tower
Berkeley Estate Asset Management scheme to refurbish and extend one of the tallest buildings in the West End
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NewsAFL’s Oxford United stadium approved by local council
Plans for 16,000-seat ground and surrounding mixed-use scheme now heading to Angela Rayner for final sign off
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NewsBB Partnership gets consent for 800 student beds in Brent after redrawing scrapped housing scheme
Cricklewood proposal replaces 238-home scheme approved in 2023
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NewsVita Group tables plans for co-living scheme at Glasgow’s Met Tower
Developer acquires landmark site following scrapping of Bruntwood Scitech office scheme
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NewsVistry snaps up former Rugeley Power Station site with plans for 2,300 homes
Staffordshire land granted outline permission for 139-acre mixed-use scheme in 2020
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NewsVinci returns to black but problem jobs cut into group’s profit
UK arm of French engineering giant made pre-tax profit of £64m last year following loss in 2023
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NewsUrban Splash and Igloo picked for Liverpool’s Festival Gardens regeneration scheme
Development partners form JV to lead 27-acre scheme
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NewsNuclear industry needs ‘radical reset’ to drive down costs, government taskforce warns
Report blames ‘outdated’ planning and regulatory barries for preventing more schemes from getting off the ground