Tom Lowe

London

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Senior Reporter at Building Design News

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Studio Moren submits plans for roof extension on listed City office block

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Square Mile’s latest office to hotel conversion would add four storeys to Victorian-era St Clement’s House Studio Moren has submitted plans to add a four-storey roof extension to a grade II-listed Victorian building in the City of London. The firm’s proposals for St Clement’s House, designed for family-run developer Chart Forte Monument Ltd, would convert the existing office building into a boutique hotel.
Built environment sector welcomes government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Plan sets out how £725bn will be spent on infrastructure over next decadeThe built environment has warmly welcomed the government’s 10-year infrastructure strategy, which sets out ambitions to spend £725bn over the next decade. Published yesterday, the strategy will include £9bn for critical maintenance in the 2025/26 financial year, rising in subsequent years.
Mark Wild lays bare scale of HS2 failures as he sets out plans to make suppliers take on more risk

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

HS2 chief executive reveals he considered pausing construction to implement ‘comprehensive reset’ of projectThe chief executive of HS2 has exposed the scale of delays and cost overruns on the rail project as he outlined plans to “regain control” of the line’s main civils contracts. In a letter to transport secretary Heidi Alexander published yesterday, Mark Wild said HS2 would “reset the supply chain” to ensure contractors take on more risk and are rewarded for minimising costs.
Helsinki Design Museum unveils new images of finalist proposals

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Five anonymous designs published as part of final round of consultation Detailed images of the five anonymous proposals for a new design museum in Helsinki have been revealed. Finland’s New Museum of Architecture and Design has launched a final round of public consultation on the high profile scheme on Helsinki’s South Harbour.
Green light for Benedetti Architect’s RIBA HQ overhaul

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Construction work set to start early next year Benedetti Architects’ plans for a £60m refurbishment of RIBA’s central London headquarters have been given the go ahead. Westminster council used delegated powers to green light the two-year overhaul of 66 Portland Place, RIBA’s grade II*-listed base in Marylebone. The entire building has now closed, with construction work expected to take around two and a half years.
Herzog & de Meuron revising its original plans to redevelop Liverpool Street station

1 week ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Practice and developer Sellar consulting on new proposals for grade II-listed site which are said to contain ’much less demolition’ Sellar is working up plans to revive its scrapped proposals to redevelop Liverpool Street station with the scheme’s original lead architect Herzog & de Meuron. It is understood the developer is redesigning the £1.5bn project without the blessing of landowner Network Rail, which only became aware of the plans last week.
What will the Treasury’s Green Book review mean for construction?

2 weeks ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Boris Johnson’s 2020 review of the Treasury’s appraisal process for government investments led to some improvements in how value in schemes is judged, but a new review commissioned by Labour this year found many of the old practices remain embedded. Rachel Reeves has now said she wants to go further. Housing and infrastructure spending may have been the big ticket items at Wednesday’s spending review, but there was another major announcement which has been relatively overlooked.
KPF submits plans to refurbish City office of law firm Dentons

2 weeks ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Rethink of 1990s SOM-designed building comes ahead of Dentons’ move to Eric Parry’s 1 Liverpool Street in 2026 KPF is working on plans for a deep refurbishment of the London office of US law firm Dentons in St Paul’s. The practice has submitted a planning application for what it describes as a “major repositioning” of the 30-year-old building at 1 Fleet Place, which Dentons will vacate in 2026.
Green light for Gensler’s Wellcome Genome Trust life sciences scheme

2 weeks ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Pair of research buildings are first phase of 1.6 million sq ft expansion of Cambridgeshire campus Plans by Gensler for two life sciences buildings on the Wellcome Genome Campus in Cambridgeshire have been given the green light. The scheme in Hinxton, consisting of 200,000sq ft of purpose-built research space along with a pub and a cafe, was signed off by the local council on Friday.
Team including Clifton Emery Design named as winner of 2025 Davidson Prize

2 weeks ago | bdonline.co.uk | Tom Lowe

Team wins £10,000 for proposal to revive a Plymouth high street with modular affordable housing A team led by Exeter-based design studio Clifton Emery Design has been named as the winner of the 2025 Davidson Prize. The team, which also includes Nudge Community Builders, Millfields Trust, Plymouth Energy Community and Devon and Cornwall Planning Consultant, was announced as the winner of the £10,000 prize at an awards ceremony yesterday evening in central London hosted by Heatherwick Studio.