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Thomas Lane

@tlanebuilding

Editor BD, Group technical editor, Building

 London
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Joined February 2011
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How does one go about building a replica of a historic theatre when no plans exist? @tlanebuilding reviews Shakespeare North building.co.uk/buildings/sha… | @KnowsleyCouncil @kiergroup @AustinSmithLord @ArupGroup @MottMacDonald @AECOM @DoddGroup Helm Architects McCurdy & Co
Shakespeare North Playhouse: Is this a new theatre which I see ...

Shakespeare North Playhouse: Is this a new theatre which I see ...

Outside it looks like a modern fortress but inside, Shakespeare North Playhouse, is all Tudor come Jacobean drama - with just a touch of Ken Dodd

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@tlanebuilding looks inside the UK’s greenest leisure centre, designed by @space_and_place, built by @kierconstruct and opening in Exeter this spring. #netzero #construction ow.ly/3yX450HWEjM
Take a dive into the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre

Take a dive into the UK’s first Passivhaus leisure centre

Exeter council trailblazes a radical alternative to the energy-guzzling swimming pool

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The LSE’s latest addition to its collection of buildings within the tightly knit complex of streets that make up its estate was a lot to fit in, but inspired a highly innovative response. @tlanebuilding reports. @LSEnews ow.ly/iOM950Hulhj

University challenge: the LSE’s new Marshall Building

The brief called for sports and arts facilities, as well as teaching and research space - it inspired a highly innovative response

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The pioneering building services engineer was a highly original and inventive thinker in a notoriously conservative industry, writes @tlanebuilding. @MaxFordhamLLP ow.ly/LwIl50HphIJ
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Does the heat and building strategy provide the answer to how we improve the energy performance of 28 million homes? @BuildingNews building.co.uk/focus/the-hea…
The heat and buildings strategy explained: what did it say – and ...

The heat and buildings strategy explained: what did it say – and ...

Published last week and running to 200 pages, Thomas Lane dives deep into a government initiative that promised much but had delivered rather less

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Landsec waited 50 years to redevelop the site behind the Piccadilly Lights. This is how Wates did it while keeping the lights on @BuildingNews building.co.uk/buildings/cir…
Circus act: Creating Lucent behind the Piccadilly Lights

Circus act: Creating Lucent behind the Piccadilly Lights

The space behind the world's most famous advertising hoarding has been empty since the 1950s. Now Land Securities is building a 144,000ft² mixed-use scheme - while keeping those lights on. Thomas...

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As if one shocking shopfront look wasn’t enough, #Birmingham’s sassy Selfridges has donned a temporary garb of even greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below. @tlanebuilding explains the technical challenges. ow.ly/x3PY50GdV7n
It’s a wrap: restoring Selfridges’ showstopper status

It’s a wrap: restoring Selfridges’ showstopper status

As if one shocking shopfront look wasn't enough, Birmingham's sassy Selfridges has donned a temporary garb of even greater gaudiness while faults are fixed in the glittering blue chainmail below....

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The top five things you need to know about 2021 Part L for homes building.co.uk/focus/explain…
Explainer: What the draft Future Homes Standard means for new ...

Explainer: What the draft Future Homes Standard means for new ...

The government has published the draft version of Part L which comes into force next year. Here are five key points you need to know

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Londoners to get smaller windows than elsewhere in the UK building.co.uk/news/london-h…
London homes to have smaller windows than rest of UK

London homes to have smaller windows than rest of UK

Proposals part of consultation into regulations to control overheating in new homes

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Join @ThePhilpster @CIH_HUB and Paul Dodd @SFT_Scotland who will be discussing how the Government Soft Landings (GSL) approach improves performance of our public services in our webinar taking place on Tuesday of #DigitalBuildingWeek – register here: register.gotowebinar.com/reg…
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I will chairing the Innovation webinar on the first day of #DigitalBuildingWeek - join Razvan Gorcea @HiltiGB, @Jaimie_BW @BrydenWood, James Pickard @CartPickArch & Ben Robinson @hawkins_brown and register here: register.gotowebinar.com/reg…
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Joey Gardiner questions whether planning reform will as radical as billed by Johnson housingtoday.co.uk/comment/p…
Planning reform: Be careful what you wish for

Planning reform: Be careful what you wish for

Ripping up the current system will take years, introduce uncertainity and cost a fortune. Joey Gardiner asks if the effort is likely to be worth it

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We want to hear how your business is being affected by the lockdown housingtoday.co.uk/in-focus/…
Survey: how is the continuing lockdown affecting your business?

Survey: how is the continuing lockdown affecting your business?

With government saying controls will last at least three more weeks, Housing Today wants to hear about your experiences

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Government is proposing to reduce the height where sprinklers are required in residential buildings from 30m to 18m housingtoday.co.uk/news/gove…
Government proposes reducing height of buildings requiring sprinklers

Government proposes reducing height of buildings requiring sprinklers

A consultation will also seek views on a proposed requirement for better wayfinding signage for fire and rescue services

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Big boost for central London social housing Housing @housing_today bit.ly/2TmAxWf
Housing Today - Housing news, comment, interviews, housing delivery

Housing Today - Housing news, comment, interviews, housing delivery

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Exclusive: Who’s on the GLA’s new architecture panels for housing and public buildings | ubm.io/2GFZ4OC
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Exclusive first pictures of Shigeru Ban's first UK project in Southwark ubm.io/2Fu98qt
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Why Nova Victoria won the @CarbuncleCup ubm.io/2wFzGmt
Image from Thomas Lane (@tlanebuilding)
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Nova Victoria wins the 2017 @CarbuncleCup! See the horror at ubm.io/2xNqyul
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The @CarbuncleCup shortlist is out today, see it on our new website ubm.io/2xxKqSq
Carbuncle Cup 2017 shortlist unveiled

Carbuncle Cup 2017 shortlist unveiled

Six of Britain's worst buildings in the running for architecture's wooden spoon

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