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Foster + Partners submits plans to expand its ‘outdated’ Spitalfields giant
Foster + Partners has submitted plans for a major overhaul of its own ‘outdated and outmoded’ 20-year-old building in London’s Spitalfields
Tag: Retrofit
Henning Larsen submits retrofit plans for 1920s Westminster office
Henning Larsen Architects has submitted plans for a major retrofit of a 1920s nine-storey Westminster office building
Buckley Gray Yeoman wins approval for Modernist riverside retrofit in London
The City of London has approved Buckley Gray Yeoman (BGY)’s retrofit of a 1970s riverside office building overlooking London Bridge
‘Edinburgh Council’s retrofit strategy is an Orwellian nightmare’
No-one is a winner under Edinburgh Council’s retrofit scheme, argues Mel Esquerre, retrofit campaigner with Living Rent, who says the programme is a classic example of retrofit being ‘done to’ residents, rather than led by them
WilkinsonEyre reveals retrofit plans for Neogothic PoMo City office
WilkinsonEyre has revealed plans to overhaul Minster Court, a postmodern Neogothic office building in the City of London – proposals which have already prompted a listing bid by heritage campaigners
Brits shortlisted to retrofit Brussels offices
Caruso St John Architects, Morris+Company and Maccreanor Lavington have been revealed as the UK names vying to retrofit an office complex in the European Quarter of Brussels, Belgium
Feilden Fowles unveils Lake District hotel restoration plans
Feilden Fowles Architects has released proposals to restore a closed landmark Lake District hotel
Emerging practice unveils plans for East End arts hub in former warehouse
Up-and-coming architecture practice JAM has revealed plans to transform a disused 19th-century warehouse in Plaistow into a new arts hub
AHMM wins approval for housing on former Bethnal Green hospital site
Tower Hamlets has approved AHMM’s residential-led redevelopment of a Grade II-listed former hospital site in Bethnal Green, east London
Commons people: IF_DO creates community hub for Hastings
The transformation of Hastings’ Observer Building into a vibrant community hub is a welcome counter to the wave of gentrification seen in the seaside town, says Ellen Peirson. Photography by Kilian O’Sullivan