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Stolon Studio creates ‘sociable’ housing from farm buildings

By Rob Wilson, photography by French&Tye 19 July 2024 1,325 Views

The Parks in Herefordshire transforms a group of neglected agricultural buildings into eight sustainable rural homes

Watch: AJ & SAVE’s re:store charrette on M&S’s Oxford St store

By Matt Ross 18 July 2024 706 Views

Six teams pitched their concepts for the reuse of M&S Oxford Street at a design charrette, showing how the 1929 building could be repurposed

KPF unwraps proposals to overhaul Foster’s HSBC tower in Canary Wharf

By Gino Spocchia 18 July 2024 4,989 Views

Kohn Pedersen Fox (KPF)’s winning design for the overhaul of Foster + Partners’ headquarters for HSBC has been unveiled

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AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlist 2: Conservation and Positive Addition

By Fran Williams 16 July 2024 1,226 Views

The AJ is delighted to announce the second set of shortlists for this year’s retrofitted AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards

Chapman Architects converts Victorian waterworks into biotech hub

By Rob Wilson, photography by Emanuelis Stasaitis 8 July 2024 1,363 Views

The renovation of a Grade II-listed Victorian waterworks near Hampton Court provides laboratory and R&D space for a company manufacturing artificial DNA

Collective Works completes deep retrofit of north London terrace house

By Rob Wilson, photography by Jim Stephenson 5 July 2024 4,212 Views

Mid Terrace Dream modernises a run-down early 1900s house into a low-carbon, low-energy home for a young couple

Dempsey + Gannon refurbishes and extends West Yorkshire home on £100k

By Fran Williams. Photography by Dempsey + Gannon 28 June 2024 2,038 Views

Emerging Manchester-based practice Dempsey + Gannon has futureproofed a 1930s detached home in West Yorkshire for just over £100,000

Sam Jacob Studio refurbishes Kent School of Architecture studios

By Rob Wilson, photography by Tim Soar 26 June 2024 1,693 Views

The new teaching spaces for the School of Architecture, Design and Planning at the University of Kent in Canterbury incorporate influences from the Bauhaus to Warhol’s Factory

Greens say ‘proper retrofit plan’ needed to build 1.5 million homes sustainably

By Anna Highfield 21 June 2024 286 Views

The Green Party has said Labour's pledge to build 1.5 million homes can only be delivered sustainably if it includes ‘a proper plan for retrofits’

Green Party manifesto sets out £29bn home retrofit programme

By Gino Spocchia 13 June 2024 425 Views

The Green Party has committed to spending £29 billion on retrofitting the country’s housing stock if elected

Tag: Retrofit