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Tag: Retrofit
TODD overhaul of listed Birmingham landmark thrown into doubt
TODD Architects’ proposals to refurbish a derelict Grade II-listed Birmingham landmark have been thrown into doubt after its Irish backer went into receivership
Piercy&Company wins planning for ‘eclectic’ workspace retrofit scheme
Piercy&Company has won planning approval for a retrofit-led workspace scheme in Kentish Town, north London
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AJ Climate Champions podcast: Chipperfield’s MC Piccinelli on how retrofit can enhance creativity
Piccinelli, associate director at Chipperfield’s and project lead on the LSE’s Firoz Lalji Global Hub, describes circularity as ‘a mind shift’ – it’s no longer the architect giving top-down direction
Metropolitan Workshop to restore helter-skelter-like rural Ireland landmark
Metropolitan Workshop is to transform an unusual and much-loved 18th-century agricultural building in rural Ireland into a tourist attraction.
Hayhurst and Co wins go-ahead for Bristol community centre overhaul
Bristol City Council has approved Hayhurst and Co’s competition-winning £10 million overhaul of Bristol’s Filwood Community Centre
Building study: Bennetts Associates retrofits the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh
With its Edinburgh Futures Institute retrofit, Bennetts Associates has breathed new life into one of the Scottish capital’s major architectural landmarks
Eric Parry Architects completes workspace retrofit in Westminster
The renewal of 11 Belgrave Road has achieved the highest NABERS DFP score yet for the UK and features a new façade designed for disassembly
Studio 163 completes deep retrofit of Norfolk house
This project, in Brancaster by the north Norfolk coast, reconfigures a house – once used as the village butcher’s shop – into a holiday home