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Chapman Taylor proposes new park to replace Cardiff’s disused Debenhams
Chapman Taylor and landscape architects LDA Design have submitted plans for a new public square and park on the site of a disused Debenhams store in Cardiff city centre
Tag: Reuse
Barbara Weiss wins go-ahead to reuse historic Harlow barn for new hall
Barbara Weiss Architects has secured consent to create an oak-framed community hall reusing the structure of a historic barn in Essex
Sharing is caring: Belgian practice ATAMA’s social enterprise retrofit
ATAMA has retrofitted a listed fire station in the Belgian city of Kortrijk to create Deelfabriek, a community space and home for social enterprises that promote sharing over ownership
Design contest launched for Montréal Olympic Stadium reuse
An open international contest is seeking ideas for the reuse of expired roof materials from the Montréal Olympic Stadium [Deadline: 31 May 2024]
You Get a Car (Everybody Gets a Car): Resolve Collective champions alternatives to mass consumption
The exhibition at Tate Liverpool challenges the status quo of the relationship between class and material reuse, writes Lee Ivett
Localism is key to saving high streets, AJ100 lunch hears
A cookie-cutter approach to filling retail units is part of the reason high streets are failing, Preston Benson of community-focused developer Really Local Group told an AJ100 lunch audience
Architects risk ‘reputational Russian roulette’ over demolition projects
Architectural historian and campaigner Barnabas Calder has warned architects at an AJ100 lunch against playing ‘reputational Russian roulette’ by working on carbon-heavy projects
Cany Ash: ‘Risk-averse QSs and contractors overprice retrofit projects’
In preparation for her World Architecture Festival panel discussion on Carbon, Specification, Retrofit and Re-use, Cany Ash speaks to Rupert Bickersteth
Government acknowledges AJ RetroFirst campaign
The government has given its initial response to the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign for re-use of existing buildings amid growing calls for a green recovery from Covid-19
RetroFirst campaign goes to government
With 250 individuals and organisations across the industry now backing RetroFirst, the AJ has written to government ministers calling for reforms in three key areas of construction: tax, policy and procurement