All Retrofit articles – Page 2
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NewsIn pictures: LOM’s 250 Bishopsgate retrofit
Practice transforms 20-year-old Spitalfields office building for NatWest Group
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Features‘Communicating the value of architecture’: why Muyiwa Oki wants to shift the debate on reuse
Muyiwa Oki wants to refocus the profession and architectural education on a broad reuse agenda. In the second instalment of a two-part interview with Building Design, he talks to Ben Flatman about the event he is hosting with The Prince’s Foundation and why urgent change is necessary
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OpinionThe transformative power of regenerative retrofitting
We need to move beyond aspiring to be ‘less bad’, towards creating net positive good, writes Tara Gbolade
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OpinionThe Crooked House is gone. It can’t be reinvented
Any attempt to rebuild the Crooked House would merely produce a ‘worthless fake’, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsAsh Sakula bags planning to convert department store into 125 homes
Retrofit scheme repurposes locally listed building as mixed use scheme with 125 new homes
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NewsJan Kattein completes conversion of former garages into community spaces
Retrofit project seeks to provide space for young entrepreneurs
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OpinionThe dial has moved: the age of automatic demolition and rebuild has come to an end
Attitudes have shifted irrevocably in favour in conservation and retrofit, writes Henrietta Billings
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OpinionIs the M&S decision the start of a new era, or a fig leaf to conceal government backsliding on net zero?
Does Michael Gove’s decision signal a clear change in government policy, or does it just presage more uncertainty, asks Ben Flatman
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OpinionCan Birmingham learn from past mistakes by keeping more of its old buildings?
Two separate campaigns to save Birmingham buildings tell the story of how conservation and attitudes to sustainability have evolved in the city, writes Joe Holyoak
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NewsRitchie Studio completes decade-long project to transform Maltese brewery site
The project adopts a retrofit approach that incorporates existing structures while adding new floorspace and landscaping
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NewsMake transforms former government office building into new Sydney hotel
Early 20th century office building by George McRae has been restored and extensively remodelled
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FeaturesURBED retrofit team: a guide to social housing decarbonisation
URBED’s retrofit team share their experience and advice on how to approach the retrofit of social housing
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OpinionWhere’s the retrofit army for this ‘national war effort’?
The case for a skilled workforce to adapt historic buildings is there and we have no time to waste, says Grosvenor’s Tor Burrows
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OpinionThe M&S Oxford Street inquiry was a clash of world views
We must stop trying to solve our 21st century problems with 20th century thinking, writes Simon Sturgis
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OpinionRetrofit and conserving our architectural heritage can go hand in hand
Efforts to retrofit older homes can run into conservation concerns, writes Joe Holyoak
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FeaturesRetrofit response needed for UK schools amid energy crisis
A new campaign calls for action in supporting schools to be zero carbon by 2030
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OpinionWhat’s stopping us from replacing our kettles?
Considering the issues around whether or not to replace a household appliance could help us communicate better with clients, writes Anna Beckett
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Building StudyBuilding study: The Marlo by Barbara Weiss Architects
This extensive refurbishment and restoration project in Marylebone provides impact without the need to shout about it, writes Ben Flatman
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