Retrofit
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Grafted seeks to redefine design and build with Cast Corbel House
Cast Corbel House, situated in the Golden Triangle within the south western suburbs of Norwich, has been redesigned by Grafted. The Norwich and east London-based practice – launched in 2022 as a design and build firm – was approached by a family who were keen to enact long-standing plans to ...
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Features
Shining a light on Bromley Old Town Hall
Nulty designs a lighting scheme for Bromley Town Hall’s £20 million restoration
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Mecanoo completes refurbishment of Perth museum
Former music venue will house an ancient stone used in coronation ceremonies since medieval times
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Retrofit 24 launches at the Building Centre in London
The exhibition and series of talks aim to demonstrate how energy efficiency can be improved across all sectors through case studies of project successes
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Features
Sheppard Robson transforms London block with steel superstructure
The constrained site – previously a multi-storey car park – informed a bold design language for the new hotel and office building which required retaining the original foundations
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Opinion
The loss of Birmingham’s Ringway Centre is bad news for heritage, net zero and the wider city
Far from showing signs of sophisticated local government decision-making, Birmingham seems more lost than ever, writes Joe Holyoak
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Features
From Warehouse to Workshop: Vine Architecture Studio’s live/work space in London
The London-based practice transforms a Victorian warehouse in Whitechapel into a flexible space that suits a transient lifestyle
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From railway station to modern workspace: JRA reimagines 100 Embankment
The practice draws on the site’s historic roots to provide much-needed flexible workspace for the city of Manchester
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Simone de Gale Architects takes on Belgravia retrofit project
Designed by Simone de Gale Architects, a historic residence within Chelsea House has undergone a renovation intending to blend the past with the future. Located in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, the block of interwar flats and shops sits on the former site of the 1874 home of ...
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Opinion
From Le Corbusier to the Sea Cadets: Why ships provide such powerful architectural inspiration
An unusual architectural commission reminds us of the power of incongruity in the English landscape, writes Joe Holyoak
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Opinion
The beauty of creative reuse is that it can bring hope back to the most unlikely places
Bringing life back to the most challenging sites requires hard work, inspiration and a leap of faith, writes Joe Holyoak
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Opinion
Retrofit’s role in the heritage sector
Historic England’s chair Lord Mendoza’s comments on the role the heritage sector has to play in addressing housing and environmental needs have placed a renewed focus on retrofit’s role in reducing the sector’s carbon emissions. Emma Wells believes that this is a step in the right direction
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Features
Fixing homes that harm your health
Jonathan Tuckey joins a panel discussion at the Building Centre exploring the link between home and human health, with speakers from Lab4Living Sheffield, Connected Places Catapult and the London School of Architecture
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In pictures: LOM’s 250 Bishopsgate retrofit
Practice transforms 20-year-old Spitalfields office building for NatWest Group
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Jonathan Tuckey Design restores hillside farmhouse in northern Italy
Practice peels back previous additions to reveal building’s agrarian origins
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Retrofit 23: The Product Edit
The Retrofit 23 exhibition, which launched at the Building Centre in London, has been exploring the factors necessary to achieve an accelerated delivery of domestic retrofitting at different scales. The exhibition features a range of products focused on improving the performance of a home — bringing economic, social and environmental ...
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Opinion
The only way is up for Britain’s high streets. Yes, seriously
New uses for evolving high streets offer huge potential for reinvigorating the economic and cultural life of our towns and cities, writes Andrew Teacher
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In pictures: MVRDV unveil TON1 in Berlin
The new event space is part of Berlin’s campus for changemakers and sits within one of Europe’s oldest film studios