The Green Party is calling for VAT on refurbishment to be slashed to 0 per cent in a new Parliamentary petition partly inspired by the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign
Norman Foster takes aim at demolition in FT interview
Buildings need to be recycled and repurposed as we move away from the model of ‘destroy, throw away and start again’ in the post-Covid world, Norman Foster has said
Construction emissions ‘a national scandal’, says ACAN
The carbon footprint of the UK construction industry is ‘a national scandal’, a new campaign from the Architects Climate Action Network (ACAN) argues
CZWG unveils three-towers scheme in London’s East End
CZWG has released images of East Riverside, a major mixed-use scheme next to the River Lea in east London
Design Museum appoints Asif Khan as deputy chair
Architect Asif Khan has been made deputy chair of the Design Museum’s board of trustees
COP26 climate summit to examine role of buildings
The COP26 climate summit hosted by the UK in November will include a focus on architecture and construction after its president Alok Sharma announced plans to include a ‘built environment day’
Our Brutalist friends in the North
A new book by Simon Phipps takes us on a photographic exploration of Modernist architecture up North, including many Brutalist buildings at risk of demolition
AJ 40 under 40: Archio
Run by Mellis Haward and Kyle Buchanan, the AJ 40 under 40 practice combines an ethos of contributing to wider society with looking after the wellbeing of its own employees
AJ 40 under 40: We Made That
The AJ 40 under 40 architects are co-founders of strictly principled practice We Made That, which only works for public and third-sector clients
AJ 40 under 40: Ann-Marie Fallon
The AJ 40 under 40 architect is associate director at Passivhaus specialist Architype, for whom she has established its Edinburgh office