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Loader Monteith completes three-bedroom home in rural Angus
Loader Monteith has integrated the remains of an existing byre to tie a new house in eastern Scotland into its landscape setting
Tag: Circular economy
Corstorphine & Wright designs ‘testbed’ circular-economy HQ building
The Northampton headquarters of Unusual Rigging has a glulam timber frame, uses biogenic and reused materials and produces more energy than it consumes
Case study: Science Museum’s Adani Green Energy Gallery by Unknown Works
A major new gallery at London’s Science Museum, designed on circular economy principles, examines the rapid decarbonisation needed to limit climate change. Photography by Ståle Eriksen
BIG, Arup, AtkinsRéalis in call for Europe to shift to circular economy by 2035
Bjarke Ingels Group (BIG), Arup and AtkinsRéalis are among the creators of a new report which makes the case for Europe to shift to a circular economy by 2035
Grandorge: Things are changing in Belgium
Belgian projects are pioneering reuse and circular-economy principles, says David Grandorge
Duchesse, Notan Office’s ‘Micro City’ in Molenbeek
In Brussels, local practice Notan Office has created a finely considered residential development by cutting volumes away from the existing industrial buildings on the site and reusing much of their fabric
In practice: Urban quarrying
Nearly four years after the AJ spoke to KPF about its plans to ‘mine’ the 1980s former BT HQ in the City of London for its Portland stone, Fran Williams looks at how its ambitious plans are turning out
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Carmody Groarke’s Sian Ricketts on making bricks from waste
Carmody Groarke sustainability lead Sian Ricketts explains how architecture can adapt to the reality of finite resources and an abundance of waste
Going full circle: new housing on former Berlin brewery
A mixed-use retrofit project in Berlin takes truly circular planning and construction a step further
White Arkitekter’s circular-economy office fit-out: 80% re-used, £80k cheaper
White Arkitekter’s head of sustainability UK Anna Lisa McSweeney and sustainability specialist Shreya Aneja speak to the AJ about the pros and cons of recycling in a fit-out