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AJ office set for hotel retrofit by tp bennett with rooftop extension
Southwark-based practice tp bennett has put forward proposals for retrofitting and extending Harmsworth House — the Art Deco home of the AJ off Fleet Street in the City of London
Tag: RetroFirst
How Lego play sessions can smooth the retrofit journey
Retrofit projects can be hard to get over the line. Ditching ‘archispeak’ while embracing Lego play sessions can help secure client and user support, argues James Beckly
5th Studio launches retrofit pattern book
5th Studio has published a free-to-use Retrofit Pattern Book for homeowners, backed by Barclays Bank
City of London’s ‘retrofit first’ policy to come into force
A proposal by the City of London to encourage reuse of existing buildings and other circular economy measures will become policy within the coming weeks, the authority has announced
RetroFirst stories: Tom Turner on why a revamp trumped demolition in Sussex
Tom Turner of Tom Turner Architects on his recently approved plans to retrofit an historic farmstead overlooking Chichester Harbour – a house once set to be demolished and replaced
Four ways to scale up the use of timber in retrofit projects
Mass timber is poised to play a major part in design and construction if we can overcome the barriers, writes Ed Williams
Retrofirst stories: how ECD is deep-retrofitting occupied 1930s council homes
Marion Gray, senior architect at ECD Architects, talks to the AJ about revamping 1930s housing stock – while still occupied – as part of its Cambridge Net Zero Retrofit Pilot Project
Government asks for your views on retrofit versus demolition
The government is asking architects and others in the industry for their advice on whether it should change national planning rules regarding demolition and retrofit
AHMM scheme involving five demolitions approved by ‘retrofit-first’ council
Westminster Council has approved a major mixed-use AHMM scheme requiring the demolition of five buildings, despite its plans to adopt a ‘retrofit first’ approach
In simplifying office-to-resi conversions, PDR is on the right track
Permitted development is already allowing widespread conversion of buildings but could do with some further tweaks, argue Emily Newton and Adam Fothergill