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RetroFirst

RetroFirst is an AJ campaign to prioritise retrofit over demolition and rebuild. Hundreds of architecture practices, organisations and individuals have declared their support for our campaign

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Introducing RetroFirst: a new AJ campaign championing reuse in the built environment

Amid the escalating climate crisis, Will Hurst introduces the AJ’s campaign to prioritise retrofitting existing buildings over demolition and rebuild

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RetroFirst Stories: how Whiteman Architects is keeping ‘Art Deco vibes’ in house overhaul
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Glasgow’s Wyndford towers demolished
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Work starts on EBBA’s overhaul of listed house designed by Team 4 founder
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Listing bid to save Wolverhampton’s 1960s art school from demolition
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How Lego play sessions can smooth the retrofit journey
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5th Studio launches retrofit pattern book
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City of London’s ‘retrofit first’ policy to come into force
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Council rubber-stamps demolition of Hodder’s Stirling-winning building

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RetroFirst Stories

Retrofit & sustainable buildings

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Carmody Groarke renovates London penthouse with rooftop pavilion

Carmody Groarke has transformed an apartment in a 19th-century Grade II-listed merchant’s house in Covent Garden with the addition of a  folded aluminium rooftop pavilion

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Squire & Partners transforms Seifert’s Brutalist icon Space House

Squire & Partners has performed an ambitious retrofit of Seifert’s Grade II-listed tower near Covent Garden, including the addition of a 2,000m2 rooftop extension

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Government asks for your views on retrofit versus demolition
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We need a 20-year national retrofit plan, Labour peer tells AJ Retrofit Live
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