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Watch: AJ & SAVE’s re:store charrette on M&S’s Oxford St store
Six teams pitched their concepts for the reuse of M&S Oxford Street at a design charrette, showing how the 1929 building could be repurposed
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
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
High Court rejects bid to save Birmingham’s Ringway Centre
The High Court has turned down an attempt to block proposals by Corstorphine & Wright to demolish Birmingham’s iconic Ringway Centre
Sergison Bates wins Belgian university contest with radical revamp plan
Sergison Bates has won a competition for a £19.2 million project to convert two separate buildings into a new single business hub for Belgian university
M&S Oxford St charrette shows architects’ appetite for adaptive reuse
Six teams of architects and students have pitched their concepts for the reuse of M&S Oxford Street at a design charrette, showing how the 1929 building could be repurposed to avert CO2 emissions and help revitalise London’s retail heart
AWW’s 28-storey tower on Bristol Debenhams site gets the OK
Bristol’s former Debenhams store is set for demolition after a proposed 28-storey tower designed by AWW was approved
Final six make the cut in M&S Oxford Street ideas contest
Judges for the AJ and SAVE Britain’s Heritage architecture competition have selected the final six teams who will work up their ideas for the Marks & Spencer building on London’s Oxford Street
M&S Oxford Street ideas contest longlist revealed
The AJ and SAVE Britain’s Heritage can reveal the longlist in their ideas competition to find possible new leases of life for the Marks & Spencer building on London’s Oxford Street
Neave Brown listed estate faces ‘irreversible damage’ from heating upgrade
Architectural conservationists have joined the outcry over Camden Council’s plans to fit new heating systems in the celebrated Alexandra Road estate
Mowat & Company wins approval for all-wood overhaul of timber merchant HQ
Mowat & Company has been granted planning permission to retrofit the headquarters of a family-run timber merchant in the East Midlands