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‘A boon for landfill’: seven buildings we lost in 2024
The AJ remembers seven notable UK structures which, despite the best efforts of heritage campaigners, were lost (or partially lost) forever in 2024
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
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
Bury Market Hall ‘likely’ to be demolished after listing bid fails
Bury Market Hall is facing demolition after Historic England rejected a Twentieth Century Society bid to list the early-1970s building
Vertical building extension method Optoppen launches in the UK
UK cities could soon be sprouting upwards with new ‘timber canopies’ following the launch of ‘Optoppen’ – a viability tool intended to spread the practice of extending existing buildings vertically
Environmental campaigners join bid to save Hodder’s Centenary Building
Architects Declare, ACAN and Don’t Waste Buildings have rallied in support of The Twentieth Century Society in questioning the proposed demolition of Hodder Associates’ Stirling Prize-winning Centenary Building in Salford
Exclusive: first Stirling Prize winner set to be demolished
The first building to win the RIBA Stirling Prize – Hodder Associates’ Centenary Building for the University of Salford – is to be demolished
Why on earth isn’t the government engaging with architects on retrofit?
Without architects’ close expert involvement, government plans to retrofit millions of homes will be prone to unintended consequences such as mould, argues Kunle Barker
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
We need a 20-year national retrofit plan, Labour peer tells AJ Retrofit Live
The government should embark on a 20-year national retrofit plan to insulate 20 million homes, Labour peer Baroness Barbara Young told yesterday’s AJ Retrofit Live event
Want to make your office retrofit future-proof? Here’s how
The attitude of removing existing elements of commercial buildings and replacing them with ‘low-carbon’ new-build should be challenged, argues Kiru Balson