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Environmentally, retrofit makes sense and for designers there is so much opportunity
Done judiciously and sensitively, retrofit is one of the biggest contributions the construction sector can make to help reduce embodied carbon, writes Emily Booth
AJ Retrofit Awards
The AJ Retrofit Awards recognise well-designed sustainable projects and promote material and structural reuse in the built environment
Building study: Yorkton Workshops by Cassion Castle with Pearson Lloyd
The practice connected two ‘ramshackle’ buildings of different eras to create a new studio for design firm Pearson Lloyd – a worthy winner of this year’s AJ Retrofit of the Year Award, says Fran Williams
AJ Retrofit Awards 2021 winners revealed
Yorkton Workshops by Cassion Castle Architects with Pearson Lloyd has been named AJ Retrofit of the Year 2021
AJ Retrofit Awards 2021 shortlist revealed: Higher Education, Listed Building and Hotel, Retail and Leisure
The AJ can reveal the final set of finalists among the 83 projects vying for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. Today it’s Higher Education, Listed Building and Hotel, Retail and Leisure
AJ Retrofit Awards 2021 shortlist revealed: Cultural and Religious Buildings, Schools and Health
The AJ can reveal the third set of finalists among the 83 projects vying for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. Today it’s cultural and religious, schools and health projects
AJ Retrofit Awards 2021 shortlist revealed: Workplace
The AJ can reveal more of the finalists among the 83 projects vying for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. Today it’s the three Workplace categories
AJ Retrofit Awards 2021 shortlist revealed: Housing and houses
The AJ can reveal the first set of finalists from the 83 projects vying for this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. We kick off with housing and houses
The RetroFirst campaign has momentum. Now let’s make it unstoppable
The AJ’s RetroFirst campaign is a political one and, if you agree with its aims, we now need your help to convince ministers to introduce reforms in taxation, policy and procurement, says AJ managing editor Will Hurst
New film: Inside Ty Pawb, AJ Retrofit of the Year
Featherstone Young’s retrofit of a car park in Wrexham was named AJ Retrofit of the Year at the AJ Retrofit Awards 2019
AJ Retrofit Awards 2019 winners revealed
Featherstone Young’s Ty Pawb arts centre in Wales has been named AJ Retrofit of the Year 2019