The AJ champions the retrofit of existing buildings with the AJ Retrofit Awards and the RetroFirst campaign. Here you can find good examples of how architects have reused existing buildings, or designed highly sustainable buildings
A five-storey office building in Sandwell has been completely remodelled internally, providing facilities for 870 students, including a triple-height performance hall within an existing atrium
The design of this retrofitted 1930s building in Blackheath, south-east London, deliberately maintains an ambiguity between the existing and the new
A mixed-use retrofit project in Berlin takes truly circular planning and construction a step further
Among the vital upskilling needed to tackle the climate emergency, building performance evaluation often gets overlooked. Not so at Glasgow-based John Gilbert Architects, where it has become a crucial skill
Ealing Filmworks provides 209 low-carbon homes overlooking a central square surrounded by retail and an eight-screen cinema
The design reorientates the living spaces out towards the garden, with materials ranging from green terrazzo to clay-toned plaster, exposed concrete and oak cabinetry
YY London, a 51,500m2 office space, transforms one of the first generation of buildings on the Canary Wharf estate
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has refurbished Brighton’s famous 200-year-old Brighton Dome
Renfrewshire Council’s brief for Paisley Central Library requested a community-focused space that brought a dilapidated and constrained historic building on its high street back into use
The project has structurally stabilised and environmentally upgraded the fabric while revealing original features including arched openings in the courtyard façade
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