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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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Government moves to cut red tape on historic home retrofits
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Birmingham City Council to reconsider demolition of Brutalist landmark
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Angry residents say council heating upgrade will destroy listed Neave Brown estate
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Fathom’s green-walled Waterloo retrofit plans approved
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M&S clears first hurdle in legal challenge to Gove’s Oxford St refusal
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Poor housing and Covid deaths: it’s the same damn map
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Bridge Chambers, Barnstaple
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How Westminster City Council plans to put retrofit first

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RetroFirst Stories

Retrofit & sustainable buildings

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Conform completes texture-rich rework of Hampstead garden flat

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

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Buckley Gray Yeoman refurbishes Canary Wharf office

YY London, a 51,500m2 office space, transforms one of the first generation of buildings on the Canary Wharf estate 

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