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
The government urgently needs to join the dots between its landmark verdict on Marks & Spencer’s demolition proposal and the policy vacuum on limiting embodied carbon in construction, writes Will Hurst
Michael Gove has rejected controversial plans by Pilbrow + Partners to demolish and redevelop Marks and Spencer’s flagship Oxford Street store, overruling a planning inspector’s verdict
As Michael Gove prepares to announce his verdict on the proposed demolition of M&S Marble Arch, let’s hope he has considered our memories and understanding of the place we know as Oxford Street, writes Simon Henley
North Devon District Council is recruiting a consultant for a wayfinding upgrade of Barnstaple [Deadline: 1 August 2023]
Stallan-Brand has lodged a detailed planning application to overhaul two identical, mould and damp-riddled 1960s council housing blocks in Edinburgh
Studio Egret West has won approval to flatten a 1950s former tax office in Manchester and replace it with a 45-storey housing block and 19-storey offices
Retrofit and the AJ’s RetroFirst campaign will be discussed at the Ecocity World Summit, taking place at London’s Barbican next month
The City of London is looking to adopt a ‘retrofit first’ policy for its future City Plan, according to proposals debated last month
Michael Gove has postponed his much-anticipated decision on Pilbrow + Partners’ plans to demolish and rebuild Marks & Spencer Oxford Street until July
Curl La Tourelle Head Architecture has unveiled plans for a part-retrofit, part-new build housing scheme across a post-war council estate in the Welsh city of Newport
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