Mayor to investigate London’s housing demolition ‘loophole’
London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to investigate a claim that around 1,000 homes in the capital have been wrongly labelled ‘obsolete’ and earmarked for demolition
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
By will hurst 24 March 2023 5,120 Views
London mayor Sadiq Khan has pledged to investigate a claim that around 1,000 homes in the capital have been wrongly labelled ‘obsolete’ and earmarked for demolition
By Gino Spocchia 22 March 2023 4,919 Views
The future headquarters of Great British Railways (GBR) will likely be a retrofit rather than a new build, the AJ has learnt
By Gino Spocchia 10 March 2023 3,811 Views
Architectural historian and campaigner Barnabas Calder has warned architects at an AJ100 lunch against playing ‘reputational Russian roulette’ by working on carbon-heavy projects
By Richard Waite 9 March 2023 4,326 Views
The latest in an AJ series looking at architects who have saved buildings from the bulldozers or given them a new lease of life
By Gino Spocchia 9 March 2023 3,576 Views
Developers planning to knock down and replace buildings will be asked to show alternative options to demolition under new guidance issued by the City of London Corporation
By will hurst 8 March 2023 6,828 Views
The profession needs to sign up to an Hippocratic oath to pledge to do no harm to the environment, architect Simon Sturgis has said at the SAVE Britain’s Heritage annual lecture
By Gino Spocchia 6 March 2023 2,374 Views
A proposed amendment to the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill currently going through Parliament seeks to make it mandatory for all demolitions to require planning permission
By Gino Spocchia 28 February 2023 1,824 Views
Labour MSP Paul Sweeney has joined campaigners who are calling into question Glasgow City Council’s commitment to reusing its existing buildings ahead of its three-day retrofit summit, which starts today (28 February)
By Gino Spocchia 8 February 2023 5,783 Views
Southwark Council has scrapped Haworth Tompkins' refurbishment of a south London tower block in favour of demolition after costs soared to nearly £70 million
By Kit Heren 3 February 2023 8,719 Views
TV presenter and comedian Griff Rhys Jones is leading an ‘unprecedented coalition of heritage organisations’ against Herzon & de Meuron's plans to revamp London’s Liverpool Street station