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
The Weaver’s House consists of three adjoining Grade II-listed buildings dating back to the early 18th century, which have been refurbished and extended with a new glulam-structured atrium
The four-storey semi-detached terrace house has been opened up with living spaces giving out onto a stepped and terraced garden modelled with Barragán-like pigmented surfaces
The architect has transformed Holbein Gardens, a 1980s office building near Sloane Square, for client Grosvenor, reusing steel from nearby demolition sites
The transformed Chancery House above London Silver Vaults is the largest workspace for developer The Office Group, following on from its flagship project the Black & White Building
The Angel Yard project in Upper Edmonton reuses the structures of a series of derelict garages to accommodate community and young enterprise activities
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios has adapted the Grade I-listed Shrewsbury Flaxmill Maltings into a £28 million social enterprise hub for Historic England after first being engaged on the project nearly 20 years ago
This renovation of a five-storey house within the Well Street Common Conservation Area includes a new Crittall-glazed extension
The refurbishment of this garden flat in north London employs the muted tones seen in the domestic interiors depicted by 19th-century Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi
The listed former Department of Education building has been restored and remodelled with 192 guest rooms, event spaces and three bars and restaurants
An abandoned 1939 concrete structure in Ringstead on the Jurassic Coast has been reworked into a 76m² subterranean holiday home
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