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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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MPs call for VAT cut on retrofit projects to tackle ‘disparity’ with new-build
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Adaptive reuse drives innovation and social impact. Just look at Sheerness
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Buttress reveals housing plans for site of flattened Stirling Prize winner
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How architectural activism is flourishing in Denmark
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Collective Architecture gets OK to retrofit Brutalist Edinburgh housing blocks
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Why circularity must become the new normal
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RetroFirst stories: How Michael Collins is returning a rotting mansion to community use
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dMFK starts work on major revamp of City’s iconic Tower 42

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  5. Finalists revealed in contest to rethink ‘unwelcoming’ space under Clapham bridge
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Retrofit & sustainable buildings

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Haworth Tompkins completes new extension for Old Vic

The six-storey Backstage annexe to the Grade II*-listed theatre in Waterloo prioritises recycled materials and features a colourful façade of salvaged theatre barn-door lighting

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Will Gamble Architects renovates landmark Cornish house

The Island, a bungalow atop a granite rock off the coast of Newquay, is connected to the mainland by a simple pedestrian bridge

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Why we must save the University of York’s Vice-Chancellor’s House
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Loader Monteith wins approval to update Birmingham Modernist house
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The Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard will encourage demolition
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Ayre Chamberlain Gaunt wins approval to retrofit listed 1970s Reading Uni block
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How architects can lead the charge on neighbourhood scale retrofit
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AJ webinar: How to get domestic retrofit right
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RetroFirst Stories: how Whiteman Architects is keeping ‘Art Deco vibes’ in house overhaul
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Glasgow’s Wyndford towers demolished
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Work starts on EBBA’s overhaul of listed house designed by Team 4 founder
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Listing bid to save Wolverhampton’s 1960s art school from demolition
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