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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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New RIBA president Muyiwa Oki to ‘put pressure’ on government on retrofit
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M&S launches High Court appeal against Gove’s Oxford Street refusal
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Architecture needs a ‘rinse and repeat’ approach
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Is the M&S Oxford St demolition refusal a climate crisis turning point?
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Campaigners make final plea to save Portsmouth News Centre
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Piercy & Company gets planning consent to demolish former AJ office
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What Anders Lendager can teach Michael Gove about the circular economy
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Michael Gove has been bold over M&S Oxford Street. But it’s not enough

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Retrofit & sustainable buildings

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Barr Gazetas completes net zero office in Chelsea, reusing 24 tonnes of steel

The architect has transformed Holbein Gardens, a 1980s office building near Sloane Square, for client Grosvenor, reusing steel from nearby demolition sites

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dMFK with Norm complete retrofit of Chancery House for The Office Group

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

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Stallan-Brand submits plans to overhaul mould-riddled Edinburgh housing
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Studio Egret West wins approval for 45-storey scheme on site of Manchester tax office
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Retrofit-first approach to be debated at Barbican summit
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City of London considers adopting ‘retrofit first’ policy
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Gove delays M&S Oxford Street demolition ruling until July
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Curl La Tourelle Head submits plans for Newport council estate
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Mayor to investigate London’s housing demolition ‘loophole’
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Great British Railways HQ set to be a retrofit in Derby
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