@modinmetro @ianhunt Really disapointing that this fabulous cluster at waterloo is under threat. #Retrofirst
Affordable housing and retrofitting - is Westminster Council keeping its promise? - Fitzrovia News

Tom Burke, head of sustainability at Westminster, will be talking about the council’s policies, strategies and record on retrofitting.

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Bennetts to rework #Derby Assembly Rooms as council gets £20m cash boost - hopefully saving this fine period building from it's previously proposed #demolition. #retrofirst #climatecrisis
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bennetts-to-rework-derby-assembly-rooms-as-council-gets-20m-cash-boost?tkn=1
Bennetts to rework Derby Assembly Rooms as council gets £20m cash boost

Bennetts Associates has been hired to rework Derby’s Brutalist Assembly Rooms – the latest stage in an eight-year saga following a fire in 2014

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‘Demolishing Glasgow’s Wyndford towers would be an outrage’

The residents of the run-down high-rises on Glasgow’s Wyndford estate are battling a proposal to demolish the towers and rebuild. They are true climate champions, writes architect Malcolm Fraser

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Cut #VAT to encourage retrofit of historic buildings, says UK parliamentary report which calls for a cut in VAT when #retrofitting historic buildings and a presumption against #demolition in the #planning process. #RetroFirst #climate #embodiedenergy.
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/cut-vat-to-encourage-retrofit-of-historic-buildings-says-parliamentary-report
Cut VAT to encourage retrofit of historic buildings, says parliamentary report

A heritage parliamentary group has called for a cut in VAT when retrofitting historic buildings and a presumption against demolition in the planning process

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Park Hill, #Sheffield #UK Phase two, now nearing completion, follows the first phase's successful rebrand with a more understated approach. Very impressive & intelligent #RetroFirst by #MikhailRiches @mikhailriches #architects #brutalism originally #public #housing #MegaBlock https://www.concretecentre.com/Concrete-Quarterly-magazine/Park-Hill.aspx
Park Hill

V. Valuable & interesting idea this to accelerate #RetroFirst. Could a Grade III listing for buildings halt the UK’s tide of demolition?

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion/could-a-grade-iii-listing-for-buildings-halt-the-uks-tide-of-demolition

Could a Grade III listing for buildings halt the UK’s tide of demolition?

The government should refresh the Town and Country Planning Act and introduce a Grade III status to protect millions of buildings from needless demolition, writes Will Arnold 

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