AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2026 shortlist 1: Adaptive reuse categories

The Architects’ Journal AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2026 shortlist 1: Adaptive reuse categories The AJ can exclusively announce the first set of shortlists for this year’s AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards, beginning with the five adaptive reuse categories The post AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards 2026 shortlist 1: Adaptive reuse categories appeared first on The Architects’ Journal Fran Williams

Structural columns buckle on 21st floor of Manhattan adaptive reuse project

Designed by Gensler and developed by Metro Loft in conjunction with Collaborative Construction Management, the project is converting the former Pfizer headquarters into apartments. 

Buckled Columns Leave NYC Pfizer HQ Conversion Unstable

Why did two load-bearing columns buckle inside a landmark adaptive reuse project? Engineers must stabilize the building before seeking answers.

Radical reuse: Purbeck Cottage by TYPE

Located in a small hamlet along Dorset’s Jurassic Coast, architecture studio TYPE has completed the retrofit of two derelict 19th-century quarryman’s cottages into a single, 85 square metre low-carbon retreat. The project was shaped by the clients’ philosophy of radical reuse. Rejecting the brand new or pristine, the couple wanted a weathered aesthetic, celebrating the […] The post Radical reuse: Purbeck Cottage by TYPE appeared first on Architecture Magazine.

United Infrastructure, SoilDri partner for AMP8 delivery

United Infrastructure and SoilDri have formed a national innovation partnership, focused on infrastructure delivery and soil reuse, targeted at AMP8 projects.

FT - Recycling the world’s hard drive waste, 13022023

Shredding hard drives may be a sure-fire way to prevent data leaks from discarded devices, but as the FT’s TMT correspondent Anna Gross reports, it can create significant amounts of waste and squander rare metals. Information can be deleted with wiping software, but why are companies reluctant to use it?

The B1M - Before and After: Buildings Reinvented, 27022019

In an effort to retain heritage, reduce waste and overcome the challenge of finding sites in urban areas, architects, engineers and developers are breathing new life into existing structures and the communities around them

Supply Chain Sustainability School - Retrofit - The Scale of the Opportunity, 24112022

A 2 hour video conference about Retrofit in the Heritage, Commercial and Domestic Housing sectors

RICS - Lowering embodied carbon – A whole life approach to decarbonisation, 08122021

Embodied carbon has traditionally been overlooked as a cause of emissions in the built environment. While an inefficient building can be renovated and improved to reduce future in-use emissions, the clock cannot be turned back on embodied carbon. What is required is a whole life approach to decarbonisation. How can this be best achieved and what are the challenges that need to be overcome?

RICS - Retrofitting for the future: Net zero for existing building stock, 29062022

In this RICS webinar, the panel discuss the challenges in retrofitting existing stock, how can these be overcome and the best way to reduce emissions and energy use

Can net zero carbon targets be helped by a change in tax such as VAT to zero for refurbishment and reuse and 20% on new build?

Has anyone had any experience trying to recover ppe for reuse?

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