AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards shortlist 4: Project under £500k, Retrofit Revisited and Saved from Demolition

The shortlists for all 17 categories of the revamped awards have been announced over the course of the week, concluding today with Project under £500,000 (up to £300,000); Project under £500,000 (£300,000-£500,000); Retrofit Revisited; and Saved from Demolition.

The AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards celebrate architectural expertise and ingenuity in the physical and environmental adaption and upgrade of buildings, and the reuse of building materials and structure in response to the climate emergency and changing requirements of use.

For 2024, the awards cover 17 brand-new categories which the AJ has retrofitted to make more appropriate to the discussion surrounding retrofit, spanning from adaptive reuse to decarbonisation to net zero retrofit.

Three of these categories will be judged live on stage at the AJ Retrofit Live conference on 11 September 2024, allowing the shortlisted practices to bring their projects to life in front of a live audience and judging panel. These categories are Conservation and Historic (£5 million and over); Private/Individual Renovation (up to £1 million); and Retrofit Revisited.

The winners of the 17 categories plus Practice of the Year, Retrofit of the Year and Client of the Year will be announced at an event at The Brewery, London in the evening on the same day as the conference. Book your place here.

 

Shortlists

Project under £500,000 (up to £300,000)

• Costa’s Barbers by Brisco Loran and Arrant Industries
• Croft 3 by fardaa
• Bikeworks by Foster Kirk Architects
• Burnside Cottage by née gibson architects
• North Roe Kirk by née gibson architects
• Perforated House by Novak Hiles Architects
• Knapp Stable by Patrick Lewis Architects
• Norwich Terrace Retrofit by Redhead Architects
• The Cherry Store by TAK Studio
• Seymour Lodge Gighouse by Woodrow Vizor Architects

 

Project under £500,000 (£300,000-£500,000)

• 43 Groombridge Road by Astrain Scheldt Architects
• The Judd by Bradley Van Der Straeten Architects
• Accessible Retrofit Home by Chambers McMillan Architects
• The Transmitter Bunker by Corstorphine & Wright
• The Cowshed by Design Storey
• Jacob's Flat by Paul Archer Design
• Little Gaddesden by Ritchie Wrigley Architects
• Terrazzo Tetris by Sanya Polescuk Architects
• House extension in Stoke Newington by VATRAA

 

Retrofit Revisited

• Paxton House by alma-nac
• The Canal Building by Child Graddon Lewis
• Wilmcote House by ECD Architects
• Southbank Tower by Kohn Pedersen Fox
• Royal Academy of Music – Susie Sainsbury Theatre and Angela Burgess Recital Hall by Ritchie Studio Architects
• Kettner’s Townhouse by SODA Studio

 

Saved from Demolition

• Citadel by Architecture 00
• Ancoats Dispensary by Buttress
• Grainhouse by Barr Gazetas
• The Dacre by Darling Associates
• Grafonola by Louis de Soissons

 

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