No-one is a winner under Edinburgh Council’s retrofit scheme, argues Mel Esquerre, retrofit campaigner with Living Rent, who says the programme is a classic example of retrofit being ‘done to’ residents, rather than led by them
A major new gallery at London’s Science Museum, designed on circular economy principles, examines the rapid decarbonisation needed to limit climate change. Photography by Ståle Eriksen
AJ deputy architecture editor Fran Williams takes a look at this year’s Stirling Prize contenders – and doesn’t find much to get excited about
The exterior design of the 26-storey 357-bedroom hotel is intended to recall the cogwheels of early computers in a nod to nearby tech hub Silicon Roundabout
The Heads of Sustainability group (HoS), established in the same year that Architects Declare launched, now numbers over 100 participants and is promoting a culture of real collaboration, says Diana Dina
The Coach advises an architect looking for a more focused career path
Thousands of new homes could be created from empty shops but we need to convince the public and planners about the benefits, says Lee Mainwaring
A mixed-use building with roof gardens and an office building providing over 18,500m2 of workspace have been completed as part of the Battersea Power Station masterplan
Water Farm, a country house clause house, has a geometric timber roof form inspired by local timber-framed buildings
A photograph of the Suffolk coast has David Grandorge thinking about nearby Orford Ness, once a site of military experiments, now owned and carefully managed by the National Trust
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