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Case study: Riverside Primary School by Architype
The 550-pupil school in Perth is Scotland’s first certified Passivhaus school. Photography by David Barbour
Tag: Passivhaus
Stanton Williams designs first boarding houses for girls at historic school
Work will start next week on Stanton Williams’ plans for the first boarding houses for girls at a 642-year-old independent school in Hampshire
Pollard Thomas Edwards go-ahead for rural eco-housing with ‘parking barns’
Pollard Thomas Edwards (PTE) has been granted planning permission on appeal for what it describes as a groundbreaking Passivhaus development in rural Oxfordshire
Feneley Studio wins go-ahead for self-build timber home under country house clause
Central Bedfordshire Council has given Feneley Studio permission for a timber-framed, self-build Passivhaus on greenbelt land under the country house clause
Government ‘saves taxpayer £122 million’ by cutting energy use in its buildings
The government says it has saved the taxpayer £122 million over a one-year period by cutting energy use in its buildings.
rhp completes Passivhaus student accommodation for Cambridge college
R H Partnerships Architects (rhp) has completed a sustainable new heart for Lucy Cavendish College in Cambridge, providing student rooms, social spaces and a café
Ollier Smurthwaite wins approval for Passivhaus-on-stilts Salford scheme
Salford City Council has given planning approval to Ollier Smurthwaite Architects’ designs for a sustainable co-living housing scheme on stilts
MawsonKerr completes timber cassette Passivhaus in Northumberland
MawsonKerr has built a three-bedroom house that minimises the use of concrete and uses no structural steel
AJ Climate Champions podcast: Bob Prewett explains why Passivhaus is often too much for heritage buildings
Passivhaus pioneer Bob Prewett shares insights from Prewett Bizley Architects’ long track record of low energy retrofit, and explains why Passivhaus is often too much for heritage buildings
New practice STUDIO/gather: ’Nothing beats site meetings that end with a dip in the sea’
The latest in a series of practice profiles looking at architects who have recently decided to go it alone