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AJ Retrofit Practice of the year award goes to shedkm (opens the original)
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Shedkm has been named Practice of the year at the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards, recognised for its focus on wider inner-city regeneration benefits in its projects, together with its retrofit skills – from sensitive conservation to bold reimagination of structures. The practice has long been associated with pioneering new approaches to construction, particularly modular and modern methods of construction in housing. Early examples include its MoHo apartment block scheme in Manchester, complete
Winners revealed for the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards (opens the original)
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The 18 category winners of the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards have been revealed at a gala event held at the Grade II-listed Troxy, a former cinema in Stepney, east London. The awards, the only UK architectural awards programme dedicated exclusively to retrofit and adaptive reuse, celebrate architectural excellence in the renewal, adaptation and repurposing of existing buildings. This year’s 18 categories emphasise the reuse of existing structures and materials, alongside the lessons that can b
IFDO’s Eagle House in Hastings wins AJ Retrofit of the year award (opens the original)
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IFDO’s Eagle House in Hastings has been named Retrofit of the year at the 2026 AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards, in recognition of a transformation that puts social value, resilience and long-term stewardship at centre stage. The project, which also won the Adaptive reuse into mixed use category, has transformed a dilapidated 1860s building into a youth hub, public common room and workspace. The design by IFDO was developed with client Hastings Commons following extensive engagement with more than 60
Barefoot Architects creates climate-adaptive family home in Bristol (opens the original)
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The south-facing White House was a 1930s house with ad-hoc extensions, on a rare double-width plot in St Andrews, a northern suburb of Bristol. The client’s brief called for the existing home to be retained and upgraded to dramatically improve both its environmental performance and comfort levels. Low-carbon, ecological materials have been used throughout, including lime render, clay plaster and UK-grown Douglas fir timber cladding. Akin to a Mediterranean villa, a series of timber solar-shading
WonKy completes partially submerged, low-carbon house in south-east London (opens the original)
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South-east London-based practice WonKy has designed a house in the Perry Fields Conservation Area of Forest Hill. Its triangular site was a side garden to the family home of the client, who wished to downsize after her children had left. The site was exposed, being at the meeting of two roads and with views to two locally listed buildings, so the development needed to be sensitive to its context. The practice, joint winner of last year’s AJ Small Projects, worked with Lewisham Council’s planning
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