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AJ Retrofit Awards 2021 winners revealed with Pearson Lloyd has been named AJ Retrofit of the Year 2021 The conversion of a warehouse in Hackney, east London, not only found a new use for a building that faced demolition but reused as many materials as possible – both from the site and reclamation yards. Advertisement The AJ’s Rob Wilson and Fran Williams, who chaired the various judging panels, said the winning project was  ‘notable for having transformed some previously unremarkable and ramshackle commercial structures into a rather poetic and beautiful whole’. The scheme, which a...

Building study: Lambeth Palace Library by Wright & Wright Projects seldom come so freighted with history or as laden with expectation as Lambeth Palace Library, which was recently completed to stringent specifications, writes Fran Williams. Photography by Lambeth Palace’s Wright & Wright-designed £23.5 million national library and archive for the Church of England has long been anticipated. Now due to open formally on a yet-to-be-announced date later this year, it was one of the AJ’s top 5 buildings to look out for in 2020. This is a flagship project for a practice which excels at ins...

New concept designs for Smithfield East & West Market buildings and Rotunda unveiled What is city talk? Smithfield concept The City of London Corporation has revealed the first images of new concept designs for  turning these special buildings into a new food and cultural destination for all Londoners.  The new images, which have been put together by architects Studio Egret West, show  how the buildings could be used in the future – helping to strengthen and diversify the  cultural and creative offer of the Square Mile, while attracting new visitors and the wider  ...

Sarah Townsend Whitefield-based HH Smith has been selected to undertake the first phase of work to restore the grade one-listed building on The Esplanade and will start on site in the coming days. Rochdale Council has already granted planning permission to the scheme and secured £8.3m from the National Lottery Fund last October enabling it to kickstart the project. The council intends to fund the remaining £14m scheme cost. HH Smith is to carry out critical work over the next six months such as electricals, drainage, wiring and the stripping out of modern additions, like mezzanine floors an...

BBC News By Kate Lamble image copyrightGetty Images How did Grenfell Tower come to be covered in combustible materials when it was refurbished? That's the question the public inquiry into the west London fire in June 2017 which killed 72 people has been asking. This year the inquiry has heard more than 400 hours of evidence, from 53 witnesses. The team behind the BBC's Grenfell Tower Inquiry podcast has reported on all of it. Here's what we've learned. 1. An insulation manufacturer 'lied for commercial gain' when launching its product Two types of combustible plastic foam insulation were us...