Bennetts to rework #Derby Assembly Rooms as council gets £20m cash boost - hopefully saving this fine period building from it's previously proposed #demolition. #retrofirst #climatecrisis
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/bennetts-to-rework-derby-assembly-rooms-as-council-gets-20m-cash-boost?tkn=1

Cut #VAT to encourage retrofit of historic buildings, says UK parliamentary report which calls for a cut in VAT when #retrofitting historic buildings and a presumption against #demolition in the #planning process. #RetroFirst #climate #embodiedenergy.
https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/cut-vat-to-encourage-retrofit-of-historic-buildings-says-parliamentary-report

RT @WHurst1: Boom! Not a bad start to 2023 for @ArchitectsJrnal’s #RetroFirst campaign & @WillArnoldEng’s idea of a Grade III listing ♻️♻️♻️
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/ce532b4c-8a1a-11ed-b24e-c1aaebfbdb8d?shareToken=7df6e0801849c2b8ffe1d585009309ee

🐦🔗: https://n.respublicae.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1609860183445880832

RT @C20Society@twitter.com

As #AJRetrofitLive kicks off today - a topic at the heart of the heritage campaigning we do (re-use, don’t demolish!) - we bring you some key examples of C20 retrofitting and repurposing. It *can* be done.

Here goes…

#retrofitlive #retrofirst #retrofit #heritage #architecture

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/C20Society/status/1595330449555038210

Park Hill, #Sheffield #UK Phase two, now nearing completion, follows the first phase's successful rebrand with a more understated approach. Very impressive & intelligent #RetroFirst by #MikhailRiches @mikhailriches #architects #brutalism originally #public #housing #MegaBlock https://www.concretecentre.com/Concrete-Quarterly-magazine/Park-Hill.aspx

V. Valuable & interesting idea this to accelerate #RetroFirst. Could a Grade III listing for buildings halt the UK’s tide of demolition?

https://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/news/opinion/could-a-grade-iii-listing-for-buildings-halt-the-uks-tide-of-demolition

RT @WHurst1: EXCLUSIVE: Heritage charity @SAVEBrit launches crowdfunder as it prepares for public inquiry over future of #RetroFirst case study M&S Oxford St https://t.co/rQXNRVo6mg

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1551839045591990272

RT @SustainableTall: Restoration and extension of a former gin distillery in London, from 1957. The extension is built of mass timber, facade clad in recycled brick.

69% of the original building is #RetroFirst saving 1,709 tonnes of embodied carbon

https://t.co/MBmcjXK1sW

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1543933171556810755

RT @WHurst1: Not over yet but this is a big move. Thank you ⁦@michaelgove⁩ & thanks to ⁦@SAVEBrit⁩ and all our ⁦@ArchitectsJrnal⁩ #RetroFirst campaign supporters ⁦@waitey⁩ ♻️♻️♻️💪💪💪 https://t.co/62gZGatbgQ

🐦🔗: https://nitter.eu/PaulBrannenNE/status/1539156699650707461