We've retrofitted our retrofit events!
The Architects’ Journal is delighted to be combining two flagship events under one roof in 2024. Both events will take place at The Brewery in London on 11 September 2024, uniting our community of retrofit and reuse experts, practitioners and advisers to champion and celebrate positive change for the built environment.
AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards
Celebrating excellence in retrofit and reuse in the built environment
The AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards celebrate architectural expertise and ingenuity in the physical and environmental adaption and upgrade of buildings, and the reuse of building materials and structures in response to the climate emergency and changing requirements of use.
Recognising excellence in retrofit is a very important thing to do as we face up to the climate crisis. We need to reduce carbon emissions now; to retrofit a building rather than demolishing and replacing saves all the embodied carbon while reducing the in-use emissions of the existing building. It's so important to celebrate this kind of architecture in the same way as we celebrate new buildings.
I really enjoyed judging at this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. The awards are a wonderful way for projects and their teams to be recognised for the hard work, skill and ingenuity in reworking existing buildings for all sorts of uses. The awards ceremony is a further great way to celebrate and join other leading names in the industry for a night to gather and reflect on the achievements of those shortlisted.
In an age when we are facing potentially catastrophic climate breakdown and all that entails, the AJ Retrofit Awards highlight the importance of adapting and re-imaging our built environment through the careful use of existing resources. The awards promote the highest standards of architecture and design and set the benchmark in the conservation of all that is important in our historic built environment.
The AJ Retrofit Awards are quite unique – not only do they reward first class design, successful project delivery and client/user satisfaction, they also celebrate how the best architectural interventions can completely transform a building and how its users experience it. We all know that working with existing buildings is a challenge but it is something that as an industry we need to get much better at, and fast. The more we can re-use, recycle, upgrade, transform and inspire through great architecture, the better for everyone. That is what the AJ Retrofit Awards are all about.
The AJ Retrofit Awards has quickly become an exemplary champion of intelligently crafted reuse in architecture. It fosters an important discussion of design quality and sustainability at a time when we now more than ever are recognising the critical need to make the most of the buildings we already have, not just those yet to be built.
Retro-fit; repurposing a redundant shell, reigniting a tired interior, or simply extending a house. In prolonging the useful life of our existing building stock, this award rewards the toil of those railing against the throw-away culture - to recycle, it is a celebration of the genuinely sustainable.
Recognising excellence in retrofit is a very important thing to do as we face up to the climate crisis. We need to reduce carbon emissions now; to retrofit a building rather than demolishing and replacing saves all the embodied carbon while reducing the in-use emissions of the existing building. It's so important to celebrate this kind of architecture in the same way as we celebrate new buildings.
I really enjoyed judging at this year’s AJ Retrofit Awards. The awards are a wonderful way for projects and their teams to be recognised for the hard work, skill and ingenuity in reworking existing buildings for all sorts of uses. The awards ceremony is a further great way to celebrate and join other leading names in the industry for a night to gather and reflect on the achievements of those shortlisted.
In an age when we are facing potentially catastrophic climate breakdown and all that entails, the AJ Retrofit Awards highlight the importance of adapting and re-imaging our built environment through the careful use of existing resources. The awards promote the highest standards of architecture and design and set the benchmark in the conservation of all that is important in our historic built environment.
The AJ Retrofit Awards are quite unique – not only do they reward first class design, successful project delivery and client/user satisfaction, they also celebrate how the best architectural interventions can completely transform a building and how its users experience it. We all know that working with existing buildings is a challenge but it is something that as an industry we need to get much better at, and fast. The more we can re-use, recycle, upgrade, transform and inspire through great architecture, the better for everyone. That is what the AJ Retrofit Awards are all about.
AJ Retrofit Live
The AJ Retrofit Live conference is returning for the third year, uniting architects, their built environment colleagues, clients, and lawmakers to identify the best retrofit and circular economy practices and discuss the transformational changes we need to see to upgrade the built environment in line with whole-life carbon principles.
New for 2024 | Circular Build: The Future of Sustainable Innovation
Formerly known as WasteBuild Zero, Circular Build is a community of innovators that exists to redefine the future of sustainable construction. In 2024 it will be making its London debut and co-locating with Retrofit Live.
We want the 2024 iteration to build on the momentum achieved from the last two editions which took place in Amsterdam. Prepare to witness the convergence of leading international circular economy manufacturers and solutions with the UK's most visionary architects and specifiers.
Excellent event, very relevant and interested audience. Much more relevant than we had hoped. I will definitely be back next year.
Charles Devenish, managing director, Adexon Fire & Smoke Curtains
A great event to learn about the UK Retrofit sector and meet those delivering our Net Zero Carbon future.
Ángel Morales-Aguilar, partner, LDN Architects
The AJ Retrofit agenda captures everything that is important right now in carbon reduction commitment and helps keep the momentum. It brings together some of the best minds in the industry , and shares the passion and determination to make a difference. Well done AJ.
Colin Bignell, sales director, Selectaglaze
The quality and range of speakers and discussions was excellent. I'd also like to thanks the team organising and hosting the event who delivered a polished event from start to finish.
Joe Penn, sustainability officer, City of London Corporation
I felt nicely retrofitted after it!
Jeffery Smith, author