Every week, humans build an area equivalent to the city of Paris, consuming around half of all raw materials extracted.

The City of London Corporation has granted planning permission to revamp 108 Old Broad Street into 11,000 sq m of office space.

Tilbury Douglas has been appointed for the £10m refurbishment of a 19th-century theatre that was spotlighted in the Most Haunted TV series.

More reuse and refurbishment is needed in Ireland and Northern Ireland instead of demolition, says the Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB). 

steel-framed buildings Existing buildings can be reused and repurposed, rather than demolished in favour of new-build, and steel-framed structures provide many examples of how this is possible, writes Martin Cooper.

Retrofitting and refurbishing is a way to reduce construction’s energy consumption, but can it work on large projects?

Heritage contractor Simpson (York) has revealed the original Victorian architecture of Hull Maritime Museum, as part of structural works involved in its £12m refurbishment.

The multiple subcontractors for the bespoke design were smoothly assembled by Bill Taylor into a collaborative team.

The Amelia Scott Centre has been a complex heritage and refurbishment project for Willmott Dixon Interiors, which involved joining together two existing buildings.

Osborne has won a £21m deal to refurbish the Grade II-listed 84 Moorgate in London, which was once home to a government spying operation during the second world war.