This month's retrofit-focussed issue is packed with projects that show a determination to use the existing, where possible, for the benefit of community and environment
Within its pages are building studies highlighting a handful of innovative retrofit projects, including a reconfigured wing at The National Gallery, a former bank and a one-time barrack in Ghent that has been transformed into a mixed-use neighbourhood. Also in Buildings, see inside V&A East Storehouse, a triumph of retrofit that redefines what it means to visit a museum.
In Culture, we visit this year's Creative Folkestone Triennial arts festival, while Nile Bridgeman reviews Design and Disability, a new exhibition at V&A South Kensington that showcases designs by and for disabled people.
Meanwhile, News features highlight stories from architects working at the forefront of retrofit practice, including architects working toward a self-storage revolution and three architects-turned-clients leading heritage-led regeneration projects.
Elsewhere in this month's issue, Kunle Barker gives his take on why Sheffield's Park Hill is a model for our times and The Coach offers advice for an architect reluctant to take on a management role.
Plus, the finalists are unveiled for this year's AJ Architecture Awards- take a full look at the shortlists inside.
