Grant Thornton Headquarters
Jason Sayer2025-08-18T11:49:19+01:00HLW’s circular design for Grant Thornton UK’s new London office has resulted in a 79 reduction in embodied carbon through reuse, low-impact materials and a human-centred approach.
Dispatches: Ren DeCherney, Cradle to Cradle Certified®
Jason Sayer2025-07-02T10:35:39+01:00Ren DeCherney of Cradle to Cradle Certified® explains how multi-attribute certification can help architects specify materials that are healthy, circular and socially responsible—without compromise.
Assessing the true cost of circular design
AT Editor2024-01-25T10:23:58+00:00Jonny Plant, director at Corstorphine & Wright, explores the circular design principles behind and ‘true cost’ of the practice’s Unusual Rigging headquarters building in Northamptonshire, which is due to complete in the summer.
Materials Library: Morris + Co
AT Editor2023-12-19T09:39:07+00:00David Storring and Amelia Brown explain how Morris+Company's changing approach to materiality is being driven by environmental concerns, modern methods of construction, and the growing importance of the circular economy.
Building with what you have
Isolde Brampton-Greene2023-09-28T12:39:06+01:00The ‘Paper Garden’ in Canada Water, London, by Jan Kattein Architects is one of the UK’s most successful circular building projects to date.
RIBA dedicates exhibition to circular economy
Jessica Mairs2022-11-15T14:28:11+00:00A new exhibition at the RIBA – Long Life, Low Energy: Designing for a Circular Economy – explores the shift away from a culture of demolish and rebuild, and towards retrofit and reuse in the quest for net zero.
Applying circular economy principles to achieve net zero
AT Editor2022-08-30T09:40:41+01:00Watch our webinar, in partnership with Sika UK, exploring ways of maximising cradle-to-cradle design.
Research-led practice: White Arkitekter
Isolde Brampton-Greene2022-11-22T12:26:31+00:00
How far can architects push clients towards circular design? Kat Martindale explains how White Arkitekter's research into the environmental and financial benefits of reuse encourages clients to adopt a radical approach.