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18 Apr. 2024 – In our first DWB ‘case study tour’, General Projects gave us excellent, informative and frank insights into their re-imagined and re-invented restoration of the famous HEALS building on Tottenham Court Road in London.

10 May 2024 – Read about how Trilogy Real Estate have repurposed the unloved and empty 90's office buildings into a thriving mixed use education campus for 15,000 students and start-up hub in London’s East India Dock. (Image: Leanne Tritton)

27 June 2024 – DWB had an eye-opening tour with the Letchworth Garden City Heritage Foundation, a unique place-based foundation which has responsibility for a large portfolio of suburban properties, including commercial, residential, retail and community facilities. The foundation is unique with all profits from the portfolio being re-invested into the maintenance and upkeep or back into the community. (Image: Leanne Tritton)

14 Aug. 2024 – Arding & Hobbs is a mixed-use restoration of a disused Grade-II listed 19th-century landmark department store in Clapham Junction, London, revitalising a historic streetscape and activating the street level with brand-new amenities for the public. Developer W.RE restored, expanded, and transformed the disused landmark into a characterful workspace for approximately 1,000 people, alongside community, F&B and retail facilities. (Image courtesy of W.RE)

25 Sep. 2024 – The BBC wanted a world class, net-zero workplace in the heart of Birmingham—a showcase of its presence in a thriving city boasting the youngest population in Europe. Developer Stoford brings a 100-year-old industrial building back to life for the next 100 years, transforming a neglected part of the city’s heritage in Digbeth into a dynamic broadcasting hub for 700 staff across TV and radio. (Image courtesy of Howells)

26 Nov. 2024 – One of the first generation of buildings on the Canary Wharf estate completing in 1991, 30 South Colonnade, with its renowned stock ticker, became a familiar landmark to many as broadcast news reporters delivered their business updates with the building in the background. Designed by BGY on behalf of Quadrant and Oaktree Capital Management, YY London is a comprehensive refurbishment project that transforms 30SC while preserving the original structure and its embodied carbon emissions. (Image courtesy of BGY)

3 Dec. 2024 – With its structure retained, Bruntwood with the help of architects Howells have rewrapped this tired 1980s office building, bringing contemporary design to a neglected street corner in the heart of Birmingham’s business district. (Image courtesy of Howells)

5 Dec. 2024 – Zodiac Court in West Croydon laid empty for 30 years, gradually declining and becoming a focus for anti-social behaviour and a 'hole' on the high street – before Common Projects acquired it. The tour showed us new apartments and amenities created from this no longer needed office space. The building’s 'constraints' have been turned to attributes: big windows framed by the original concrete spandrels, exposed waffle slab ceilings in common rooms, and restored original façade art. (Image courtesy of Common Projects)

7 Feb. 2025 – How do you bring a fire-ravaged Grade II listed building back to life? That was the question ably answered by another great case study tour from Don’t Waste Buildings. Gutted by fire in 2013, an incredible restoration job by General Projects and Feix&Merlin Architects have brought it a new lease of life.