Events
See what we have coming up, and what we’ve been up to!
Retrofit Meets: Hearts & Minds (external event)
Don’t Waste Buildings co-founder Leanne Tritton will be joining this free panel discussion hosted at the Building Centre, exploring the theme Hearts & Minds, challenging perceptions about building and ownership types to prioritise retrofit over more wasteful alternatives.
Residential Development: Navigating Planning and Sustainability (external event)
Tania Jennings, Don’t Waste Buildings’ Policy Co-Lead and Net Zero Carbon Manager at Lewisham Council, will be speaking at the Alliance of Construction Networks (ACN) Residential Planning & Sustainability event on 8th May.
ACAN! "Hug the Building!" (external event)
DWB co-founders, Leanne Tritton and Will Hurst, (as well as fellow DWB members Sara Edmonds, Simon Sturgis and John Christophers), will be speaking at the ACAN! “Hug the Building” event to launch their groundbreaking Demolition Map.
FOOTPRINT+ Let's talk about money: Retrofit needs to be profitable (external event)
DWB co-founders Richard Nelson, Leanne Tritton and Will Hurst will be leading this panel discussion at FOOTPRINT+ along with retrofit developer Steve Sanham, Director of Common Projects, and consultant Becci Taylor, Director/Retrofit at Scale Lead of ARUP, exploring the policy and financial challenges of making retrofit more profitable.
Cities Forum: Partnering for Growth, hosted by Key Cities (external event)
DWB co-founder Leanne Tritton will be speaking about Don’t Waste Buildings at the inaugural Cities Forum, hosted by Key Cities at the University of Staffordshire in Stoke-on-Trent.
Concrete Communities and C20 Risk List Launch (external event)
DWB co-founder, Richard Nelson, speaking on a Concrete Communities panel discussing ‘reuse’, at the official launch event of the Twentieth Century Society’s 2025 Risk List. (Photo: Richard Nelson)
Case Study Tour: Walworth Town Hall
THIS TOUR IS SOLD OUT! After being ravaged by a fire in 2013, General Projects was appointed by Southwark Council to redevelop Walworth Town Hall, a focal point for the local community since 1894. (Image courtesy of General Projects)
Webinar: Unpicking the NPPF and what it means for growth, building and climate
Estelle Dehon KC, one of the UK’s leading public law barristers specialising in environment and planning law, will be in conversation with DWB Co-Founder and Architects’ Journal Managing Editor, Will Hurst, giving her views on the updated National Planning Policy Framework and what it means for the built environment, the UK’s growth agenda and the climate. Register HERE, or click the button below for details.
Case Study Tour: Zodiac Building, Croydon
Don’t Waste Buildings has organised a tour of East Croydon's Zodiac Court, a 'typical' outer London, 1960s complex now being transformed into much-needed new homes by Common Projects. (Image courtesy of Common Projects)
Cornerblock Tour
Organised by our new DWB West Midlands chapter, this tour will be led by the developers, Bruntwood Group, and their architects, Howells, to hear why they chose to retain the building and how they went about bringing it to market for a new audience. (Image courtesy of Howells)
End of Year Wrap-up Breakfast
Please join us and our generous hosts, BVN Architecture, for our end of year wrap-up breakfast to hear about our progress and future goals for 2025. (Image: Shutterstock.com)
Retrofit Policy Roundtable @ IoD
Don’t Waste Buildings is organising a private policy roundtable discussion hosted by the Institute of Directors Property and Built Environment Group at the IoD’s prestigious 116 Pall Mall headquarters. This discussion will bring together government and local authority policymakers, influencers, opinion formers, and market experts to hear evidence and discuss potential solutions. (Image courtesy of IoD)
Case Study Tour: YY London, Canary Wharf
SOLD OUT! Don’t Waste Buildings has organised another fantastic retrofit case study tour, this time of the YY Building in Canary Wharf. (Image courtesy of BGY)