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SUBMITTED PHOTO - British retailer Marks & Spencer had received approval from Westminster Council and city hall to demolish its Art Deco flagship store along with two additional structures and replace them with a 10-storey retail outlet and office building. However, Michael Gove, the British Secretary of State for Housing and Communities, has rejected the demolition of the privately-owned building in central London.
Within the decommissioning and deconstruction processes lie further options concerning the identification of materials that can be resold, recycled and reused. Outright demolition is a last resort. “The greenest building is the one that already exists” is a phrase often heard. In today’s world, that statement is considered unreasonable.Ben Flatman, architectural editor at U.K.-based Building Design magazine, sees retrofitting as more attuned to the outlook being adopted by a new generation of designers and builders.. “The world in which old buildings were swept aside without a second thought and new builds were designed with 30-year lifecycles seems increasingly at odds with this new mood.
British retailer Marks & Spencer had received approval from Westminster Council and city hall to demolish its Art Deco flagship store along with two additional structures and replace them with a 10-storey retail outlet and office building. M&S would occupy the first two levels and the remainder would be rentable office spaces.Henrietta Billings, director of SAVE Britain’s Heritage.
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