The AJ Retrofit & Reuse Awards celebrate architectural excellence in the renewal and repurposing of existing buildings. The awards cover 16 categories, with an emphasis on the reuse of materials and structure. The second group of four categories to be announced are: Conservation and historic (up to £10 million); Conservation and historic (£10 million and over); Decarbonisation and net zero; and Future reuse.
Queen Victoria's Picnic Lodge in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, a picnic cottage enjoyed by Queen Victoria when holidaying in Balmoral has been restored to its former glory for The National Trust for Scotland. The project preserves the building for future generations to enjoy and engage with its history and the surrounding landscape.
Located amongst native woodland on the Mar Lodge Estate National Nature Reserve near Braemar, Britain’s largest National Nature Reserve, the project has saved the lodge from Scotland’s Buildings at Risk Register. The cottage is Moxon’s first completed building for Mar Lodge, as part of a wider programme of planned works for the Trust to secure the long-term future of the estate’s buildings through restoration and renovation.
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