Hana Loftus is a designer, planner and policy-maker. She is a director of HAT Projects, an architecture and planning practice.

Demolishing post-war buildings shouldn’t be the default

Despite the creative possibilities and environmental benefits of refurbishment, developers are all too eager to start over

6 Sep 2023

The true test of a building is the passing of time

At RIBA a film by Jim Stephenson shows that architecture can have a long and unpredictable afterlife

30 Jun 2023