vHH Partner Josh McCosh argues that meaningful progress on low-carbon construction demands immediate legislative action, a shift to natural materials, and industry-wide accountability for real building performance #RegenerativeArchitectureIndex #ReinventingPractice

🎉 #HappyNewYear from #vHHArchitects
Find out about our on-site projects - a delicate retrofit of The Commissioner’s House & a low-carbon #Passivhaus primary school - on our website www.vhh.co.uk
As 2026 unfolds, we wish our clients, collaborators and friends a year marked by renewal and purpose 🙏

vHH Partner James McCosh talks to @architecturetoday.bsky.social for their #ReinventingPractice series, about making meaningful progress on low-carbon construction.
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#RegenerativeArchitectureIndex @architectsdeclare.bsky.social #RegenerativeDesign

“ We support UK Architects Declare in their work to drive clear and positive legislative changes, and to encourage an industry-wide shift towards a new, regenerative paradigm.”

#vHHArchitects #ClimateAction #Support

"At its heart, the project entailed a kind of at-first-glance-invisible, retrofit – very much the kind of work vHH excels at and Josh himself relishes."

Leicester Cathedral in @news.architectsjournal.co.uk

#Retrofit #Leicester #Cathedral #Architecture

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We are excited to announce that we have received Reserved Matters Approval for our new Passivhaus-designed primary facilities at Houlton - to transform the existing award-winning secondary school into an all-through school, with an age range of 4-18 vhh.co.uk/project/houl... #Education #Passivhaus

🎉 We have handed over #LeicesterCathedral after over 17yrs of working together; from feasibility study/masterplan for the reordering, to full services/energy upgrade & subsequent 4-storey #low-energy extension (+ unexpected reinterment of Richard III in between!)🤲 The new centre will open on 14 June

At our Commissioners House project, the roof has been stripped and we have been finalising details of the new carpentry of the roof and dormers, ready for the new lead and tiles. This June, the Dockyard are offering rooftop tours to the public for the first time. Book here: lnkd.in/eEWXf5y7 #CHDT

👂 Listen to these unique #soundscapes created for #LeicesterCathedral's #RichardIII reinterment 10yr anniversary, by music students at De Montfort University. Played around the tomb, they feature interview excerpts from vHH Partner Josh McCosh leicestercathedral.org/stories-in-s...
#StoriesinSound

The Commissioners House project at #Chatham #Historic #Dockyard is making progress, evident by the huge scaffold, designed to stand completely independent from the historic #building itself so no extra stress or weight is placed on the fragile #Georgian #architecture. www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8ed...

vHH's James McCosh + TLET CEO James Higham will present a case study at the Education Estates Conference exploring lessons learned from the creative retrofit + low-carbon new build at Houlton School.
🗓️ 14th October 4-5pm
🎟️ Book now! www.educationestates.com/conference-p...

As Spring gears up, so does our work on the Commissioner’s House project at The Historic Dockyard Chatham. Having received approval for planning and Scheduled Ancient Monument consent, we are now excited about works getting started #Heritage #Architecture #Decarbonisation vhh.co.uk/news/commiss...