The deep and comprehensive refurbishment of the Miesian Plaza complex on Dublin’s Baggot Street provides a radical blueprint for how to transform mid- 20th century city office buildings into comfortable, healthy and super low energy spaces that support sustainable transport and working patterns.

This issue features the first certified passive house in the region of Murcia in south-east Spain.

The passive social housing scheme that won British architecture’s top award

Flat-pack furniture has become a fixture of modern living, but what happens when the same concept is applied to housing – and when the client is an architect seeking to build to passive house and nearly zero energy building levels?