In a very short period of time, our economy has changed. Now more than ever, it’s important to consider new and viable approaches to how we all do business. One potential opportunity is adaptive reuse ...

This blog post was authored by Ben de Rubertis, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, ULI, Principal, Flad; Stuart Lewis, LEED AP, Principal and Planner, Flad; and Chad Zuberbuhler, Assoc. AIA, Principal and Planner, ...

The NASA Sustainability Base, designed by William McDonough + Partners with AECOM was constructed based on Design for Deconstruction principles. Image © William ...

Across North America, architects are redefining the future of existing buildings. Vacant office towers are becoming apartments. Hotels are being converted into student housing. Warehouses are finding ...

A n old hotel turned into trendy apartments; a restaurant built in a former bank; and a warehouse divided into cool office spaces are three prime examples of adaptive reuse. In today’s climate of ...

An expected change to the city’s adaptive reuse rules could clear the way for converting a broader pool of the city’s buildings into housing, a privilege that has historically been reserved for older ...

With the increasing climate change, designers of all kinds are grappling with a challenging question, Is innovation enough, or is restraint the new frontier of climate action? To architect and ...

Cambridge Suites is one of Canada’s newest adaptive reuse buildings. The original Cambridge Suites Hotel was planned by WZMH Architects in 1990. Now, the WZMH team has redesigned the mixed-use ...

Abandoned buildings have a deeply negative impact on their surrounding areas, so why aren’t more of them restored? Here's what some specialists think. The pandemic has challenged the construction ...

Design teams have a new mission. Over the last two decades, the operating emissions of America’s total building stock have been pared back so far that it generates a third less (and falling) than it ...

The design team was appointed through an international invited competition and selected from an initial group of 40 architectural teams and a shortlist of seven, with architects from every continent ...

This Chicago project took an old Sears office building and converted it to affordable, wellness-friendly apartments. One of the most pressing real estate (and social) issues today is the shortage of ...