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 ...

A new study presents adaptive reuse frameworks that integrate modernization with cultural heritage preservation. By combining structural reinforcement, energy efficiency, and intelligent management ...

Repurposing extinct architectural and rural typologies, from robust barns to obsolete depots and mills. Ensuring structural and functional permanence.

One of the truisms of historic preservation is that the best use for a building is the one for which it was originally built. All too often, however, this just isn’t feasible. In order for a building ...

Sarah Sher, Visiting Assistant Professor in the Historic Preservation MS program, is an associate partner at NYC’s leading preservation consultancy Higgins Quasebarth & Partners. She advises clients ...

People who know nothing about the value of historic preservation and adaptive reuse or how to achieve it are always the first to use it as a weapon when some developer suffering from bad planning and ...

Subtle and forgotten grandeur might be the best way to describe Memphis' skyline today. In fall 2023, the lights came back on the historic Sterick Building in Downtown Memphis. A literal sign that the ...

The nearly 125-year-old Dixie Highway Hotel in Edgefield Town Square has gained strong interest from a developer who would rehab it as an adaptive reuse project. Joanna Rothell, director of outreach ...

“The greenest building…is the one that is already built,” said Carl Elefante, architect, preservationist, and fellow at the American Institute of Architects. The practice of adaptive reuse gives new ...

Historic Lorton Power Plant reimagined as residential housing through collaboration of Scott-Long, The Alexander Company, and Elm Street Communities. This project captures what we enjoy most, which is ...

On the heels of new developments and the wrecking balls that herald their arrival–did you notice the Sarasota School of Architecture designed Waldman Building has just been flattened?—some locals ...