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 ...

Recently, there have been numerous stories describing the need to convert office buildings to residential use in order to absorb excess office capacity and create needed homes for current and future ...

Beginning in the 1970s adaptive reuse projects transformed 19th and early 20th Century buildings into distinctive retail destinations. Increasingly, developers of adaptive reuse projects are targeting ...

While new construction allows for incredible levels of customization, there’s no denying that new buildings can have adverse impacts on the climate, budgets, schedules and even the cultural and ...

As cities around the country grapple with soaring office vacancies in their urban cores, one developer in Chicago is using social media to drive interest in his plan to convert office space into ...

Reduce, reuse, recycle. It’s a phrase we’ve all become accustomed to hearing. Some products and materials are commonly recycled with little thought, such as beverage containers in states with a ...

Delve into the Open Building approach, promoting long-term stewardship and adaptability in architecture amid today's housing ...

Climate change has an impact on the ecosystem, and subsequently, it affects the built environment. Building envelope has a vital role in controlling the integration between indoor and outdoor ...

In the Brooklyn neighborhood of Gowanus, a 100-year-old metal foundry has been transformed into a state-of-the-art performing arts center. Dating back to 1901, the old warehouse had a quintessentially ...

Building management systems (BMS) software-based platforms that monitor and control a building’s mechanical and electrical equipment increase a buildings efficiency and cut energy usage. This allows ...

Based on the ITECH Research Demonstrator (top left), The University of Stuttgart Institute for Textile and Fiber Technologies (ITFT) will exhibit its “Adaptive FRP elements for facade shading” ...