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 ...

Adaptive reuse projects in Rochester are transforming historic buildings into housing, medical and cultural spaces while ...

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, ...

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 ...

From former post offices to pumping stations, there are buildings with commercial histories all around Australia. Could ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

A team of faculty engineers from the University have started research that could change how effectively buildings are built. The research project, titled Robotic Materials for Future Infrastructure, ...