Building for Change: The Architecture of Creative Reuse

Architects are adapting existing buildings to create new spaces for a more conscious future. The urban fabric changes more slowly than our spatial needs, accelerated by digital technologies and new lifestyles. The trick for canny architects lies in an ingenious reuse and creative recycling that result in the stunning transformation of existing buildings for new purposes. Building for Change explores this architecture of reuse and adaptation. It presents sofa factories turned coworking hub, viaducts turned community garden, department stores turned cultural center, and other inspiring projects. The book also showcases spaces that are designed to be dismantled and repurposed down the line. This architecture of care is aspirational and ambitious: to make construction more sustainable and buildings fit for the future.

Author: Gestalten
Publisher: Gestalten
Published: 09/27/2022
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.95lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.80w x 1.20d
ISBN13: 9783967040449
ISBN10: 3967040445
BISAC Categories:
- Architecture | Adaptive Reuse & Renovation
- Architecture | Buildings | Public, Commercial & Industrial
- Architecture | Buildings | Residential