adaptive reuse
Ancient Dominican Church Renovated into Modern Bookstore
An old Dominican church originally constructed in 1294 is now a “brand new” bookstore in the heart of Maastricht.
Transform Your Bike into a Snowmobile with the Ktrak Kit
If your bike has been getting little-to-no action lately due to all the snow Old Man Winter’s been dumping, check out these ingenious kits from Ktrak that transform your 2 wheeler into a skimobile!
Dilapidated 18th Century Church Transformed Into a Private Home
Sally Onions and Ian Bottomley purchased the dilapidated St. Nicholas Church (originally built in 1792) and turned it into a private residence. While renovation would have been a cheaper route, the couple
The LINK: An Innovative Approach to Historic Preservation
The LINK is a mixed-use project in Phoenix, Arizona that proves historic preservation can coexist with innovation. Originally built in the 1950′s and located in the heart of the Phoenix Cultural
19th Century Military Bunker Transformed Into Waterside Landmark
An abandoned military bunker in The Netherlands has been transformed into a striking waterside landmark by Reitvel Landscape. Used from 1815 until 1940, the area in which the structure is settled was a
Would You Swim in a Dumpster Pool?
Adaptive reuse is all about starting with an object and transforming it into something new and useful through the power of smart design. Case in point: these old dumpsters turned into swimming pools! Talk
LAST CHANCE to Dive in the NYC Dumpster Pools this Saturday!
HEY NEW YORK CITY! Summer is all about making a splish and a splash, so if you haven’t made it over to Park Avenue for a dip in one of Macro Sea’s infamous dumpster pools, you’d better get moving
Amazing Rotunda House Created From Cold War Torpedo Facility
A British facility once used to test Cold War submarine technology has been converted into an award-winning modern house — and it could all be yours for a cool £ 4 million (or a little over $6.1
Abandoned Industrial Silo Becomes Beautiful Residences in Denmark
In a stunning example of adaptive reuse C. F. Møller Architects and Christian Carlsen Arkitektfirma have transformed an abandoned industrial silo in Løgten, Denmark into the core of a multi-story
Public Toilet Transformed Into Dream Cottage in the UK
People are getting pretty creative these days creating homes from the oddest things. Take this one for example – a couple in Scarborough, Great Britain bought the lease for a public toilet house
UC Berkeley Students Imagine a New Life for Old Bay Bridge Span
San Francisco’s Bay Bridge is undergoing some serious construction that will leave an ugly casualty behind: the old eastern half of the bridge span. Last year, Rael San Fratello Architects proposed
Soviet Fish Factory Retrofitted Into Beautiful Modern Home
Architect Zaigas Gailes Birojs has transformed an abandoned soviet fish factory in Kaltene, Latvia into a beautiful modern residence. Situated on the coast of an island in the Baltic Sea, the
Bus Shelter Made From Salvaged School Buses
Decommissioned school buses get sent to the scrapyard every day, so sculptor Christopher Fennell created this brilliant yellow bus shelter to keep the spirit of these buses going round and round. Situated
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