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 ...

In the era of adaptive reuse, owners and developers are opting for massive upgrades to their structures. The most common change of use is likely the adaptation of an apartment building to a ...

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How can Seattle chart a course toward the city it aspires to become? As we navigate our pressing urban challenges with opportunities for revitalizing our downtown core — re-purposing vacant office ...

Imagine a scenario in which a city had thousands of residents struggling to find and stay in affordable homes while large, obsolete facilities like hospitals and schools stood empty for years. This is ...

In an age where developers are exploring urban expansion with an eye toward adopting more sustainable building practices, adaptive reuse has emerged as a beacon, offering benefits that positively ...

Discussions about creating missing middle housing to solve the housing shortage focus mainly on new construction in neighborhoods zoned strictly for single-family housing. Changing minds has proved ...

We have written about adaptive re-use in our previous columns of "The Magic of Adaptive Reuse" and "Shape Up". We postulate that with proper incentives, the existing one, two and three story buildings ...

The project is expected to be highlighted as a best-practice example in future Unesco reports on the adaptive reuse of heritage buildings ...

In a recent countywide survey, affordable housing was the top issue for Marin voters. State law requires Marin jurisdictions to meet the housing needs of our community. Every local government must ...