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 ...

An adaptive reuse project has transformed USC’s historic 1931 United University Church into the new home for its School of Dramatic Arts (SDA). Scope of work on this two-year effort included ...

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 ...

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 ...

The recently completed Veer Apartments in Austin is an adaptive reuse project of a former Quality Inn motel. The transformation created affordable student and workforce housing with 174 modern ...

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 ...

Space between greenfield and brownfield offers a steady supply of sites for adaptive reuse with big potential for shops of ...

The conversion of Imperial Plaza, 111 St. Clair Avenue West in Toronto, from office building to luxury condominiums, has been among the GTA's most successful adaptive reuse projects. Updated, April 16 ...

The Downtown Development District of New Orleans is positioning a newly completed studio for architecture firm EskewDumezRipple as a leading example of how older office buildings can be transformed to ...

Not every old building is a good candidate for an adaptive reuse project, and those working in the space say it is vital to gather the right ingredients upfront to make conversions successful. Funding ...

Adaptive reuse brings new vitality to vacant or underutilized buildings, but sometimes it’s hard for community members to see local landmarks change. “We’re actually starting off that project with a ...