Adaptive Reuse

Study Confirms Environmental Benefits of Adaptive Reuse

Sarah Laskow reports on a new study from the National Trust for Historic Preservation that confirms and quantifies the adage that reuse of a historic building is more sustainable than LEED certified new construction.

26 January 2012 - 2:00pm

Good

The Hidden Underlying Value of Historic Reuse

Urban Land explores examples of recent projects where historic assets serve as unlikely catalysts for master-planned community development and economic growth

17 January 2012 - 10:00am

Urban Land

Jess Zimbabwe

A foray by HUD into telling small towns how best to use their land

Sat, 10/01/2011 - 10:06

In April 2009, HUD Secretary Shaun Donovan spoke to the ULI Spring Council Forum in Atlanta; he stated that his administration’s goal was “to put the UD back in HUD,” and explained that HUD’s over-reliance on housing solutions wasn’t helping cities address their complex revitalization needs. Just over two years later, this small new funding program caught my eye on a list of new HUD announcements:

*** HUD HOPE VI – $0.5 million
Application Due: August 22, 2011
Eligible Entities: Local governments

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Old Airport to Become Large Urban Campground

An old disused airport in Brooklyn will be converted into an urban campground, expanding from its current 5 campsites to more than 600.

17 June 2011 - 8:00am

Inhabitat

Unfinished Nuclear Plant Converted into Amusement Park

A never-completed nuclear reactor in Germany is being converted into an amusement park. The project has been years in the works, and is still only partially converted.

10 June 2011 - 9:00am

Der Spiegel

Citizens Create Temporary Park in Philadelphia

Community members in Philadelphia have taken over a languishing site and put it back into use as a temporary park space.

26 May 2011 - 8:00am

NewsWorks

Pole Dancing in the Street

The Urban Guide for Alternate Use points to a campaign by a group called Varsity of Maneuvers that reuses street poles for pole dancing.

19 May 2011 - 7:00am

Urban Guide for Alternate Use

Using Adaptive Reuse as a Tool for Urban Redevelopment

Architect Alan Pullman talks about how adaptive reuse and green architecture can be used to revitalize urban neighborhoods and springboard economic growth, using a recent project to demonstrate.

26 April 2011 - 11:00am

Buildipedia.com

The Role and Impact of Preservation in L.A.

In this Q&A, architect Brenda Levin talks about the role of preservation in Los Angeles, and how restoring and reusing some of the city's historic buildings has created a long-term benefit.

5 April 2011 - 5:00am

The Architect's Newspaper

Reusing Empty Office Space

Through a rule that allows landlords to financially benefit from allowing charities and non-profits to use their spaces, empty office buildings in the UK are being utilized by groups for a variety of projects, including an art exhibition.

24 March 2011 - 10:00am

This Big City

The Future of Johannesburg's Mining Landscapes

Gold mining was an integral part of what made the city of Johannesburg, South Africa one of the most economically important cities on the continent. But as mining winds down, some are trying to find new ways to use the landscape of mining operations.

4 March 2011 - 9:00am

Places

Air Hangar Reborn as Waterpark

An air hangar in Germany has been converted into a massive waterpark, which some see as the possible beginning of a trend in adaptive reuse of these types of facilities.

30 December 2010 - 5:00am

Air & Space

Reusing Golf Courses and Abandoned Land in Venezuela

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is urging for golf courses to be expropriated for other uses, and calling on citizens to make use of abandoned land.

3 November 2010 - 6:00am

Bloomberg

From Storm Drain to Sidewalk

An architect and planner in India has proposed a plan to convert Delhi's storm drains into a network of walkways and passages.

25 August 2010 - 7:00am

The City Fix

The Happy Magic Watercube Waterpark

That's the name of the new project being built in the Beijing Watercube, one of the city's highlight architectural creations built for the 2008 Summer Olympics.

1 August 2010 - 7:00am

Contract

Berlin's Former Airport Opens As Park

Decommissioned Tempelhof Airport in Berlin had been the subject of grand plans for reusing the massive space for the last two years. But with little money in city coffers, officials decided to simply open it to the public as-is.

20 July 2010 - 11:00am

Los Angeles Times

From Bus Yard to Housing

A decades-old plan to convert a bus yard into a housing project has gained new momentum in San Francisco.

15 July 2010 - 8:00am

The San Francisco Examiner

Reusing Stalled Construction Sites in Seattle

Officials in Seattle are trying to pass legislation that would allow stalled construction sites to be reused as parking lots and temporary vending areas.

15 June 2010 - 9:00am

The Seattle Post-Intelligencer