6 Projects That Made the Netherlands a World Capital of Adaptive Reuse
A recent wave of large-scale projects is transforming five Dutch cities and encouraging creative reuse of derelict industrial sites around the world.
Adaptive Reuse
GRT Architects Brings Innovation to Restorations
Designers Tal Schori and Rustam Mehta lead Brooklyn-based GRT Architects in projects including residential and hospitality renovations as well as product design for manufacturers such as izé and KAZA Concrete.
A Historic Shoe Factory Serves as a Model for Environmental and Social Sustainability
BDP Quadrangle and Dubbeldam Architecture + Design were tasked with carrying out the vision for the adaptive reuse of Ontario's Bata Shoe Factory.
Baltic Coastal Inspiration Defines This Library in Rural Finland
The Helsinki studio JKMM—no stranger to library design—conceived Fyyri, an airy, cool building that does more than a traditional library.
Fresh Perspectives on Air, Water, and Carbon from Metropolis's 2020 Sustainability Issue
From HVAC to interior renovations, the November/December 2020 issue of Metropolis suggests meaningful areas of action for architects and designers.
14 Adaptive Reuse Projects from 2020 Show Great Design Doesn’t Mean New Construction
As architects, designers, and the real estate industry get wise to embodied carbon and the benefits of adaptive reuse, projects that transform existing buildings are taking off.
A Reuse Renaissance Continues to Reshape Mexico City
Two projects in the Mexican capital show how adaptive reuse can itself adapt to social, economic, and spatial circumstances.
HOK Converts a Historic St. Louis Printing Plant into Biotech Offices
Architects use 1930s machinery leftover from the building's past to distinguish its renovated interiors.
How Recycling Existing Buildings Could Solve the Urban Housing Crisis
Does the cure for housing insecurity lie in more aggressive reuse of overlooked structures? A growing number of architects and urban activists say yes.
Rafters and Ribbon: A New Home for Blu Dot in Portland
Blu Dot’s Portland showroom by Waechter Architecture combines historic craft and contemporary curves—much like the furniture company’s aesthetic.
An East Austin Fabrication Shop Is Transformed Into a Refined Beer Hall
Kartwhell Studio looked to the past to revive the 80-year-old Central Machine Works.
From a Complicated Present, Urban Reuse Parks Look to the Future
Metropolis catches up with the High Line Network, a consortium of North American reuse projects that has been sharing notes and best practices through the pandemic.
Worrell Yeung Transforms a Former Factory into a Hub for a New Generation of Makers
The renovation, located near the Brooklyn Navy Yard, elevates the building's rugged historical charm while making it suitable for a 21st-century workforce.
Out of a Former Cheese Factory, The Momentary Fuels a Modernist Turn in Bentonville
Crystal Bridges’ new contemporary art space, courtesy of Chicago firm Wheeler Kearns, is the latest example of Northwest Arkansas’ cultural renaissance.
Schoolhouse Revival: A New Hotel in an Old School Frames a Scenic Park in Washington
Portland, Oregon–based firms Waechter Architecture and Blossom teamed up to create a boutique hotel within a 19th-century building.
A New Idea in Architecture? No New Buildings
The energy already embodied in the built environment is a precious unnatural resource. It’s time to start treating it like one.
A Playful Tech Office that Nods to the Past
For the company Spreetail, Perkins and Will imagine a cheeky and colorful workplace set inside a 19th-century building in Austin.
Outlier Lofts in Charlestown Has the Neighborhood in Its Bones
Designed by French 2D, the three floor-through lofts were built in the husk of a legendary Boston bar.
At Cornell's New Fine Arts Library, the Book Sets the Standard
Inside the library, 100,000 volumes appear to float midair across staggered honeycomb steel mezzanines.
Hospitality Ward: A Centuries-Old Lyon Hospital Is Converted into a Five-Star Hotel
The redevelopment of the historic Hôtel-Dieu in Lyon, France, has produced a multi-program complex with luxe lodging at its heart.
