Category list : Adaptive re-use
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The experience is everything: Coal Drops Yard, London, by Heatherwick StudioSubscription
The crowning jewel at King’s Cross Central, Heatherwick Studio’s Coal Drops Yard is yet another in a litany of cultural hubs cum shopping arenas that are carefully choreographed confections of disingenuous ‘authentic’ experiences
Changing places: reuse of obsolescent buildings in south LondonSubscription
Driven by culture, commerce, convenience and the vogue for adaptive reuse, south London’s current wave of gentrification is still problematic
Waste not: Rotor and the practice of deconstructionSubscription
Building on an ancient culture of reusing and recycling building components, Rotor argues that there is an urgent need to rediscover the art of destruction
Oenological restorative: Aulets Arquitectes, SpainSubscription
Preoccupied with the preservation of the architectural culture of Mallorca, Aulets learn from the simple structures of their namesake to create sustainable and contextual local architecture
Back to school: Lycée Hôtelier de Lille, France, by Caruso St John ArchitectsSubscription
Bringing new life to a forgotten factory on the outskirts of Lille, the cookery and hospitality school by Caruso St John is the first piece in a complex, political puzzle
From slaughter to laughter: the renovation of a slaughterhouse in Shanghai by IPPRSubscription
The 1933 Shanghai Slaughterhouse, which revolutionised abattoir design, has been impeccably transformed by IPPR into a fun palace
Frame of mind: de Vylder Vinck Taillieu's Caritas psychiatric centreSubscription
De Vylder Vinck Taillieu’s Caritas psychiatric centre in Melle brings the outside in
Bank balance: Quai 10 cultural centre and riverside regeneration, Charleroi, by V+ / L’EscautSubscription
Transforming the riverside and converting a Brutalist bank into a centre for cinema, V+ and L’Escaut set a gold standard for Charleroi’s future as the city attempts to rise from its post-industrial ashes
Building in potential: house in Nobeoka, Japan by Schemata ArchitectsSubscription
AR House 2018 Highly Commended: the architects have breathed new life into three interconnected buildings while maintaining the essence of the old structure
Spent shell: Museum of Beit Beirut, Lebanon, renovated by Youssef HaidarSubscription
Emblematic of Lebanon’s troubled past, the Beit Beirut museum seeks to prove that memory is at the root of the narrative of history
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