The heterogeneous aesthetic of the spolia churches was often attributed to the economic distress of the times. ... “If you look at the timber in a 100-year-old building, it is bone dry,” he said.

Adaptive reuse is the practice of refurbishing an existing building for a new purpose. The term became popular in the early 1970s when Boston’s Old City Hall was converted into an office and ...

Muhlenberg Greene Architects turns old buildings into modern marvels ... MG’s repurposing leans into them, using features like steel beams and ductwork as an accent for a modern aesthetic.

Adaptive reuse engages with a community’s emotional and historical connections to its built environment.

The old building’s most recent use was an antique store. HRB Chairman Mike Sutton recalled his dad drinking beer there in the 1960s when it was a pool hall. “It’s lived its life,” he said ...

In the 1990s, a Chicago public library building that had sat unused for a decade got a second life. Or maybe, because of the traditions at the Old Town School of Folk Music, which took over the ...