The adaptation of preexisting structures to answer changing needs has enriched human history throughout time. Such structures—whether natural or designed artifacts—provide challenging topography for creative…
For centuries, many European cities and towns managed to accommodate growth and change while sustaining the historic character that, in modern times, has brought them…
The historic preservation field is aggressively promoting itself as “green.” Adaptive reuse of historic buildings is now widely considered a sustainable development practice. As with…
This essay focuses on the adaptive reuse of tobacco warehouses and factories along Tobacco Row in Richmond, Virginia, between 1980 and 2005. This work encompassed…
American collegiate campuses are studies in adaptation. Planning can suggest ways to accommodate significant change while reinforcing the physical qualities most closely and positively linked…
The entire French city of Oran, Algeria, had to be adapted to the needs of a new population when Algeria won its independence in 1962….
Adaptation in gardens is often different than adaption to buildings. Materials decay, ownership changes or new patrons have different ideas of how a landscape should…
Is there any subject within the field of architectural conservation more fraught than new design in historically sensitive contexts—more specifically, additions to historic buildings or…
