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Repurposed Lampposts Stockholm

Repurposed Lampposts in Stockholm

2023-03-28

A note of appreciation for an act of reuse that transforms a Stockholm public space.Continue Reading

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Future of Industry? Repurposing Factory Chimneys For New Skyscrapers

2022-07-11

Could the Future of Industry be Source Material for Adaptive Reuse? As industrial operations move away from dense and expensiveContinue Reading

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Design With the City, Not For It: How to Discover Unlimited Urban Potential

2022-06-30

Adaptive reuse and using the city’s resources is about learning to design with the city, not for it – to design with its supply of materials.Continue Reading

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8 Ideas for Old Subway Cars: Proposals to Repurpose Retired BART Trains

2022-03-22

San Francisco’s BART transportation agency has released eight ideas for old subway cars that were the winning proposals to repurpose retired trains from the fleet.Continue Reading

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Urban Mining: 50 Ways to Mine the City

2021-09-14

Urban Mining and Harvesting City Resources Can Create a Sustainable, Circular Economy Year after year, resources are fed into theContinue Reading

Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces

Repurposed Railway Arches Become Affordable Workspaces

2021-03-05

Repurposed railway arches leverage and utilize urban infrastructure for more beneficial uses.Continue Reading

Recovering Energy from Water Pressure

Recovering Energy from Infrastructure: Water Power

2020-10-21

Recovering energy from infrastructure is an opportunity gaining wide attention.Continue Reading

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Parking Garage Performances: Socially Distant Entertainment

2020-08-13

For live entertainment, parking garage performances became a way to create and connect.Continue Reading

Covid Parking Garage Stories: Emergency Uses for Humble Structures

Covid Parking Garages: Functional Structures Get Called to Serve

2020-08-13

When extra space is needed during the Covid-19 pandemic, parking garages are called into service.Continue Reading

Covid Resourcefulness: Trains converted to Quarantine Coaches

Covid Resourcefulness: Trains converted to Quarantine Coaches

2020-08-12

In times of need, human resourcefulness fills the void of resources, particularly in dire circumstances. Continue Reading

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Reprogramming the City Book: Adaptive Reuse

Global Overview of Adaptive Reuse

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