Residential Architect Magazine: Adaptive Reuse

The Majestic: Transforming a Sydney Theater Into Apartments

Mon, 4 Mar 2013 06:38:01 EST

An apartment conversion in Australia breathes new life into a former theater and roller rink.

EHDA Grand Award: South Hills Retirement Residence

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 10:34:16 EST

After sitting vacant for 35 years, the old South Hills High School has been transformed into energy-efficient seniors housing.

1st Avenue Commercial Office, Tucson, Ariz.

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:45:25 EST

An old fried chicken restaurant becomes a new light-filled architecture studio and workshop.

AP Lofts, Des Moines, Iowa

Wed, 6 Jun 2012 02:45:30 EST

This sensitive restoration revitalizes a defunct warehouse.

Citation: Rack House D

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 11:40:37 EST

Toronto / Saucier + Perrotte Architectes

Inside the Office of BELL Architects

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 01:37:24 EST

Washington, D.C., firm known for preservation and adaptive reuse transforms an 1880s-era row house into its new office space.

the chameleon

Fri, 5 Mar 2010 04:41:00 EST

The context of its setting—an 18th-century barn renovated as a residence—makes this modern master bath look more modern still.

parker flats at gage school, washington, d.c.

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:12 EST

Bonstra | Haresign Architects converted an abandoned public school building into 92 loft-style condos with two levels of underground parking.

encore, encore: pool cues

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:14:00 EST

Silvio Gueilburt specializes in hospital design in Argentina, but when he was given the opportunity to transform a defunct factory into a home for a professional couple, the commission was too good to pass up.

designbuild collaborative

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:03 EST

When three architectural firms needed new offices for their respective practices, they joined forces to find an old building in an urban setting.

shell game

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:17:36 EST

The transformation of this 1905 New Haven, Conn., fire station into a live, work, and play space was all about shells.

super save

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:21 EST

Three neglected buildings are rediscovered, repaired, and reused as residential.

guiding light

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:22:27 EST

The problem of bringing natural light into spaces that lack it has vexed architects for centuries. Katherine Chia, AIA, and Arjun Desai came up with a smart, modern alternative when designing the conversion of this New York City loft from a commercial warehouse space to a residential one.

the assembly building at clipper mill, baltimore

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:59 EST

So many urban loft conversions all but obliterate the building's sense of history. This one celebrates it as a ruin, rough edges and all.

substance

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:41 EST

The first time Paul Mankins, FAIA, LEED AP, saw his firm's future office space, he couldn't believe his luck. The former 1920s car dealership in Des Moines, Iowa, had 15-foot ceilings, beautifully preserved wood trusses, exposed brick walls, and views in three directions.

o'neill conrad oppelt architects

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:13:19 EST

Soon after the principals at O'Neill Conrad Oppelt Architects started looking for new office space, they learned their compatriots at Alamo Architects were doing the same. The two San Antonio firms decided to jointly purchase two old warehouse buildings in the city's burgeoning Southtown area.

adaptive reuse

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:17:31 EST

It doesn't matter how good your architecture is: If you haven't built relationships within your community, you won't be able to build much of anything. No one recognizes that more than David Trachtenberg, AIA, the architect and developer of Rose Street Townhouses in Berkeley, Calif.

reader & swartz architects

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:18:01 EST

When Reader & Swartz Architects decided to find new digs for its eight-person staff, it wanted a building that could be a catalyst for redevelopment in an overlooked area of Winchester, Va.

wayne troyer architects

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:29 EST

Wayne Troyer, AIA, and his seven staffers were working with the developer of a city block of buildings in New Orleans' Warehouse District when they eyed this choice parcel for themselves.

inside angles

Tue, 1 Mar 2011 04:10:39 EST

Sleek commercial interiors are bread-and-butter work for Steve Dumez, FAIA, who heads up design for Eskew+Dumez+Ripple in New Orleans. But he was a relative stranger to the subtleties of residential practice when he took on this project—the conversion of