Herzog & de Meuron’s Amherst project tests selective reuse. When do carbon, spatial performance and architectural heritage justify replacing a building?
Assemble plans to turn Tudor Bromley Hall into workspace. Can a 25-year lease defend makers against rising rents while protecting fragile heritage?
Bruna studio’s German house conversion challenges housing scarcity: can subdivision create homes without sacrificing privacy or hiding renovation costs?
Hoshinoya Nara turns a Meiji-era prison into 48 luxury suites. Are preserved cells enough, or must hospitality make room for institutional memory?
The Kennedy Center demolition fight asks whether cultural landmarks can adapt to political priorities—or whether civic memory has a point of no return.
Japan’s former Nara Prison becomes a hotel—does adaptive reuse preserve memory, or market it as atmosphere?
Milano Centrale’s makeover reveals the promise and danger of turning monumental infrastructure into polished public space.
Paimio Sanatorium and the New York Historical extension expose the fight between preservation and adaptive reuse.
A Portland supermarket reborn as a library hub shows why big-box shells are becoming civic infrastructure, not demolition fodder.
Performing arts venues are becoming flexible ecosystems as architecture, finance, and programming collide in a new survival model.
