Tag: adaptive reuse
Architects everywhere are enthusiastically taking up the challenge of adaptive reuse to ensure that our civic landscapes are resilient to changing times and compounding emergencies. Two opposing forces are planting architects in the middle of what one sustainable design expert calls a “built environment contradiction”. On the one hand, the United Nations estimates that three […]
Willoughby-based firm Bijl Architecture recently completed Surgo House, a family home in Mosman on Sydney’s North Shore guided by a sustainable policy of up-cycling existing spaces. The team at Bijl embraced the client’s brief of creating a functional family home – rather than a lavish palace – by creating open plan spaces, improving light functionality, […]
Underutilised and older buildings provide immense opportunities for architectural innovation in Australia. Fender Katsalidis’ associate director Sarah Hurst shares her commentary on breathing new life into often neglected spaces that offer unique character and pragmatism for designers. The adaptive reuse and repurposing of existing buildings is one of the most sustainable practices we can lean […]
NTF Architecture has renovated a set of six identical 1960s flats in Blackburn, Melbourne, with a focus on texture, colour and reuse. The client inherited the flats and after assessing the development potential of the site, NTF Architecture decided that renovation of the existing dwellings would yield the best results. The challenge for the practice […]
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