As our priorities and lifestyles change, with them, so do our buildings. However, constructing new buildings to replace the old ones is not always a viable option. This is where…
Delhi, the capital city of India is brimming with landmarks drenched in culture, heritage and prestige. It has an amalgamation of the old and the new world, perfectly juxtaposed together…
Architectural studies’ prior aim was to formulate a sheltering system of slabs and walls for accommodation in ancient history. Nowadays, it becomes at the highest level of creativity and imaginative…
Adaptive reuse is a hopeful means of preserving our cities heritage, and the author Pier Francesco Cherchi surely justifies the merits that it has to offer. He tries justifying the…
With the widespread high-speed rail transportation system that has been an incentive towards urban growth in the twenty-first century, the train systems of normal speed have gradually been replaced, either…
With rising temperatures, longer summers, and natural calamities hitting multiple places globally, the world is privy to the concept of global warming and climate change. Sustainable development and energy efficiency…
Re-Purpose is common sense that started at the beginning of civilization. The notion of building reuse was, as Powell described it, “a matter of common sense” (Powell, 1999). Reuse served…
Adaptive reuse is one of the most discussed topics around architecture today and it is natural to be so given the general context of a limited territory challenged to fit…
Adaptive reuse is an architectural typology which gives importance to the existing characteristics of the site. This mainly refers to adding a programme or function in the existing built environment…
Adaptive reuse is a way of conserving resources and the historic value of an old building into a new one. This is done for environmental reasons, availability of land, preservation…
Re-using an already existing building for a purpose other than it was designed for has become one of the current trends in architecture and design. Most adaptive re-use scenarios help…
Quito is the oldest of all South American capitals and the capital city of Ecuador. The striking architecture in the well-preserved town became a part of the UNESCO World Heritage…