Enormous Green Roof Planned For Italian Train Station

The master plan for the Baricentrale railway area would cover nearly 8.4 million square feet. Image via Jordi Henrich I Monràs.

Adding a twist to the adaptive reuse trend of turning old railroad tracks into parks, architects in Bari, Italy, want to do the same for a rail line that's still in operation. Read more →

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German WWII Bunker To Generate Renewable Energy

The conversion of a German former WWII bunker into a renewable energy facility is nearly complete. Image via IBA Hamburg.

A hulking relic of World War II in Hamburg is now an adaptive reuse project that will generate solar thermal and biomass energy to heat thousands of homes. Read more →

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Chicago’s Bloomingdale Project About To Leave The Station

Birds-eye view of proposed Churchill Field Park with access to landscape and arts plaza. Aerial image courtesy of David Schalliol via Bloomingdale Trail.

This 2.7-mile-long elevated rail bed north of the city will be transformed next year into a vegetated urban park, with trails, trees and green spaces linking four neighborhoods. Read more →

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Refurbished LEED Platinum Lab Now Researches Climate Change

CalTech's Robinson Laboratory, with its historic solar telescope, was built in 1932. Image via Architectural Resources Group.

An 80-year-old telescope once used to study the sun now brings daylight to underground climate science labs in this clever bit of adaptive reuse on the Caltech campus. Read more →

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Former Mexico City Helipad Turned Into Green Roof

Former office tower helipad xeriscaped as a new green roof in Mexico City. Image via Rojkind Arquitectos.

Rather than let its unused helipad sit idle, Coca-Cola's Mexico City subsidiary converted it into a green roof and a reconditioned co-working office space. Read more →

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Denmark Seed Silos Converted Into Apartments

Copenhagen's Gemini Residences is the latest example of adaptive reuse of industrial silos as apartments. Image via MVRDV.

Denmark's figure-8 Gemini Residences is a successful example of the adaptive reuse of former industrial storage silos. But not all silo conversions are created equal. Read more →

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‘Like A Houseboat’ Floats On Hidden Sea Of Garbage

To avoid disturbing the poor soil below, the designers of Like a Houseboat "floated" the home over a steel frame. Image by Charles David Smith via Shipley Architects.

A LEED Platinum-certified house sited on top of a closed landfill outside Dallas proves that one person’s pile of garbage can be another person’s idyllic, energy-efficient slice of nature. Read more →

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Warehouse Adapted For Collaborative Innovation

The meeting spaces of the RDM Innovation Dock hang from former crane supports. Image by Theo Peekstok via Groosman Partners.

A massive maritime warehouse in Rotterdam is converted into modular classroom space, saving on building costs and reducing the raw materials needed to build new classrooms. Read more →

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Former Brewery Gives Gritty Neighborhood A Platinum Rating

The former Pabst brew house will open in April as the Brew House Inn & Suites in April. Image via The Brewery Project LLC.

An entire industrial neighborhood in Milwaukee gets a green makeover, earning a LEED Platinum rating and turning an old Pabst factory into a multi-use gem. Read more →

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Former Texas ‘Ghost Buildings’ Reborn As Mixed-Use Gem

This mixed-used housing project in San Antonio was saved from the wrecking ball after sitting idle for years. Image by Chris Cooper via Lake|Flato Architects.

After sitting abandoned since 2004, a failed San Antonio real estate project was revived through adaptive reuse to become a thriving, efficient mixed-use complex. Read more →

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