Adaptive Reuse

Conversion of a traditional Baptist church into mixed-use

Conversion of a traditional Baptist church into mixed-use

by Scott Henson
Adaptive Reuse
October 2, 2014

Evan Bindelglass reports for Curbed: 121-Year-Old Upper West Side Church Will Add Apartments. The congregation wanted it, and now it will become a reality: the Upper West Side's Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church will get a residential addition. The Landmarks Preservation Commission on Tuesday approved its DXA studio-designed conversion to mixed-use—hosting both religious and residential uses. (Seems to be the direction dozens of other houses of worship in...

Redefining an industrial danish silo and turning it into an apartment building

Redefining an industrial danish silo and turning it into an apartment building

by Scott Henson
Adaptive Reuse
September 10, 2014

Jennifer Whelan reports for Archdaily: COBE’s Adaptive Reuse of Nordhavnen Silo Marks Beginning of Redevelopment. Danish firm COBE is transforming the largest industrial building in Nordhavnen – a silo – into an apartment building with both private and public functions. For COBE, who also created the urban development plans for Nordhavnen, this project marks the beginning of the post-industrial area’s future. Nordhavnen is a harbor...

The Westminster Arcade is now filled with micro apartments

by Scott Henson
Adaptive Reuse
September 3, 2014

Known as Westminster Arcade when it opened in 1828, the building marked the debut of English indoor shopping concept in the United States. Designed by architects Russell Warren and James Bucklin, the Greek Revival stone structure more resembles a courthouse than a shopping mall, what with its stately Ionic columns and sunlight-filled atrium with its glass gable roof. Shoppers browsed three floors of shops—or at least...

New development of Domino Sugar Factory will incorporate salvaged items

by Scott Henson
Adaptive Reuse
August 8, 2014

Katherine Clarke reports for The Daily News: Salvage operation at Domino Sugar factory tops $10M as developers look to rescue industrial artifacts. The iconic Domino Sugar factory sign and other artifacts are being salvaged and will return once the $1.5 billion project is completed. The developers of Williamsburg’s iconic Domino Sugar Factory say the 40-foot yellow neon sign which has adorned the property...

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