Adaptive Reuse and Renovation

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A young Dutch firm turns a difficult building from the 1980s into a home for a surprising group of residents: ex-convicts.

A multidisciplinary design team applies a light and skillful touch to restore luster to a faded Lower Manhattan landmark while bringing it up to current standards.

In the shadow of a 16th-century UNESCO-listed castle, a museum steps into the footprint of Denmark’s maritime industry.

Having attracted Twitter, upscale retail, and a food emporium as key tenants, a renovated Art Deco building is kick-starting the transformation of a once-seedy part of San Francisco.

A long-span-steel structure cloaked in modern-classical-style architecture has proved to be flexible for reinvention.

A mixed-use civic center in Germany is brought back to life without forsaking its past.

Limited by a dense site and preservation concerns, an Italian firm creates an underground academy in the heart of a South Tyrol city’s historic center.

Last fall, the artist Tatzu Nishi created a fully furnished living room around the statue at the center of New York's Columbus Circle.

While glittering new high-rises sprout everywhere in Shanghai, gems of Western-style architecture from the early 20th century can still be found throughout the city.