Adaptive Reuse in Architecture A Typological Index

Wong, Liliane

ISBN 10: 3035625638 / ISBN 13: 9783035625639

Published by Birkhauser Architecture, 2023

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224 pages. 9.53x6.85x0.87 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Adaptive Reuse in Architecture A Typological Index
• Publisher: Birkhauser Architecture
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3035625638
• ISBN 13: 9783035625639
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New
• Weight: 0.69 kilograms

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Synopsis

Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.

• Presentation of 50 seminal and spectacular adaptive reuse projects in architecture
• New classification of a wide variety of remodeling and conversion projects
• Written by a leading expert in the field

About the Author

Liliane Wong is Professor and Chair of the Department of Interior Architecture at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD). Her interest and teaching in this subject led her to co-found the Int|AR Journal on Design Interventions & Adaptive Reuse. Her teaching emphasizes the importance of public engagement in architecture and design. Liliane Wong received her MArch from the Harvard University Graduate School of Design. She was recognized by Design Intelligence in 2018–19 as one of the top 25 most admired educators in the US in the fields of architecture, interiors and landscape architecture.