Adaptive Reuse Creating innovative futures for older buildings By Steve Corletta
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daptive reuse—the transformation of a vacant or underused building for a completely new purpose—is more
than a trend. Over the decades, the strategy has evolved into a major sector of the construction industry given its efficiencies, savings in materials and time, sustainability benefits and the goodwill it can generate with communities where the projects
Photography courtesy of David Lamb Photography
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