Adaptive reuse
Estudio Atemporal converts old factory in Mexico City into co-working offices
The Society Hotel offers affordable boutique accommodation in downtown Portland
Brett Farrow converts auto body shop into restaurant complex in Southern California
Max Dudler creates restaurant inside Heidelberg Castle’s sandstone-walled saddle room
Jestico + Whiles converts town hall into student halls with iridescent tile-covered theatre
MVRDV transforms 1970s highway into “plant village” in Seoul
Waataa transforms Lisbon offices into compact studio apartments with fold-out furniture
HAO Design converts 1980s townhouse into furniture shop and cafe in Taiwan
Chybik + Kristof uses 900 plastic chairs to clad Czech furniture showroom
Edwin Lutyens’ Midland Bank reopens as hotel and members’ club The Ned
McLaren Excell contrasts smoked oak with white panelling for London home in a former office
Eduardo Souto de Moura transforms Portuguese farming village into luxury retreat
Sex shop converted into tiny Japanese art gallery by Persimmon Hills Architects
18 “rail-to-trail” projects following in the High Line’s footsteps
Bohlin Cywinski Jackson creates Blue Bottle Coffee cafe within historic San Francisco building
Snøhetta set to overhaul former paper mill to offer views of Oregon waterfall
Tandem’s Melbourne house features folded cladding interrupted by rusty steel window frames
Luxury hotel opens inside Heatherwick’s converted grain silo in Cape Town
Carr creates dark and moody interiors for art-filled hotel in Australia’s wine region
Simon Astridge stacks shipping containers to create backyard London office
Silver & Co transforms London garden shed into multifunctional studio for artist couple
Modpools repurposes used shipping containers as swimming pools and hot tubs
Wingårdh transforms roofless freight depot into Malmö Market Hall