Jeffry Burchard explores in his essay the "opportunity found by extending the life and purpose of viable existing buildings", that have shaped our cities. Arguing that "we have an abundant supply of ...

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Buildings are evolving over time. In most cases, what has triggered changes is a desire to make buildings more durable, taller, energy-efficient and with an interior environment that’s better ...

It happens well before work crews are ready to pour a foundation, erect walls, or install windows on any new structure. Call it the genesis phase, the design vision that begins in the minds of the ...

Expansive rust covers the perimeter of the 12,000-square-foot Environmental Systems Laboratory on Prices Fork Road, but it’s not the walls themselves that are corroding. Three miles west of the ...