Tony BARTON
Donald Insall Associates

We work exclusively, with historic buildings and define ourselves as a specialist "conservation" consultant. Although the word conservation can embody the repair and refurbishment of a building, we see it as a dynamic creative process, through which buildings maintain relevance and vitality…

Jean François MILOU
studioMilou

The beauty and the significance of our living environments, our place on the map of life, so to speak, is everywhere. But land is too often considered by urban planners and developers more in terms of a commodity, sold by square meters…

Gül GÜVEN
Ven Architecture

Adaptive reuse projects can be illustrated in many different ways, from re-functioning of an old industrial building to converting containers into shopping malls. In fact, the main issue is to transform an old structure with a new function. Adaptive reuse can give…

Geoff RICH
Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios

The concept of sustainable development was introduced in the 1987 Brundtland Report, by the World Commission on Environment and Development (WCED). It defined sustainable development as: "development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to…

Chris DYSON
Chris Dyson Architects

To me adaptive reuse means thinking strategically about the available spaces and how these might be best suited to new uses. Pairing back the original building structure to its essentials and adapting the spaces in a legible way. Our work to transform…

Cem SORGUÇ
CM Architecture

For me, adaptive reuse means spatial sustainability. Adaptive projects aim to maintain their locations and habits which they used to have before the adaptation of the space, it is also quite a useful approach in terms of economy, the use of environmental…

Cafer BOZKURT
Cafer Bozkurt Architecture

Reuse projects enclose multi-dimensional works that provide the transformation of old buildings and sites whose partially or completely lost their original purpose to fulfill today's needs. Renovation of civil and monumental immovable properties which are important in terms of location, quality of…

Aslı ÖZBAY
Argos Restoration & Construction

I can summarize the concept of adaptive reuse (in terms of architecture) as the revival of abandoned structures that have lost their function over time with new function(s) to meet today's needs and make them add value to both themselves and their...…

M. Sinan GENİM

Every structure needs to be renewed over time to meet the requirements of the day. Although it is possible to renew the buildings that retain their original function without making significant changes, radical interventions are needed for the re-functioned structures.…