An Adaptive Reuse Transports Pittsburgh’s Past into the Present
1st Place, Adaptive Reuse Touring Pittsburgh’s Roundhouse five years ago, it would have been a stretch to visualize the decrepit building as a hub of…
Articles by KJ Fields
Rejuvenation of a Historic Powerhouse Brings New Energy to San Francisco’s Pier 70
Pier 70 on the San Francisco waterfront recalls a prominent and fascinating history. With more than 150 years of continuous ship production and repair, Pier…
A Historic Rehabilitation Mixes Preservation and Technology with Cocktail Culture
New Orleans’ French Quarter was bustling in the mid-1800s. Pharmacist Antoine Peychaud invented the Sazerac cocktail (the first mixed- spirits drink to be called a…
A Flight Center’s Restoration Transports Visitors to a Vintage Era of Design and Aviation
If world-renowned designer Eero Saarinen could walk into the TWA Flight Center at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport today, he’d be pleasantly surprised….
A YMCA Is Creatively Adapted into Office Space, Adding Vibrancy to Its Neighborhood
A range of building types with unique identities inhabit Washington, D.C.’s historic central business district—from a sequence of townhomes and commercial buildings to the copper-domed…
A Colorado County Adaptive Reuse Reflects the Land’s Orchard Heritage
A century ago, the site of the Adams County Human Services Center in Westminster, Colo., was filled with apple orchards where nearby Denver families would…