Adaptive reuse
Studio Elèn Letort transforms 1920s Amsterdam cinema into “easygoing and approachable” restaurant
Foster + Partners plans Oxford chapel conversion for Larry Ellison
Charlap Hyman & Herrero converts factory into cavernous Pocketbook Hudson hotel
ShedKM transforms neglected Croydon office block into temporary accommodation
Schulz und Schulz inserts concrete museum between traditional German buildings
Architects respond to “excess and demolition” at Mexico City art week reuse exhibition
Quito museum sets children’s play area within historic factory
Bindloss Dawes converts former tractor shed into light-filled rural home
Portland grain silo to be converted into cultural complex based in “Black spatial tradition”
BLUE Architecture Studio converts historic Yangzhou district into sprawling hotel
Foster + Partners converts Parisian building into “hospitality-driven” gallery and restaurant
Manalo & White transforms North Wales church into Nyth youth arts centre
Purcell fronts museum for shoemaking with zigzagging brick facade in Somerset
Lionel Jadot converts former military barracks into Jam Hotel Ghent
Felix Lewis Architects transforms Egyptian-style boiler house in Kent into workspace
John Puttick Associates transforms listed warehouses in Grimsby into youth centre
“Enormous structures tend to be built to last. Airport terminals are usually the reverse”
Open Studio highlights “quiet material richness” in Singapore school hall transformation
Atelier Štěpán adds metallic details to renovated Czech Renaissance building
How long should a building last?
Studio Weave designs kitchen as “piece of public realm” at South Barn in England
Nike and Palace Skateboards unveil transforming skatepark in Victorian public bathhouse
Dezeen Debate features Jean Nouvel’s “radical design” for Fondation Cartier