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Birkhäuser Adaptive Reuse in Architecture by Liliane Wong
Liliane Wong's latest volume on adaptive reuse in architecture presents 50 spectacular conversion and reuse projects worldwide, including buildings such as the TWA Hotel at NewYork's John F. Kennedy Airport, the CaixaForum in Madrid, and the New Museum in Berlin. The projects are presented using a new classification system that addresses practitioners as well as academics. The author's introductory essay provides a comprehensive overview and historical context for the enormous evolution and expansion of adaptive reuse over the past 50 years.Presentation of 50 seminal and spectacular adaptive reuse projects in architectureNew classification of a wide variety of remodeling and conversion projectsWritten by a leading expert in the field