Design vs. Build released “Parking Lots to Parks,” the first of a series of documentaries on adaptive reuse, which depicts how Austin Community College transformed and reinvigorated the vacant Highland Mall and surrounding 80 acres of parking into an innovative learning center and vibrant mixed-use development.
Adaptive reuse—the conversion of underused commercial property to residential housing units—is an important pathway toward revitalizing urban areas experiencing lower commercial occupancy in a post-COVID world where remote work is commonplace.
One of the oldest buildings at UC Davis and located in the heart of campus, the project transformed a vacant, seismically unsafe building into a dynamic multi-functional graduate and professional student center complex with meeting rooms, a lecture hall, and sophisticated active-learning classrooms that serves the entire campus.
Listen in as Laurel Christensen discusses how architects can promote more sustainable products in their everyday jobs, and how she’s utilizing industry resources to stay informed of sustainable product choices.
One of Austin’s greatest artistic and historical landmarks undergoes a transformation on a nonprofit budget.
June 27, 2012
Arthouse at the Jones Center, one of Austin’s greatest artistic and historical landmarks, recently underwent a refurbishment, restoration and addition process.
