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Adaptive Reuse: A Strategy for Holding History and Carbon

Adaptive Reuse: A Strategy for Holding History and Carbon

The well-known adage “reduce, reuse, recycle” encourages individuals to help protect the environment through waste reduction. The same strategy applies to building design and construction with the goals of reducing carbon emissions to help slow climate change, honoring history, and sustaining the social fabric of communities. Called adaptive reuse, it’s at the heart of many of our projects at NewStudio Architecture.