Adaptive Reuse: Turning Commercial Buildings Into Homes
Adaptive Reuse: Turning Commercial Buildings Into Homes
Ten case studies—plus 23 essential tips—for the most creative ways to turn that old fire station, mining shed, lighthouse, barn into a gorgeous new home
While looking through a local newspaper, a Texan couple stumbled upon an ad for the two-story barn with a tin gambrel roof and patterned stone walls. They kicked out the cows and cobwebs to make it home. A wall was knocked down before construction began so that folding glass doors could be installed to look out over an enormous screened porch. The space connected the existing structure with another building created for office space.
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