Preserving with purpose : reimagining buildings for community benefit /
"Hetletvedt explores contextual approaches to existing buildings in disinvested communities as an alternative to demolition, explains why these buildings matter, and what communities and professionals can make of them, together. Preserving With Purpose features profiles and case studies from ar...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, DC :
Island Press,
[2025]
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| Summary: | "Hetletvedt explores contextual approaches to existing buildings in disinvested communities as an alternative to demolition, explains why these buildings matter, and what communities and professionals can make of them, together. Preserving With Purpose features profiles and case studies from around the world. Four profiles focus on places facing the challenges of vacancy and abandonment which have, over time, reimagined buildings using the approaches described in the book. The profiles include Project Row Houses in Houston, Texas; The Dorchester Projects and Stony Island Arts Bank in Chicago, Illinois; Menokin in Warsaw, Virginia and the Granby Four Streets in Liverpool, England. Fifteen case studies cover a broader geographic range and are organized into three purposeful interventions: priority, practical and poetic"-- |
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 265 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 23 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-261). |
| ISBN: | 1642833487 9781642833485 |