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Building Reuse

Name: Building Reuse
Author: Kathryn Rogers Merlino

Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design

Kathryn Rogers Merlino

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Building Reuse

Sustainability, Preservation, and the Value of Design

Kathryn Rogers Merlino

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The construction and operation of buildings is responsible for 41 percent of all primary energy use and 48 percent of all carbon emissions, and the impact of the demolition and removal of an older building can greatly diminish the advantages of adding green technologies to new construction. In Building Reuse, Kathryn Rogers Merlino makes an impassioned case that truly sustainable design requires reusing and reimagining existing buildings. Additionally, Merlino calls for a more expansive view of preservation that goes beyond keeping only the most distinctive structures based on their historical and cultural significance to embrace the creative reuse of even unremarkable buildings for their environmental value. Building Reuse includes a compelling range of case studies—from a private home to an eighteen-story office building—all located in the Pacific Northwest, a region with a long history of sustainable design and urban growth policies that have made reuse projects feasible. Reusing existing buildings can be challenging to accomplish, but changing the way we think about environmentally conscious architecture has the potential to significantly reduce energy consumption, carbon emissions, and waste.

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Publisher

University of Washington Press

Year

2018

ISBN

9780295742359

Topic

Architecture

Subtopic

Architecture General

15

When 

you

strip 

away 

the

rhetoric, 

preservation 

is

simply 

having 

the

good 

sense 

to

hold 

on

to

things 

that 

are

well 

designed, 

that 

link 

us

with 

our

past 

in

a

meaningful 

way, 

and

that 

have 

plenty 

of

good 

use

left 

in

them. 

—Richard 

Moe

T

H

E

S

TO

RY

O

F

H

OW

H

U

M

A

N

S

have 

constructed 

buildings 

throughout 

history 

is

one

of

constant 

transformation 

and

adaptation. 

Given 

that 

buildings 

are

large, 

expensive 

artifacts 

built 

with 

vast 

amounts 

of

labor, 

materials, 

and

time, 

histor-

ically 

it

was

more 

practical 

to

repair 

and

maintain 

buildings 

over 

time 

rather 

than 

demolish 

and

rebuild. 

Even 

when 

a

building 

fell 

out

of

use

or

was

no

longer 

used 

for

its

origi-

nal

purpose, 

it

was

common 

to

deconstruct 

and

divide 

the

C

H

A

P

T

E

R

O

N

E

PRESERVATION

Significance 

and

The

Evolution 

of

Value 

Decorative 

cast 

iron 

detailing 

on

the

Reese 

Crandall 

and

Redman 

Company 

building, 

now

known 

as

Cherry 

Parkes, 

is

some 

of

the

most 

ornate 

on

a

street 

lined 

with 

warehouses 

dating 

from 

the

turn 

of

the

century. 

(Photo 

by

author). 

Citation styles for Building Reuse

APA 6 Citation

Merlino, K. R. (2018). Building Reuse ([edition unavailable]). University of Washington Press. Retrieved from https://www.perlego.com/book/729924/building-reuse-sustainability-preservation-and-the-value-of-design-pdf (Original work published 2018)

Chicago Citation

Merlino, Kathryn Rogers. (2018) 2018. Building Reuse. [Edition unavailable]. University of Washington Press. https://www.perlego.com/book/729924/building-reuse-sustainability-preservation-and-the-value-of-design-pdf.

Harvard Citation

Merlino, K. R. (2018) Building Reuse. [edition unavailable]. University of Washington Press. Available at: https://www.perlego.com/book/729924/building-reuse-sustainability-preservation-and-the-value-of-design-pdf (Accessed: 14 October 2022).

MLA 7 Citation

Merlino, Kathryn Rogers. Building Reuse. [edition unavailable]. University of Washington Press, 2018. Web. 14 Oct. 2022.