Recycled Tag

Kraanspoor / OTH Architecten

Kraanspoor (translated as craneway) is a light-weight transparent office building of three floors built on top of a concrete craneway on the grounds of the former NDSM (Nederlandsche Dok en Scheepsbouw Maatschappij) shipyard, a relic of Amsterdam’s shipping industry. This industrial monument, built in 1952,...

Transforming the Bridge : 2012

Another Great reuse Bridge Competition In 2012, Cleveland Design Competition: Transforming the Bridge challenged entrants to re-imagine the abandoned lower streetcar level of Cleveland’s Detroit-Superior Bridge as a dynamic public space, performance venue and pedestrian experience. At the beginning of 2012, a group of local designers...

Links to Bay Bridge Reuse and Recycling ideas

Bay Line PDF NeighborhoodLand - cumunity group that wants to reuse bridge Green Space ideas Furniture made from Bay Bridge Parts SaveTheBridge - second bridge plan Salvaging the Bay Bridge Design fantasies for obsolete Bay Bridge span Bay Bridge Park - to get pieces for outdoor art in Park Oakland Museume...

Incredible Cement Factory Conversion in Barcelona

The cement factory conversion by Ricardo Bofill in Barcelona, Spain is one of the most interesting the Sifter has seen to date. With over 30 silos, multiple buildings and towering ceilings throughout, the space is incredibly raw and presents countless design challenges. Now a multi-purpose...

C-Mine Expeditie / NU architectuuratelier

From the architect. C-tour is the winning project for the design of an underground tourist attraction within the reconversion of the old mine-complex of Winterslag in Genk. C-tour is a tour under and above the ground, with focal point on the experience, made by linking...

Home out of an old 60ft water tower

Over the past two years, shoppers at a West London supermarket may have noticed a bizarre cylindrical dwelling taking shape high above the store's car park. The structure from which it has been created - a 60ft tower holding a vast water tank - could not...

Chiles Residence

Built upon the steel frame of a previous home and a love of mid-century modern art and architecture, the Chiles Residence provides both open perches and quiet retreats on its wooded hill site. Using rusted steel panels and white painted steep beams, along with wood,...