Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

In Germany, Working With Existing Structures Has Become The Architect’S Most Important Task, The Objective Being To Recognize And Redevelop The Energy And Potentials Of Such Structures: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle. The Approaches Put Forward Here For Dealing With Them Demonstrate What Is Possible In “Everyday” Building Endeavors. Architects Respect Existing Buildings, Examine Them From A Contemporary Point Of View, And Develop Architecture Through Their Interventions. With Numerous Best-Practice Examples, This Book Offers An Overview Of Innovative Strategies For Regenerating, Reusing, Renovating, And Augmenting Pre-Existing Structures. Interviews, Statements, And International References Generate A Changing Self-Image—Of Architects Who, When Transforming Existing Buildings, No Longer See Themselves As Creators But As Developers. (German Edition Isbn 978-3-7757-3424-0)



Exhibition Schedule: 13Th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice, August 29–November 25, 2013