The best examples of adaptive reuse serve underrepresented communities, and Arnaud’s book spotlights many such projects. Oakland’s Creative Growth Art Center was converted from an auto shop ...

As the above examples make clear, an adaptive design method provides the means of creation, but not the product. It gives one the framework and tools for creative expression.

Courtesy of The AA School of Architecture. Through its adaptability, Growing Systems facilitates programmatic housing changes, for example, a house in need of expansion as a family grows.

A concept rendering of the award winning, Grantham Flood-Proof House, designed by dion seminara architecture to withstand severe flood events with ...