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July 23, 2009

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Transforming Suburban Office Parks into Housing

Transforming Suburban Office Parks into Housing

By Dan Gould

Ex-industrial spaces are often transformed into living spaces – why not office parks? Fast Company reports on an unusual plan to turn a massive, unused suburban office campus into a community of lofts and stores.
This particular office park, located in Holmdel, New Jersey has an impressive pedigree. Designed by renowned Finnish architect Eero Saarinen, the buildings housed Bell Labs, where pioneering work on transistors and cell phones was done.
Though the project is currently stalled due to pending approval from the local government, there is hope that it can act as a model for future office retrofits around the country.
[Fast Company [...]

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May 11, 2009

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Silos Transformed into 90 foot Climbing Gym

Silos Transformed into 90 foot Climbing Gym

By Claudia Cukrov

The city of Amsterdam has held an ‘adaptive reuse design competition’ to redesign two abandoned sewage treatment silos in Zeeburgereiland.  With one of the three silos set to be converted into an office building, the remaining towers silos were open to proposals.  Amsterdam-based NL Architects submitted a design that would see the structures adapted into a ‘Cultural Silo’ and a ‘Climbing Silo’.
NL Architect’s design was not chosen for the competition, the Amsterdam City Council choosing the Annie MG Schmidt House design by Arons en Gelauff.
Abandoned Silos Transformed Into a Climbing Gym

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