Materials Renewed: Architectural Innovation through Material Reuse

Materials Renewed explains properties of commonly used building materials and how these affect their removal and reuse in future projects, to help you design and construct with used materials. Fourteen case studies, illustrated with more than 100 color images, demonstrate innovative salvage by architects and building teams across the globe, so that you can see the impacts of their material choices and how they alter the design process. Materials discussed include concrete, wood, metal, clay, glass, textiles, and plastics, with the first life, reclamation, and renewed life outlined for each to make it easy to introduce reuse during conceptual design.