Adaptive Reuse

Location: Dallas, TXNarrative & program: Increasingly, municipalities are turning to light rail and other rapid transit systems to ease commuter burden. In Dallas, results have been impressive - Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) ridership totals more than 97 millions trips per year. With th... read more »

Location: Pasadena, CANarrative & program: Bounded by the Colorado Street Bridge, the Western Justice Center, Defender’s Park, and Arroyo Drive, the Vista del Arroyo project will restore and transform three acres of one of Pasadena’s most historic yet most neglected places. There ar... read more »

Location: Santa Clarita, CANarrative & program: Newhall a historic Southern California community that is within the 250 square mile Santa Clarita valley. Long since surrounded by suburban development over the past 50 years, this 300-acre Specific Plan repairs the community's connections al... read more »

Location: Santa Ana, CANarrative & program: Santa Ana’s historic center is being transformed after a 40-year experiment with urban renewal-based practices scarred the county seat of Orange County, one of the wealthiest in the US. A new Specific Plan, with regulatory status, was developed... read more »

Location: Placentia, CANarrative & program: The northern orange county community of Placentia's historic core serves as the platform for a 110-acre transit-oriented district which restores the original town site of Placita Santa Fe and produces two new neighborhoods out of derelict industr... read more »

Location: Cotati, CANarrative & program: Established in 1963 and dating from 1877, the 7,500 person city of Cotati is revitalizing its downtown through a charrette-led Specific Plan and form-based code that articulates historically-sensitive restoration and new development into its 54-acre... read more »

Location: Calgary, AB CanadaNarrative & program: "• Garrison Woods represents the redevelopment of a 176- acre (160 gross developable acres) portion of the former Canadian Forces Base Calgary site. This site, formerly used for military housing, has been transformed into a liveable, inne... read more »

Location: Milwaukee, WINarrative & program: Toussaint Square is a $3.8 million mixed-use development in the North Avenue Gateway District, one of Milwaukee’s oldest central city neighborhoods. After years of neglect, this neighborhood is experiencing a rebirth through partnerships of loc... read more »

Location: San Antonio, TexasNarrative & program: St. Benedict's of SA is the conversion of a 1940's hospital into 66 residential lofts, live/work and restaurant space, located in the center of the King William Historic District. The project totals 100,000 SF and also includes the re-hab o... read more »

Location: San Antonio, TexasNarrative & program: Conversion of a 1920's era glass warehouse into 11 loft condominium units, located in the King William Historic District (Texas' first national historic district). Built in 1999/2000, The King William Lofts was San Antonio's first loft/urba... read more »