• Adaptive Reuse: 20 Brilliant Recycled Buildings

    Written by Urbanist on November 16th, 2008 - Topics: Architecture, Environment, Urban

    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically amazing designs that brilliantly blend old and new.

    Spiral island (shown above) is just one such example: an incredible mobile private island floating on 250,000 recycled plastic bottles off the coast of Mexico. From a pre-industrial pigsty converted to a postmodern home and a magnificent monastery built from a million glass bottles to adaptively reused cargo containers, airplane hangars and water towers, here are twenty awesome more examples of brilliantly creative and sustainably innovative recycled architecture. Click below to learn more:

    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]
    Recycling discarded materials into new buildings and adapting disused structures to new uses is not just about sustainability - it is also about savvy innovation and stylish adaptation. Some architects build modular wonders from existing units (such as shipping containers). Others draw from recycled, found and local materials (or entire old buildings) to create aesthetically [...]

    If you are new to WebUrbanist, click here to sign up for the RSS feed and take a look through our archives and urban galleries. Also be sure visit our green twin the wonderful WebEcoist and and see architecture, interiors, fantastic furniture and more designs at Dornob or click here if you need to design a free flash website.

    And on Other Sites See:

    15 Comments

    • pit
      November 17th, 2008 at 12:59 pm

      FYI : Freitag is Swiss, not German…

    • Alex
      November 22nd, 2008 at 3:25 pm

      This is a great article, I am impressed with all things in it. Great writing, and great content, except for the fact that this website is really holding you back. The site design is clumsy but by far the worst part that noticeably put a damper on my experience here is your content’s size. The pictures are like 400×300 pixels. The whole article is based around pictures of these great designs, but the pictures aren’t even big enough to take up the screen real estate given to me by my phone. What’s the deal with that?

      Hope this feedback will help progress your endeavor!

      Best,
      Alex

    • joe
      November 24th, 2008 at 4:34 am

      If these recycling process will adapted globally housing problems will be no more in third world countries likewise junks from the rich countries are finally put to noble use.

    • BILLY Joe
      December 4th, 2008 at 8:32 am

      Yall is bitches that hillbillis manSHIN is awsomful and i lives in it and yall can go chew on carpet you turds!!!! LINT LICKS

      FROM THE HILL BILLIE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    • randy m.
      December 16th, 2008 at 1:24 pm

      Recycling should be made mandatory throughout the world. With all the things that are thrown out, you could build several buildings each day.click on my name.

    • craig sparls
      January 6th, 2009 at 5:13 pm

      GET THOSE GODDAMMED FAT/OBESE WOMEN AND THEIR WEIGHT
      LOSS ADD OFF OF THIS SITE..

      IT’S REALLY REPULSIVE..

      YOU HAVE A BEAUTIFUL SITE..NOW LOSE THOSE OBESE ADS!!!!

      OR WE;RE GONE!

    • trailways
      February 22nd, 2009 at 7:12 pm

      yes on everything , Iam going to build on for my home

    • zay?flama hap?
      June 6th, 2009 at 7:54 am

      It seems to me that there are many already tried methods of being highly energy efficient, yet adoption of the technology is painfully slow.

    Trackbacks

    1. Viphard Blog » Blog Archive » Top 10 Most Awesome Approaches to Photography
    2. Marcelino 2.0 » Blog Archive » Top 10 Most Awesome Approaches to Photography
    3. Creative, Strange & Artistic Recycling Projects | WebEcoist
    4. Photography « Random thoughts of a scorpion girl
    5. Creative Photography Gallery: 10 Techniques | WebUrbanist
    6. Recycled Buildings Portfolio « Urban Neighbourhood
    7. Korat Transit — Blog — ????????????????????

    What do you think? Leave a comment!

    Enter your email to receive updates in your inbox:



    WebUrbanist Offbeat Art Galleries
    WebEcoist Green Wonder Galleries
    Dornob Daily Design Galleries



  • All Categories

  • Monthly Archives





    • Visit Our Partner Sites: