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Informationen zum Autor Lucy D. Rosenfeld is an author of books on art and architecture, art education, and cultural history. She has also written walking guides to public art, historic sites, and gardens. Klappentext 56 innovative adaptations of old, abandoned structures into modern family homes, apartments, and condominiums are displayed in more than 290 images and plans. Among the structures restored to use are churches, schools, factories, barns, a light house, a giant gas tank, and even a missile silo. This fascinating text is divided between structures retrofitted for single family living and larger buildings adapted to multi-family use. The projects also range from commercial enterprises quickly completed to personal labors of love that have taken some twenty-five years of work. Zusammenfassung Explore fifty-six innovative adaptations of old! abandoned structures into modern family homes! apartments! and condominiums. Includes more than 290 images and plans. The accompanying text describes how each historical! industrial! or agricultural structure was spared the wrecking ball! and transformed from derelict to dwelling by an innovative architect. Among the larger buildings rebuilt are churches! schools! factories! barns! a lighthouse! a giant gas tank! and even a missile silo. Smaller structures are not overlooked either! as a smoke house! garage! and a chicken coop are redesigned as cozy cottages and guest houses. The first half of this fascinating text tells the tale of structures redesigned for single family living while the second half describes larger structures retrofitted for multi-family living. The projects also range from commercial enterprises quickly completed to personal labors of love that have taken some twenty-five years of work.
