Help the Aged: Adaptive reuse in contemporary architecture

December 20th, 2010

Dovecote Studio by Howarth Tompkins Architects

I’ve just published a piece on Architonic about adaptive reuse in architecture. If you fancy reading it (and why wouldn’t you!) then click here.

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Classics Reissued

December 18th, 2010

50th anniversary AJ Lamp by Arne Jacobsen

Owning the rights to reproduce a seminal piece of design is a coup for any retailer, however, it would be unwise to rely purely on sales of the original versions as this drastically limits the potential market. A popular solution employed by many manufacturers is to sporadically release alternative versions, often in limited edition runs, offering an opportunity to own a classic design in a version that is different to that which everyone else already has.

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