Specialist Study
/Guest Blog by Ciaran Quigley
Old buildings can often outlive their original purposes, creative re‐use describes the process which adapts an existing building for a new use, whilst attempting to retain the creditable features or feelings that the building may possess. When separated the two words have their own very unique meanings, Creative is defined as having the initiative or imagination to create original ideas. Re‐use on the other hand, can be defined as to use again especially after salvaging, special treatment or processing. When put into context, the term has a definite architectural meaning, the process of using a building again, salvaging the features that have merit and having the ability to use your imagination to create new features, which not only work with the existing building but bring the building back to life.