HAUTE NATURE » adaptive reuse

reclaimed water tank home

admin — Thu, 02 Aug 2012 21:18:02 +0000

Very cool adaptive reuse project in Brooklyn of an old water tower by Messana O’Rourke Architects.

adaptive reuse: boat architecture

admin — Sat, 20 Nov 2010 17:41:15 +0000

In Northern Europe from Scotland, England to France; reuse of old boat frames is utilized as a resourceful, smart method of creating a quick and decorative roofline for smaller sheds or homes.

These examples form a mini regionalism of the boat form, a seaside look that can be replicated along any coastal region. A hull roofline is dramatic, unique and most importantly recycled!

Photos via: France, Shetlopedia, here, here & here.

barn conversions: bucks county timber craft

admin — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:27:30 +0000

Bucks County Timber Craft is a small firm of preservationists, designers and craftsmen who transform historical barns into comfortable homes. This adaptive reuse of antique barns gives new life to old structures in the form of unique custom homes and pool houses, commercial buildings & community centers.

Located in the barn rich environment of Eastern Pennsylvania, Bucks County Timber Craft has access to readily available barns and materials for clients who would like to convert these structures.

home reconstructed from a 747 airplane

admin — Sat, 19 Jun 2010 15:23:06 +0000

One of my very best friends from college works for David Hertz Architecture in Santa Monica. They have been working on design and permitting and deconstruction of this 747 extreme reuse home in Malibu for a couple of years now. I am so excited to see this video! Go Lucas! (he’s in the video).

More info at StudioEA

airplane homes: retrofit architecture

admin — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 04:40:00 +0000

Hom es from airplanes

house out of ship: haute reuse

admin — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 20:39:00 +0000

At South Bass Island in Lake Erie at Put-in-Bay, Ohio, sits the former Great Lakes Shipping Boat, The Benson Ford. The boat was built by Henry Ford and named after his grandson many years ago.

After fifty years of service on the Great Lakes, the Benson Ford was scheduled in 1986 to be scrapped at the Port of Cleveland, Ohio. On the top front section of the boat were the walnut paneled state rooms, dining room, galley, and passenger lounge designed by Henry Ford for his own pleasure while traversing the Great Lakes on business.

An Ohio husband and wife stepped in realizing that these elegant quarters could be a great residence, if they could only be removed from the rest of the ship and brought to land. After many days with torches and cranes, the quarters were removed from the ship and floated by barge some sixty miles west to the tranquil island of South Bass Island.

Additional cranes were needed to lift the quarters off the barge at the Island up a steep eighteen foot promontory to its final site on solid bedrock on a single family home lot. The quarters became The Ship Residence, a private home on South Bass Island.

reclaimed water towers: haute resting places

admin — Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:05:00 +0000

David Gibbs is an Industrial Designer out of NYC who has a unique Public Works project in mind for the reclamation of discarded NYC water tower wood. He has proposed NYC Dept. of Parks and Recreation that the towers be upcycled. They appreciate the concept, but Mr. Gibbs needs more support, sponsors, advocates and press for this fantastic idea. Reach him at email hidden; JavaScript is required