Karin Liljegren: Restoring the Past Through Adaptive Reuse Architecture
Cityspeak
English - August 18, 2020 18:00 - 25 minutes - 17.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsDesign Arts Business cities los angeles socal urbanize la urbanism construction commercial real estate development architecture urban planning Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Karin Liljegren is the founder and principal of Omgivning, an architecture and interior design firm that specializes in taking old buildings and giving them a new life. This practice is known as adaptive reuse architecture, and a quick glance at Omgivning’s portfolio will reveal that it is at the forefront of this practice. Karin and Max discuss the special responsibility that the adaptive reuse architect holds as the chief conservator of a city’s architectural history.