Why read The Re-Use Atlas?

Book cover of The Re-Use Atlas: A Designer's Guide Towards the Circular Economy

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This book is a highly illustrated 'atlas', taking the reader on a journey via four distinct 'steps' (recycling, reuse, reduce, closed loop), from a linear economy towards a system emulating the natural world, i.e, a circular economy. Featuring over 25 detailed case studies describing design exemplars from the worlds of…

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Why read it?

1 author picked The Re-Use Atlas as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?

Graeme Brooker

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The Re-Use Atlas is a timely and comprehensive book, overflowing with projects and ideas, work that is suffused with the compelling enthusiasm of its author and contributors. Upon the first reading of this Atlas, my initial reaction was how reliant all aspects of the book were on the abundance and also the scarcity of existing matter. It is this variability in the sources of the raw material for reuse that has led to the development and description of numerous, clever, engaged strategies for reworking existing materials and buildings. The Re-use Atlas brings these sensibilities into sharp…

From Graeme's list on The best books on interior architecture and the reuse of existing buildings.