From rebuild to replica, architecture has a double life

From rebuild to replica, architecture has a double life

Architectural copies of lost structures require reckoning with history and heritage. At what cost is the past rebuilt?

National Links: Reversible Architecture - Streets.mn

Every day, The Overhead Wire collects national and international news about cities and sends the links to their email list. At the end of the week they post some of the most popular stories to Greater Greater Washington, a group blog similar to Streets.mn that focuses on urban issues in the D.C. region. Reversible architecture: Many buildings are constructed to last a long time, but what if we built only for immediate needs, and repurposed build…