Recycling Architecture For Schools: Is It Viable?

Converting existing buildings into schools is seen as a solution by some for California's urgent school shortage. Opponents think conversions are more expensive than new construction.

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August 17, 2001, 1:00 PM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

"Architects and administrators are rethinking the three Rs --renovating, reusing and rehabbing--in making old buildings into classrooms...Interest in the conversion of existing buildings into schools is gathering particular momentum in California, where school construction is a matter of urgency... But while some see buildings in long-developed urban areas as raw material for new classroom space, many public school officials locally dispute whether such conversions are less expensive and therefore more viable than new construction."

Thanks to Brandee Freeman

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