Construction and demolition creates more waste than any other sector, but much of it can be recycled. However, public resistance to setting up new plants stands in the way of a sustainable market.
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Mismanaged and in disrepair, many low-income housing complexes are nonetheless seen as important avatars of modern architecture. But are calls for their preservation forgetting those who matter most?
China has put the onus back on Australia to take responsibility for our waste, and Germany has shown us the way with extended producer responsibility for construction and demolition waste.
By the time a building is abandoned and falls into disrepair, its community is already suffering. Michigan scholars suggest it's time to plan for structures' end of life before they even go up.
We asked five architecture experts to name one building or structure they wish had been preserved, but couldn't resist the tides of decay, development and discrimination.
In the past, demolishing the dictator's residences created a void exploited by Nazi sympathizers.
It's a dangerous job and sometimes things don't go to plan.
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Clinical Associate Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo
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Research Fellow, RMIT University
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Associate Dean and Head of of Project Management, RMIT University
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Andrew W. Mellon Chair in the Humanities and Professor and Chair of History of Art, Vanderbilt University
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Vice Provost for Inclusive Excellence and Professor of Architecture, University at Buffalo
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Professor of Construction Management, Glasgow Caledonian University
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Founding Director of The Skyscraper Museum, Adjunct Associate Professor of Architecture, Columbia University
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Director, Preservation Studies Program; Professor, History of Art & Architecture; Professor, American and New England Studies, Boston University
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Professor of Construction Management, Michigan State University
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Director of the Center for Community & Economic Development and Adjunct Faculty in Urban and Regional Planning Program, Michigan State University
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Assistant Professor of Construction Management, Michigan State University
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Lecturer of Architecture, Case Western Reserve University
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Associate Director, Purdue University
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Associate Professor, Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
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Associate Professor and Associate Dean, School of Property, Construction and Project Management, RMIT University
