AR July/August 2021: Collage + New into Old

As the need to find alternatives to short-sighted or heavily consumptive traditions of constant new construction becomes increasingly urgent, we turn our attention to strategies of adaptive reuse with the AR New into Old awards, examining how buildings can be given a new lease of life and celebrating the creative ways they have been remodelled to welcome contemporary uses. This year, we sent critics to projects in Iran, Ireland, Japan, the US and the UK before our judges selected ZAV Architects’ Farsh Film Studio as the winner