Adaptive Reuse

Adaptive reuse plays an important role in saving many old buildings.

Adaptive reuse is the term we use when a building has been changed from its original use and given new life in a different context. For example, turning a factory building into dwelling spaces or turning a house into a retail store is adaptive reuse. These Saved Buildings are examples of adaptive reuse in Buffalo, and are exemplars of the financial, cultural and environmental possibilities of historic preservation.