Adaptive Reuse
My favorite HGTV shows are the ones in which apartment hunters size up reconditioned historic buildings that are being turned into modern rental units. You hear a lot of descriptions thrown out, such as “charm” and “character.” Lots of exposed brick and ducts, glass, and concrete. It’s a theme on adaptive reuse, converting old into…
When my editor asked me to write about this classic, historic Colonial Revival mansion in Austin, she said, “I know this piece is right for you. I just don’t know why.” She may be psychic. I used to live a 10-minute walk from this home during my college years at The University of Texas. I…
San Francisco-based Kimpton Hotels and Restaurants announced last week that it will begin work on its first Fort Worth project — a boutique hotel in the historic XTO Energy Headquarters building at 714 Main in downtown Fort Worth. The new Kimpton Hotel is set to open in spring 2021 as the third Texas property for the boutique…
Restoring old into new has become a popular trend among many — and Fort Worth is embracing this trend with style. Termed “adaptive reuse,” developers are taking former industrial and commercial buildings from bygone eras and breathing new life into them as apartments.
For as long as I can remember, the Knights of Pythias building was a large painted gray mass of Beaux Arts architecture, hulking on the west end of Deep Ellum, boarded up and idle. When the historic rehabilitation began, it was wonderful to see the light gray paint give way to the gorgeous brick…
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