Buildings That Last: Design for Adaptability, Deconstruction and Reuse

• Developed by: The American Institute of Architects (AIA)
• Description: "This practice guide looks at strategies for designing for adaptability, deconstruction, and reuse and covers:
  • the environmental, health, and economic benefits and more of using these design strategies
  • pitfalls to watch out for and how to handle them
  • case studies that demonstrate how flexible design can be beautiful design"
• Link: https://content.aia.org/sites/default/files/2020-03/ADR-Guide-final_0.pdf

Lifecycle Building Challenge - Key Challenge Guides 

• Description: Navigate to the "Key Challenge Guides" section of the link below for the following DfD guidelines. The link below also lists numerous research publications on the topic of DfD. 
  • US EPA Lifecycle Construction Resource Guide
  • US EPA Design for Deconstruction: The Chartwell School Caser Study
  •  City of Seattle, King County, WA, and Resources, Inc. Design for Disassembly in the Built Environment: A Guide to Closed Loop in Design and Building
  • US EPA Design for Disassembly in the Built Environment: An Atlanta Home Case Study
• Link: https://www.lifecyclebuilding.org/resources.php

Buildings as Material Banks

• Description: "In the Project BAMB – Buildings As Material Banks 15 partners from 7 European countries were working together with one mission – enabling a systemic shift in the building sector by creating circular solutions."
• Link: https://www.bamb2020.eu/