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	Adaptive reuse: 20 brilliant recycled buildings

spirithiker

11-18-2008 11:09 AM

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architecture, environment, recycling, sustainability

spirithiker says:

This is pretty creative use of other people's trash.

We will all someday have to use some of these ideas for our homes.

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