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Author: Ian Volner, Marianela D’AprileToo often, buildings are evaluated through narrow, predefined criteria—energy performance, regulatory compliance, cost, or aesthetic standards —creating a hierarchy in which the new appears rational and future-oriented while the existing is cast as obsolete, messy, and expendable. Demolition becomes the default response: one we can no longer afford environmentally, socially, or economically.This book proposes a different way of engaging with the built fabric. At its core is the capacity to recognize value in what already exists—to begin not from deficiency, but from what already sustains life.ISBN 9781966515494. ORO Editions. hb. .not yet published Show more