Great Lakes Building ReUse

ReUsed Products; Adding Value to Increase Demand for ReUsed Products

There definitely is a demand for salvaged dimensional lumber and even obsolete building materials such as single paned windows; however, by transforming these products into something improved or something different, you can move material that may have otherwise sat in the store for months.  Milling, woodworking, and various restoration techniques can create a source of interesting materials that can be sold independently or weaved into building projects to create unique aesthetics and finishes.

Karen J. S. Tashjian, Architect, AIA. Karen J.S. Tashjian is a Cornell educated architect and artist. She is a member of The American Institute of Architects and is licensed to practice in the state of New York.   She taught Architectural Design and Communications at the University at Buffalo, for 8 years and maintained her own practice since 1991.  Karen has a keen interest in industrial buildings and Buffalo’s rich architectural heritage, as well as a strong commitment to environmental and social concerns.  She seeks new ways for architects to envision strategies for the future that will not just add to the problem.  She believes that architectural stock and salvage is an enormous resource that we have available to us in our cities, and we need to imagine new ways to utilize these materials.  Karen is also a painter.  Her painted works are often of vernacular buildings whose beauty lies in their honesty, simplicity, character, geometry, color, shadows, and structure.   Her images focus the viewer on a particular aspect of the structure, enabling the observer to view architecture through her eyes.