Research on the Renovation and Re-Use Design of Historic Buildings

The paper analyses the design practice activities of protecting, changing and reusing the domestic and overseas historic buildings in origin. It analyzes the method of changing and reusing historic buildings by using specific cases: Beijing 798 Factory, Wuxi North Door Art Center, and the National Industry and Commerce Museum. Finally, it proposes that historic buildings should be changed and reused by sustainable and reasonable ways according to the cultural values, building features of themselves, and the city demands.