This website provides information on recyclable buildings - buildings that can be reused as a whole or dismantled into elements that can be reused in other buildings or recycled into new materials.

The web site is supported by funding from the Royal Institute of British Architects Research Trust and reports on ongoing research into recyclable buildings and in particular on the economic and social benefits of designing building for recycling.

The research is being undertaken at Cardiff University by Paola Sassi, lecturer in architecture. For more information, comments or case studies to be added to the web site please contact Paola on sassip@cardiff.ac.uk.

Topics included in this website:

• research in the field of designing for recycling, including results from recent questionnaire
• reasons for designing for recycling
• general guidance for designing for recycling
• building products and materials that facilitate dismantling and recycling listed under their National Building Specification section
• case studies of buildings that make use of recyclable technologies

This website is currently under construction is being updated regularly as more information becomes available.