Demolition vs. Deconstruction

Demolition vs. Deconstruction:


Demolish – verb - \di-ˈmä-lish\
1. a : tear down, raze
b : to break to pieces : smash
2. a : to do away with : destroy
b : to strip of any pretense of merit or credence

Deconstruct – verb - \dee-kuh n-struhkt\
1. to break down into constituent parts; dissect; dismantle.

At The Deconstructed House, we are working to make a distinction between demolishing and deconstructing the houses we encounter. As the definition indicates, to demolish something is to destroy it completely. In contrast, to deconstruct something is to break it down carefully in order to see the individual parts of the whole.

As a practice, the construction industry has viewed their job as demolishing the old to make way for the new. We are trying to reverse that trend and deconstruct the houses we encounter with the intent to reuse what we can.

We take the three Rs of conservation – Reduce, Reuse and Recycle – and apply them to our everyday practice.

We hope to find like-minded people, both in the construction industry and without, who share in our mission. There are treasures buried in every house we enter, and something we find might just fit your vision or plan for a new use.

Keep checking in with us as we find these treasures every day and will have new products listed as they are found.

Solid Wood Single Panel Doors

Check out the cool single panel, solid wood door.  Took these off of a house built in 1954.  The doors are solid and should mak for a nice detail in any home!



Shutters, Shutters, Everywhere, Shutters!

Here's a great example of turn of the century shutters currently living on a house slated for demolition. Hopefully these will be available soon for purchase at The Deconstructed House.Com!

Blog, I love you......

This is one of my favorite blogs - what talent! http://missmustardseed.blogspot.com/

Here are photos of one of her before and after projects that she features on her blog:

Clean Recycling

Rub-A-Dub......

At the recycling yard, I found a perfectly good tub....and a nice resting spot.

Just imagine the things you can find. And what you can use them for.

The possibilities are endless.

This is a cool idea. It can be a DIY project for you....made from one of the many vintage windows we will have in our shop. Grand opening coming ASAP. We have gotten alot of positive feedback on this venture and we are looking forward to opening our doors.

Hope to see you all there!!!

Recycled Houses! Would City of Atlanta Bureau of Buildings ever entertain??

Oh my gosh, the man featured in this article is not only offering practical solutions for housing, but his work is very beautiful and more akin to art...........

http://www.nytimes.com/slideshow/2009/09/02/garden/20090903-recycled-slideshow_index.html

Photo from Article From New York Times, posted above