Sustainability - Future Of Building Industry Is Circular

The U.S. State Department’s recently unveiled plan to redevelop the 28-acre U.S. Embassy Complex in New Delhi has reignited the debate surrounding circular economics in the building and construction industry. The redevelopment plan, conceptualised by New York-based architectural firm Weiss/Manfredi, envisions several new additions to the 61-year-old campus: an office building for the ambassador and the staff, a “support annexe” of offices and a health unit, and five entry pavilions. The most significant component of the plan, however, is the proposed restoration and reuse of the Chancery Building – an early modernist landmark designed in 1959 by architect Edward Durell Stone – as opposed to its demolition to make way for a new structure.