Oliver Wainright of the Guardian calls for a rethink of the way buildings are put together and taken apart. "Ban Demolition" is a tag on TreeHugger because TreeHugger has long argued for renovation and reuse, especially in this era when society worries about the upfront carbon emissions of new construction. Oliver Wainwright of the Guardian is on this case too with the case for...never demolishing another building.

In the UK, the construction industry accounts for 60% of all materials used, while creating a third of all waste and generating 45% of all CO2 emissions in the process. Wainwright goes way beyond just renovation and reuse of existing buildings; he calls for a complete rethink of how society builds new buildings, and looks at the work of Dutch architect Thomas Rau, who designs for disassembly, so that every part can be recovered.

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