# Publication: Design for Adaptability, Deconstruction, and Reuse

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# Design for Adaptability, Deconstruction, and Reuse

## In times of crisis, a guide for how to design buildings that last

[LINK](https://www.aia.org/resources/6282663-design-for-adaptability-deconstruction-and?tab=library)

Written by Paula Melton of BuildingGreen (who also wrote this [great piece on embodied carbon](https://www.buildinggreen.com/feature/urgency-embodied-carbon-and-what-you-can-do-about-it))

A great primer to this very important topic-arguably the best approach to reduce embodied carbon-don’t make more materials than we need.