The concept of adaptive reuse is what initially drew me to pursue my Masters in Urban Planning. While one aspect of it may draw people to the architectural field, I am more interested in the concept of using adaptive reuse methods as a tool for community and economic development and sustainability. For my first semester in my Masters program, I had to do a focus study on an aspect of urban planning that interested me. This study would need to include articles, advocacy, policies, and journal articles regarding the topic. Each student then needed to put together an entire portfolio of all of these readings, present a synopsis poster on the topic, and write a reflection/literary review paper. Instead of doing a portfolio, I requested the ability to put together a website. For me a website made more sense as it would easier to search and find as well as offer more flexibility for organization than a binder.

After the course was complete, I decided that I had a lot of material that lent itself to a more complete, open website. So I developed AdaptiveReuse.info. The site focuses on case studies of successful adaptive reuse projects. It also is a portal to news, advocacy, policies, and criticisms/issues regarding the field. I’ve also put together a “book club” of literary on the topic.

The site uses WordPress for content management and is adapted from the Full Screen design template by Graph Paper Press.


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Elect Nancy Nickerson

I was asked to help provide an online presence for Nancy Nickerson’s election run in Farmington, CT. As a City Council candidate, Nancy wanted to provide information about herself and her position while at the same time making it easy for the residents to contact her. Establishing an online presence has allowed her to reach an additional demographic.

The site is run off of WordPress.


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SPeterKane - Version 1

Prior to using the WordPress system, I had designed a number of versions of kre8-ive.com to showcase my online portfolio. Initially launched as “studiophusion,” the website followed a storyline to portray the work. It slowly evolved into a more pictorial entity. The final version prior to this one actually went completely different, focusing on page layout based off a resume template I designed. Images were launched as Shadowbox features, keeping the website clean and very light.

Since relaunching kre8-ive.com using WordPress, I have rebranded the site to SPeterKane.com. The rebranded site which you are viewing now is the second iteration.

With the move to WordPress, I have returned to a pictorial focus while at the same time increasing content management.


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i hate vw

This was a personal project of mine born out of the numerous issues I had with my 2002 Volkswagen Jetta. After horrid customer service experiences and then reading disparate stories about many other issues VW owners have faced, I decided that there needed to be a single location to keep these stories. Since the launch of the site, there have been a number of stories submitted and the traffic remains very constant.

The site has gone through three versions. The latest one incorporates utilizes the WordPress framework in order to create a better workflow as well as manage the growing content. The design of version 2 was mostly retained for this third version.


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The Green Element

The Green Element was developed as a method to not only aggregate articles and links regarding sustainability, but to provide scale to the topic. The articles are broken down into categories dependent on the level of impact the sustainability initiative pertains. The concept is to help individuals better understand at what level action can be taken. This portal also helps to further promote the topic of sustainability.

The site uses WordPress for content management and is based off of the Futurosity Smashing Magazine design template.


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